Transpennine Express "ghost" trains

[scarby]

Well, not quite...

But I have noticed that the TPE relief services that operate a few times a day on summer Saturdays and Sundays between Scarborough and York only are not listed:

- in the main TPE pocket timetable

- on the printed departure boards at Scarborough (station by station) for "York" departures.

They are, however, listed in TPE's pocket Scarborough-York only timetable.

Very strange.

That said, "hiding" it didn't prevent the 12.30 service I took a couple of Saturdays ago from being busy.

 

[142094]

There were engineering works in the York area at the weekend where some TPE services were terminating at York, although I'm guessing this is a different situation?

 

[Flying Snail]

Should York-Scarborough not have a half-hourly service all day Mon-Sat anyway?

Always seems to be a busy line when I've been on it.

 

[MidnightFlyer]

Should York-Scarborough not have a half-hourly service all day Mon-Sat anyway?

Always seems to be a busy line when I've been on it.

In the summer, definitely, even if it is just a shuttle from York. I think the problem is just having single car 185s working it though.

 

[scarby]

142094: yes, there are some minor timetable alterations for engineering beyond York (the 1351 ex Scarborough yesterday went the "back" way to Huddersfield, avoiding Dewsbury).

I totally agree that the frequency of trains is nowhere near enough. I both used and met people off services in the last fortnight and the 3-car trains were all very busy, sometimes with passengers having to stand.

One terrible failing in the current timetable is that on Sundays, for some unfathomable reason, there is a 2 hour gap ex-Scarborough between 11.51 and 13.51. Needless to say the 13.51 service was packed to the gills.