Wonder if anyone can offer any insight into this at Leeds station this afternoon. Booked arrival 16:39 booked dep 16:41, actual arrival 16:43 actual departure 17:04.
2-car unit arrives at Leeds plat 9c from Blackpool. Passengers board. 10 mins later, a 3-car 158 arrives (from Neville Hill direction) is coupled and passengers board all 5 cars.
Announcement on board that train is too long for platforms and will passengers move into 3 car unit. Train leaves 20 mins late. Passengers in front 3 car unit and rear 2 car is empty.
The return working 1B42 18:05 york-blackpool was observed still 5 coaches, but this time with passengers in the 2 car.
Why!
Am I right that apart from East Garforth, the other stations on the line (cross gates, GRF, micklefield, church fenton and ullesklf) can all take 5 x 23m coaches?
Surely grandfather rights cover East Garforth anyway (so the train could have stopped, with a tannoy announcement to not exit from the rear coach?
Why are Northern Rail (or their staff) so averse to running MULTIPLE multiple units?
2-car unit arrives at Leeds plat 9c from Blackpool. Passengers board. 10 mins later, a 3-car 158 arrives (from Neville Hill direction) is coupled and passengers board all 5 cars.
Announcement on board that train is too long for platforms and will passengers move into 3 car unit. Train leaves 20 mins late. Passengers in front 3 car unit and rear 2 car is empty.
The return working 1B42 18:05 york-blackpool was observed still 5 coaches, but this time with passengers in the 2 car.
Why!
Am I right that apart from East Garforth, the other stations on the line (cross gates, GRF, micklefield, church fenton and ullesklf) can all take 5 x 23m coaches?
Surely grandfather rights cover East Garforth anyway (so the train could have stopped, with a tannoy announcement to not exit from the rear coach?
Why are Northern Rail (or their staff) so averse to running MULTIPLE multiple units?