The issue at Howden is the level crossing, anything longer than 5 coaches would block it
So it'll block the crossing just like everywhere else where this happens.
Tbf Crofton depot seem to be hopeless of late.
Grandfather rights only applies to non SDO stock I thought. As this set has SDO it shouldn't be an issue.
I would put the HST on a decent diagram. So it starts from Hull and ends at Hull doing 3 round trips to make use of it.
Probably a good thing you’re not doing the diagramming. Have a look at the timetable and work out a diagram!
Ok two round trips. I did try workout how long it takes for a 180 to do Hull-KGX and back.
But there are other stations which have a level crossing next to them which sometimes get blocked by a train stopping there.
I dont think the HST is ordinarily cleared to Beverley, so it probably wont do all of that diagram.
I've spent a bit of time waiting at the High Street crossing at the west end of Datchet station, where the trains are much longer than the platform so the London bound trains block the crossing. The trains to Windsor have another effect, the road traffic queues at both the High Street and Queens Road crossings, which are about 100 metres apart. At busy times the queues are so long that they affect adjacent roads and jam up the whole of the village. There's little that can be done to alleviate this, so drivers have to be patient.
