Xenophon PCDGS
Veteran Member
March 1st 2020 has finally arrived and it will be interesting to see how matters develop over the next few months.
There will be no cancelled train, no train faults and every thing will be all nice and fine.
A major deep-cleaning program has started on carriages.
There will be no cancelled train, no train faults and every thing will be all nice and fine.
NICE is what I think the name of a new Northern + TPE franchise should be called.
Any ideas on the 30 platform extensions? Aire and Wharfe?
Well the new franchise already have their work cut out with no trains running from Sheffield.
Be interesting to see how they cope as it's literally no trains running from north of the station
More cleaning is basically the only thing they have announced. Presumably as it’s easy and cheap to just recruit a few more minimum wage agency cleaners rather than doing something significant.I wonder if they will splash out for a hoover for the train floors.
Ah like this thenMy guess is exactly the same as old Northern would've, being all the same staff on the ground...
I wonder if they will splash out for a hoover for the train floors.
£20m at Newton Heath (as part of the CAF building) and £6m at Allerton is reportedly being invested in new cleaning facilities.Cleaning is mentioned:
See https://www.networkrail.co.uk/runni...north-of-england-platform-extension-programmeAny ideas on the 30 platform extensions? Aire and Wharfe?
Any ideas on the 30 platform extensions? Aire and Wharfe?
Presumably the ones that were already planned to happen anyway....
There will be no cancelled train, no train faults and every thing will be all nice and fine.
Yes, NICE already existsDoesn't NICE already exist in medical connotations?.....National Institute for Health and Care Excellence.
More cleaning is basically the only thing they have announced. Presumably as it’s easy and cheap to just recruit a few more minimum wage agency cleaners rather than doing something significant.
I’m waiting with baited breath that they announce something more significant tomorrow or in the near future.
I'll believe the improvement in cleanliness if I see it. If every journey is to be made on a clean train, they'll have to ban half of Northern's passengers.
What about the unit refurbishments - will they continue or are they all stopped now?
"Capacity will be further boosted with the roll-out of more electric trains across the network next year, in addition to the extra capacity already being delivered by the new fleet. "
That's a good question. I hope they continue them and finish the job.
From their slightly hyperbolic press release, I'm left wondering something:
https://media.northernrailway.co.uk/news/northern-franchise-enters-new-future
"Capacity will be further boosted with the roll-out of more electric trains across the network next year, in addition to the extra capacity already being delivered by the new fleet. "
What are these additional electric trains?
That's a good question. I hope they continue them and finish the job.
From their slightly hyperbolic press release, I'm left wondering something:
https://media.northernrailway.co.uk/news/northern-franchise-enters-new-future
"Capacity will be further boosted with the roll-out of more electric trains across the network next year, in addition to the extra capacity already being delivered by the new fleet. "
What are these additional electric trains?
Or more 323s in ex LNR than 319s going off lease.I think the general consensus in the last thread before it was locked was that it'd be 365s which are currently at Crewe
As a regular Northern user. Properly cleaning the trains counts as very significantMore cleaning is basically the only thing they have announced. Presumably as it’s easy and cheap to just recruit a few more minimum wage agency cleaners rather than doing something significant.
I’m waiting with baited breath that they announce something more significant tomorrow or in the near future.