Reading what's been posted, and looking at what's on RTT ... I'm struggling to understand:
From RTT, the train in question left Leeds 36L, arrived Shipley 46L, dep 56L - presumably after spending 10mins detraining the passengers, to arrive Skipton 46L. So had it proceeded as normal from Shipley, after scheduled 1 min stop, still 46L, was there any reason for it to have been expected to be more than 46L at Skipton? So either the driver was 'within hours', or they were already exceeded, and the consequences already incurred? Either way, turfing the passengers off at Shipley does not seem sensible... and so - either the driver was already dangerously close to exceeding hours at Leeds, in which case why was the train allowed to start? (Would the passengers have been better off waiting at Leeds?), or he had enough in hand for the train to run as normal. And if he did run out at Shipley, why could the train run on to Skipton?
Things not posted (so I don't know) - what announcements were made? (Were the passengers told there would be another train in 20 minutes? or when?) And is/was Shipley manned at the time, so the passengers weren't just abandoned?
From RTT, the train in question left Leeds 36L, arrived Shipley 46L, dep 56L - presumably after spending 10mins detraining the passengers, to arrive Skipton 46L. So had it proceeded as normal from Shipley, after scheduled 1 min stop, still 46L, was there any reason for it to have been expected to be more than 46L at Skipton? So either the driver was 'within hours', or they were already exceeded, and the consequences already incurred? Either way, turfing the passengers off at Shipley does not seem sensible... and so - either the driver was already dangerously close to exceeding hours at Leeds, in which case why was the train allowed to start? (Would the passengers have been better off waiting at Leeds?), or he had enough in hand for the train to run as normal. And if he did run out at Shipley, why could the train run on to Skipton?
Things not posted (so I don't know) - what announcements were made? (Were the passengers told there would be another train in 20 minutes? or when?) And is/was Shipley manned at the time, so the passengers weren't just abandoned?