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It’ll be for a C Exam to relieve pressure on Newton Heath

Both for conductors , there will be no drivers based at Ashington

The runs so far have only been for “stakeholder” / publicity events and Driver / conductor manager route knowledge. Route learning for the instructor drivers and normal traincrew has not commenced along any of the route

IIRC it’s for route retention Northallerton - Darlington for the York link that signs Saltburn but not Newcastle. It replaced the Saltburn via Darlington services as they no longer sign Darlington to Eaglescliffe

It’s not the 90 mph capabilities but rather the braking capability of the units which require 158s. Very tight timetable apparently and tests were taken out on other lines to see how much time could be saved

Did the previous poster misread this as having “fixed rest days” meaning same days off every week and not “fixed rest day pattern“ meaning 4 in, 3 off or the equivalent. It is correct though that some depots including my owns guards roster doesn’t seem to have a fixed pattern to it (might be a...

On the Northern ballot paper “failure to adhere to existing agreements” did appear alongside the pay dispute

You are reading too much into this, there is still a lot of work happening in the lift / footbridge areas. The reason for the stop is that is was pathed behind the 2 Northern stopping services towards Stockton / Nunthorpe

The Hartlepool “unadvertised” stop does not appear on traincrew diagrams and trains will run through without stopping. It’s just pretty much a placeholder for when they do stop

It's compulsory to time any train (passenger or non passenger) to stop there due to the stop board at Gypsy Lane and await the white crossing lights. It not required to pick up / drop off passengers. Indeed prior to the 2019 timetable change st least one train didn't going towards Nunthorpe

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I believe there are separate links at York based on traction, one was the Class 802 link which signed Newcastle and the other was the Class 68 link which signs Boro (class 185 knowledge probably spread between both). But the latter link would need Darlington knowledge

I’m reading it as they bought one “open” return ticket and used it multiple times whilst just buying new singles for the outward part

It’s a sign for the crossing FPW is Footpath with wicket gates MBW3 is the engineer line reference - MBW is Middlesbrough to Whitby and 3 refers to the portion between Grosmont Junction and Whitby And the easy bit is Miles and Chains from the zero point which is probably Middlesbrough

It’s a class 3 so non-passenger (empty coaching stock). May be in there for training runs or other purposes