mike57
Established Member
TPE have quite rightly taken a lot of criticism over their performance on the Scarborough service.
Today has probably been the worst day ever for TPE performance. Out of 18 TPE arrivals into Scarborough during the day so far 6 have been cancelled.
This afternoon 12:44, 13:44, 14:44 and 16:44 departures to Liverpool have been cancelled, and there will be more as the incoming workings are already cancelled.
They all appear to be due to crewing issues according to RTT. We were in Scarborough just after lunch traveling in and out by Northern from home, and passengers for the 12:44 were very unhappy, eventually buses were arranged for 13:44, but that is going to mean a two hour late arrival into York, maybe more, as the A64 is also shut this weekend, and then no doubt further delays for those with onward journeys.
This level of performance is unacceptable, you cannot plan a journey based on 33% cancellations, and performance during the week has been bad with 2 or more cancellations on a lot of days, and late running on a significant number of other services
Perhaps with the looming general election its time to stir our local MP's up again, I know the Scarborough MP got involved last year, and the practice of curtailing services at Malton stopped shortly after.
Today has probably been the worst day ever for TPE performance. Out of 18 TPE arrivals into Scarborough during the day so far 6 have been cancelled.
This afternoon 12:44, 13:44, 14:44 and 16:44 departures to Liverpool have been cancelled, and there will be more as the incoming workings are already cancelled.
They all appear to be due to crewing issues according to RTT. We were in Scarborough just after lunch traveling in and out by Northern from home, and passengers for the 12:44 were very unhappy, eventually buses were arranged for 13:44, but that is going to mean a two hour late arrival into York, maybe more, as the A64 is also shut this weekend, and then no doubt further delays for those with onward journeys.
This level of performance is unacceptable, you cannot plan a journey based on 33% cancellations, and performance during the week has been bad with 2 or more cancellations on a lot of days, and late running on a significant number of other services
Perhaps with the looming general election its time to stir our local MP's up again, I know the Scarborough MP got involved last year, and the practice of curtailing services at Malton stopped shortly after.