Northern Trains Ltd

[507022]

RE: Northern Trains Ltd
195104 was derailed at Grange over Sands this morning. It appears it was track subsidence that was the cause

[childwallblues]

RE: Northern Trains Ltd
195104 was with 195133 on the 0517 Preston to Barrow-in-Furness.

[childwallblues]

RE: Northern Trains Ltd
323202 has now left West Midlands Trains and moved to Wolverton prior to is trnfer to Northern.

[childwallblues]

RE: Northern Trains Ltd
323206 and 323209 are due to transfer to Northern on 13 May.

[knutstransport]

RE: Northern Trains Ltd
DfT allowing Northern to get away with breaching conditions of carriage again.

No services tomorrow between Colne and Blackpool South due to lack of staff volunteering to do a Sunday shift. There will be no replacement bus services.
https://www.journeycheck.com/northernrail

[knutstransport]

RE: Northern Trains Ltd
A very high number of cancellations due to 'a short notice change to the timetable' today, despite no overtime ban. The first two Stockport bound services from Chester were cancelled, while there's also two consecutive cancellations in the evening peak too.

[knutstransport]

RE: Northern Trains Ltd
Northern's cancellation rate today is terrible. Some routes have seen around 40% of services cancelled this afternoon and evening, especially around the Manchester area. I think it's the worst it's ever been, with the exception of Sundays or when there's a reasonable reason for mass cancellations e.g. extreme weather or industrial action.

[507022]

RE: Northern Trains Ltd

(25/05/2024 18:58)knutstransport Wrote:  Northern's cancellation rate today is terrible. Some routes have seen around 40% of services cancelled this afternoon and evening, especially around the Manchester area. I think it's the worst it's ever been, with the exception of Sundays or when there's a reasonable reason for mass cancellations e.g. extreme weather or industrial action.

Could it possibly have anything to do with the all Manchester FA Cup final???

[knutstransport]

RE: Northern Trains Ltd

(25/05/2024 23:08)507022 Wrote:  Could it possibly have anything to do with the all Manchester FA Cup final???

Could well have resulted in crews not volunteering to do any overtime. However, if Northern are relying on volunteers to do overtime to cover so many weekend services they are in real trouble. If industrial relations are poor I wouldn't be surprised if some staff decided they are sick but well enough to watch the cup final (from home).

https://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/search/...wtt&toc=NT

Just checking London services, it looks like Avanti fell a long way short of providing a full service to get fans to and from the cup final.
https://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/search/...wtt&toc=VT

[mikestone]

RE: Northern Trains Ltd
My understanding is that all Sunday work at Northern depots west of the pennines was voluntary.
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As for Avanti the trains shown CAN were due to the Crewe-Norton Bridge blockade.