Recent content by Lemmy99uk

Reports are suggesting a sinkhole as the cause.

Personally, I’m delighted at this appointment. I worked under several MDs during my time in the industry, but Alex Hynes was one of the few that I respected.

I can understand the need to lock the doors, but why do all the passengers have to be off? Trains attach and detach with people on board all the time.

If you avoid weekends you could do worse than a rail and sail to the Isle of Man for £85 Not sure about hotel prices though.

With services from the south terminating at Workington it requires Workington no. 3 box to be open from first until last train to allow the units to be shunted from platform to platform. They have had to use signallers from Maryport to operate no.3 as it is not normally open all day, hence the...

Why not just use a Heaton 156 sent over the Tyne Valley?

They will need to shunt from 2 to 1.

Yes. Workington crew using taxis.

Mind you, the vehicles are often provided by Workington Transport Heritage Trust so you might end up on a Leyland National!

I mentioned in another thread about the stupidity of not allowing Carlisle crews to sign the route to Whitehaven. If they had the route knowledge then a Carlisle/Maryport shuttle would be a no brainer.

Through tickets to the Ravenglass and Eskdale seem to be popular. In fact many of the Conductors and booking office staff are very pro-active and frequently question people asking for Ravenglass tickets if they are visiting ‘La’al Ratty’.

There seem to be two units in platform 2 at Carlisle so it should be feasible. It’s an easy bus link between Maryport and Workington and there should be plenty of crews available. Let’s see if they take the easy option and cancel everything north of Workington.

I’m seeing some posts on fb claiming that the bridge over the river Derwent at Workington has been closed to traffic as it is structurally unsound. The only official information I can find is from last nights Twitter feed where Northern stated that there were delays and cancellations between...

I’m not particularly familiar with the current infrastructure in the area, but would routing via Grahamston help with any pathing issue? I have vague memories of some Glasgow to Edinburgh services using that route in loco hauled days but I may be miss-remembering

There has never been an island platform at Maryport.