Killingworth
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Difficult to say for sure, but recent train times suggests it's getting better at recovering from delays.
Sheffield to Edale search
Link to graph of arrival time actual vs booked. The Scheme opened around March 25th.
Hard to tell as comparisons are unreliable with Northern stoppers currently diverted via Stockport and Hazel Grove.
Certainly hasn't, and can't, solve the issue with stoppers out of Sheffield being frequently delayed by the TPE Cleethorpes-Liverpool service. That could have been at multiple places en route before Sheffield.
Using 195s on that route to work the same timetable used by Pacers gives more recovery capacity, noticeable when a 15x unit is employed.
Following on, an example from this afternoon.
TPE 1B83 1509 Scunthorpe to Liverpool Lime Street was 7 minutes late away from Scunthorpe, and 14 late away from Sheffield.
Following Northern 2T89 1614 Sheffield to Manchester Piccadilly was consequently 5 minutes late away but then held to allow the TPE to pass so 13 late at Dore.
Conequently 6Z18 1231 Elstow Redland Sdg to Tunstead Sdgs was held and passed Grindleford 11 late, assumed to have been held in the new Dore loop.
That in turn delayed 1R74 1255 Norwich to Liverpool Lime Street that was on time at Dore but was 17 down by Chinley.
I'll stop tracking there for other delays will have developed from each of the 3 passenger services. The Hope Valley delays all stemmed from that 7 minute late start at Scunthorpe caused by a delay to the incoming service - only 2 minutes down at Totley Tunnel East so those problems really began through Sheffield.
How the Dore loop helped by holding the freight is hard to say but it possibly saved an odd minute. Impossible to tell how new signalling around Sheffield compounded or reduced delays.
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