Northern Trains Ltd

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RE: Northern Trains Ltd

(14/02/2023 17:56)dounowhoiam Wrote:  With it being 11 minutes before the service from Manchester, it's very easy for Northern to cancel that 17:08 Chester train from Stockport. They don't gain anything financially from running it and as long as the 17:19 runs on time it's within the 15 minutes delay repay. It'd be better to be operating similarly to the 16:39 train from Manchester as it's now quicker to get to Altrincham via the Airport and overcrowded 288 bus then me waiting for ~40 minutes extra

I think the operator most likely to take a financial hit would be Avanti if the 16:09 arrival from Euston doesn't get in time for connecting with the 16:19 to Chester. If the 17:08 runs then it's a 30-59 minute delay, while if it doesn't the delay is a minimum of 62 minutes at Knutsford. There can be 5+ passengers making a connection from a London train to a Mid-Cheshire train at times.

If Northern can't get a better path they'd be better off running the 17:08 semi-fast to Greenbank, turning it around and running it back to Stockport semi-fast, given there can be quite a lot of Barclays workers travelling from Knutsford to Trafford and Stockport.