Boysteve
Member
I have observed driving styles by some Northern drivers that I cannot explain, therefore it would be great if somebody could fill in the gaps so to speak.
It does only happens on a minority of occurrences, but it still happens often enough for me to believe it must be a 'thing'.
I have observed drivers heading towards Manchester approach the last but one signal to Castlefield junction as if they are going to stop despite it showing a single yellow aspect for the previous 20 minutes! They then slide past the signal incredibly slowly (like 1mph) and continue at that speed round Saint Georges Island. Sure, it makes no sense to zoom away and then hit the breaks a few seconds later but the crawl can be excruciatingly slow! To the point that it takes 3 minutes for the signal they just passed to turn to red because of how slowly the train clears the overlap.
I just witnessed this behavior again a few minutes ago with 1619 Liverpool to Oxford Road (2099). Observing Tracksy I suspect that the following EMT service had to stop unnecessarily at the previous signal (3 before Castlefield junction) because of the behavior of the Northern train.
It does only happens on a minority of occurrences, but it still happens often enough for me to believe it must be a 'thing'.
I have observed drivers heading towards Manchester approach the last but one signal to Castlefield junction as if they are going to stop despite it showing a single yellow aspect for the previous 20 minutes! They then slide past the signal incredibly slowly (like 1mph) and continue at that speed round Saint Georges Island. Sure, it makes no sense to zoom away and then hit the breaks a few seconds later but the crawl can be excruciatingly slow! To the point that it takes 3 minutes for the signal they just passed to turn to red because of how slowly the train clears the overlap.
I just witnessed this behavior again a few minutes ago with 1619 Liverpool to Oxford Road (2099). Observing Tracksy I suspect that the following EMT service had to stop unnecessarily at the previous signal (3 before Castlefield junction) because of the behavior of the Northern train.