Northern Rail

[Sprinterdriver]

RE: Northern Rail

(25/07/2014 17:43)sth6168 Wrote:  It's the same at lea green sthelens junction I've been saying it for a long time they should lose the franchisevery poor company

Your evidence for that is what actually?

Since the start of the franchise punctuality and reliability (of both the service and the units) is much higher now. Not to mention that Northern now have more trains than at the start of the franchise, despite it being let on a no growth basis.

Resources are finite. There were events in Manchester, Sheffield and Newcastle last weekend meaning more capacity could be needed, not to mention that it was the first weekend of the school summer holidays, so more people would be heading for places like Southport, Morecambe, Scarborough and Whitby to mention but a few.

At the end of the day what was able to run was out there. Please show me a transport operator anywhere in the world that has huge spare resources that come out for a couple of days every two years.

Much more thought needs to go into events like this. Bus services should be able to get closer to the city centre than they did for a start.

SD.