What makes me laugh is how since arriva was removed from the franchise northern don't seem to be in the spotlight anymore yet seem to be having just as many problems , yet no one seems to be complaining anymore.
(25/04/2021 20:21)motormayhem1 Wrote: [ -> ]What makes me laugh is how since arriva was removed from the franchise northern don't seem to be in the spotlight anymore yet seem to be having just as many problems , yet no one seems to be complaining anymore.
It was the Rmt union and TfN v Arriva , there was only ever going to be one winner , and it was never going to be Arriva , be honest.
(25/04/2021 20:21)motormayhem1 Wrote: [ -> ]What makes me laugh is how since arriva was removed from the franchise northern don't seem to be in the spotlight anymore yet seem to be having just as many problems , yet no one seems to be complaining anymore.
The proportion of passengers complaining is probably the same but the number of passengers is significantly lower currently.
(26/04/2021 10:44)wirralbus Wrote: [ -> ]It was the Rmt union and TfN v Arriva , there was only ever going to be one winner , and it was never going to be Arriva , be honest.
Well I hope they're very happy with themselves because their pathetic Arriva witch hunt has achieved the square root of nothing
Arriva were just a convenient scapegoat for the DfT to blame for their own complete failure to deliver on their promises. The Tories and Burnham did well scoring political points out of it too
The 769s were finally into service between Southport and Alderley Edge today.
And also on one Southport-Stalybridge diagram - would be interested to know if they run electric from Bolton to Victoria.
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Newly reformed 3-car 150s also started yesterday on the Clitheroe route - not really an improvement on 156/158+153.
(17/05/2021 19:01)mikestone Wrote: [ -> ]And also on one Southport-Stalybridge diagram - would be interested to know if they run electric from Bolton to Victoria.
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Newly reformed 3-car 150s also started yesterday on the Clitheroe route - not really an improvement on 156/158+153.
Newly reformed? Have they taken the 150s from the Southport diagrams, split them and made 3 car units?
(18/05/2021 01:19)iMarkeh Wrote: [ -> ]Newly reformed? Have they taken the 150s from the Southport diagrams, split them and made 3 car units?
See posts 216, 217 and 218. These were created while 4 car 150s were still running on the Southport services, so probably used the trains not being used while lines were running at a reduced frequency. There was always a plan to reform some 150s in to 3 car sets when the cascaded trains arrived from GWR, to use alongside the 2 x 3 car 150/0s.