[Archive] Northern (Arriva Rail North)

[T42 PVM (Moderator)]

RE: Northern (Arriva Rail North)
14:16 Liverpool Lime Street to Manchester Airport is cancelled due to a Train fault, seems the 319s are at it again

[Gordon V]

RE: Northern (Arriva Rail North)

(28/09/2016 13:16)T42 PVM Wrote:  14:16 Liverpool Lime Street to Manchester Airport is cancelled due to a Train fault, seems the 319s are at it again

Yes 319379 failed

[wirralbus]

RE: Northern (Arriva Rail North)
Seems like there isnt much contingency these days where units could be swapped around to enable the high profile services to run and cancel some of the lesser services.

Probably what works against the Manchester Airport service is the path lost between Manchester Oxford Road and Manchester Airport if the service departs late from Liverpool finding a unit.

[T42 PVM (Moderator)]

RE: Northern (Arriva Rail North)
The 14:28 Liverpool Lime Street to Preston also started at Lime Street instead of South parkway

[wirralbus]

RE: Northern (Arriva Rail North)
The unit suffered a fault on its inward journey at Euxton Balshaw Lane.

Probably if your going to suffer a fault with a unit you would prefer it to be there than in platform 4 at Wigan North Western with the consequent rerouting of southbound services via Platform 1 which for freights and express services would be time consuming.

[knutstransport]

RE: Northern (Arriva Rail North)

(29/09/2016 19:59)Dentonian Wrote:  Despite a reported price hike of 50p on some Return/Day tickets reported in the MEN at the start of the month, there appears to have been a big increase in patronage on the Hope Valley Line. Does anyone know why this is, and does it apply to other lines?

Withdrawal of some school/college services which used to run in the last academic year perhaps?

Many North West lines have been seeing large increases in usage for the last 12 years so it's not unusual.

[wirralbus]

RE: Northern (Arriva Rail North)
The problem is the passengers have increased but the stock they have to travel in has not increased in the mean time so , some services have been getting increasingly busier.

The problem gets to a crescendo when people start thinking im not going to stand for an inordinate length of time.

[T42 PVM (Moderator)]

RE: Northern (Arriva Rail North)
The 319s are at it again, one failed at Eccelston Park this morning

[Gordon V]

RE: Northern (Arriva Rail North)

(01/10/2016 09:27)T42 PVM Wrote:  The 319s are at it again, one failed at Eccelston Park this morning

Yes 319362,Northern lack of powerhouse

[T42 PVM (Moderator)]

RE: Northern (Arriva Rail North)

(01/10/2016 09:29)Gordon V Wrote:  Yes 319362,Northern lack of powerhouse

That's just past me leaving Wigan as they Just put this Train on platform 1 at North Western