Adding additional services to existing stations v opening new stations. Same level of realism....... (sarcasm note).
Why have 80 minutes turnround at Middlesbrough? Isn't 20 enough? Scarborough is only 11 at present, clearly not enough.
All down to the farce of the May 2018 timetable where it was proven that 10 min turns at Manchester Airport didn't work, and these have since been extended to 40 mins. In order to keep these once the Newcastle & Middlesbrough services (currently interworked) are operated by separate fleets (802 to Newcastle and Mk5 to Middlesbrough... eventually) I believe the solution to this is to swap one of the paths across the Pennines meaning the current 10 min turns in Middlesbrough will only be extended to 40 min, instead of the planned 70 min. Therefore in 40 min the furthest you can get is Redcar and not Saltburn. Correct me if I'm wrong but this is my understanding.
Thanks @Darandio . Would it not be possible for it to run down to Redcar as normal then cross over onto platform 1 on the said cross over near Locke Road. As a side note I don't suppose you know when the pacers that currently serve Redcar are due to be upgraded and what type of train will replace them. I've recently took up getting the train daily from Redcar to Middlesbrough for my commute.
is little more than an agreement by some official body to ask for it. Was it ever likely?It's just a gut feeling based on Heaton's allocation of 156s and 158s building up quite nicely. I wouldn't be surprised if the 142s last for a while yet but equally I wouldn't rule out their diagrammed work coming to an end in the North East early on. Also note I said diagrammed, Heaton supplies units to a lot of areas outside of the North East so it may well retain an allocation of 142 beyond their diagrammed use in the North East which would mean they could still appear as cover even if they have no booked work.
In the current timetables there's an XX:56 service to Saltburn. If it sat in platform 2 from XX:50 to XX:07, it would block the existing service.
As the Northern timetables haven't been released, my best guess is that they'd have to show that it wouldn't interfere with the existing services.
Doesn't it? I'm honestly a bit surprised at how good it looks! I really did think that if it did go ahead it wouldn't be as comprehensive as this looks to be with only one train (very early in the morning) starting from Middlesbrough and everything else running through to/from Redcar Central. Good work to everyone that made it happen!
Yes I had idly thought that as well
Sorry, Does this mean the train is going to arrive at platform 2, go across the west dyke level crossing - wait near the signal box then come back through the said crossing at time of departure, departing from platform 2? or Platform 1?Yes I had idly thought that as well
I don't drive in Redcar very often so it doesn't bother me but I'm aware that it's a bone of contention. My mum was once caught there for maybe 15 minutes due to the number of trains crossing one after the other.
Yes I had idly thought that as well
I don't drive in Redcar very often so it doesn't bother me but I'm aware that it's a bone of contention. My mum was once caught there for maybe 15 minutes due to the number of trains crossing one after the other.
