On Tyrell -which is an internal messaging app for staff - I have LNER, XC and TPE messages coming through, this is because often the information coming through is often partial towards that TOC, but by combining all 3 a bigger picture of what is actually happening can be drawn.
Other feeds are available ( if not, perhaps, as accurate! )
I'm nowhere near the incident, being at work down in London, but I wanted to convey thanks regardless. It's people like you that make this forum worth being on! Keep it up, and put aside people who want to bring down the good things!Well if it has helped some of you figure out what's going on while stuck in it or altered travel plans to avoid the disruption then Im glad to have helped
Station reopened. However delays, alterations and cancellations can still be expected until further notice.
BBC said:Passengers at Leeds were turned away by staff earlier unless their journeys were "absolutely necessary".
One passenger stuck on a train near Ilkley said he was unable to get to London on his pre-booked ticket and had "no money" to buy a replacement.
It's now been reported by the BBC.
I do hope that this sentence in the article is a misunderstanding:
What criteria could railway staff possibly use to decide whether a passenger's journey is "absolutely necessary"? What authority do they have to make that distinction? Personally, when I'm using the railway my reason for travelling is my business alone and only I can make the determination as to whether it's "absolutely necessary" or not.
It's now been reported by the BBC.
I do hope that this sentence in the article is a misunderstanding:
What criteria could railway staff possibly use to decide whether a passenger's journey is "absolutely necessary"? What authority do they have to make that distinction? Personally, when I'm using the railway my reason for travelling is my business alone and only I can make the determination as to whether it's "absolutely necessary" or not.
goodness me! The overreaction on this board to minor things. They are hardly going to frog march you away from the station having decided your journey isnt necessary! At worst someone in a high visibility tabbard might ask you if you have an alternative to using the train during this temporary period a period of really bad disruption and suggesting if you do that might get you to your destination more quickly. But I am sure you know this...........
As I'm sure you're just as aware of as I am, some members of railway staff have an awful habit of overstepping their authority, making up imaginary rules and generally treating their customers with thinly-disguised contempt. Of course they're a minority, but it only takes one to ruin a passenger's day.
I just found it rather strange that a very reputable news source would simply state that people "were turned away by staff" on that basis, as though it were a normal and reasonable thing to do. As I said, I hope it's a misunderstanding.
I have never met such a person. I must be very lucky.
I am certain people will be turned away on the basis the station is dangerously full. I am certain messaging will be issued on the basis that please don't travel unless absolutely necessary. I am perfectly happy that is normal and reasonable in situations such as this.
As I'm sure you're just as aware of as I am, some members of railway staff have an awful habit of overstepping their authority, making up imaginary rules and generally treating their customers with thinly-disguised contempt. Of course they're a minority, but it only takes one to ruin apassenger'scertain type of spotters day
If, as suggested above, someone is chained to the footbridge above platform 8, why did the entire station need to be closed down? Did he have a bomb or something?
I had to drive my wife into Leeds for a medical appointment, which was not a problem, but this sort of disruption may have had major effects on people's lives. Not just the simple frustrations of being late for work or losing a holiday because a flight was missed, but such as critical medical appointments/operations missed, job interviews etc.