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Maybe someone forgot to tell them the line was shut? https://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/service/gb-nr:H08491/2024-03-27/detailed

Fixed distant boards at Morecambe if I recall correctly. 1675182108 Indeed it is a bone. Barriers are now down for at least 6 minutes for trains coming from Morecambe. 10 is not uncommon, and longer is not unheard of. Used to be 2-3 minutes when the box was there.

Apart from the Morecambe unit on Sundays ;)

Plus the four that spend the night in Barrow.

There are two power stations at Heysham. Heysham 1 is due to close in 2024, Heysham 2 in 2028. 1660056068 Indeed. And it's only the Sunday service that works as an extension of a Leeds-Morecambe service, so it would only be one train a week. I presume the Skipton crew are booked a PNB at...

The Metro was fully gated when it opened. Maintenance was an issue so they got rid of most of them.

All of the fares are listed here: https://www.brfares.com/!fares?orig=EUS&dest=INV That sleeper business fare is listed under "advance purchase fares - standard class" but does seem to include a first class (club) room. There are many other advance fares listed but not all will still be...

I'm fairly sure Barrow operate the Lancaster-Morecambe section of one of the Leeds services and also the Sunday Leeds-Heysham. That may be a different crew link to those that operate the airport services though.

There was at least one Preston-Carlisle and return to Lancaster that was booked a 142 which then dropped on to the Morecambes for the evening peak. Which reminds me there was a summer Sunday 156+150/2 combo from the airport which split at Lancaster with the 156 for Barrow and the 150/2 for...

After the 1990s 156 era it was 175s with FNW, then 185s after TPE took over the route, then hired in 185s (briefly) and back to 156 (and 158 I think) when it went to Northern, and now 195. 142s were never diagrammed although they may have occasionally turned up - never saw one though. 153s were...

Just a thought, but were the claim references shown (redacted) in the letter used for the payment references on the bank transfers?

Ha! They gave up on trying with connections a long time ago. Now it runs when they can squeeze a path in. It is run with a dedicated unit, and has been for a few years now. There's only a handful of services run by units from the east and they tend to be timetabled close to the dedicated shuttle.

You sure? It's assisted dispatch for a reason. Platform 3 isn't going to magically straighten itself. I'm fairly sure there'd need to be signalling changes and I'm sure safety reviews don't come cheap either. And I'm not sure it would be in any way acceptable. Self-dispatch... concave...

And people also speak as if funding is unlimited. It is not.

There is no self dispatch at Lancaster.