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    WCML blockade - impact on EMR services? (29/03 - 01/04)

    Two Premiership football matches on Saturday could swell the numbers on EMR quite a bit: Crystal Palace are travelling up to Nottingham Forest and Fulham are travelling up to Sheffield United.
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    New Mills Central landslip - 6 week closure

    The Hope Valley Stopper should be quite a bit quicker running via Stockport. Wonder if it will pass through without stopping?
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    XC timetable changes 25-29 March.

    It seems that next week, Monday 25 - Friday 29, XC have taken most of the Newcastle/York - Reading via Doncaster services out of the timetable but I can't find an explanation anywhere for this. Does anyone know why this has been done?
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    Hope Valley Capacity Scheme updates

    Since it was stated that a retaining wall would be necessary alongside the Dore Loop. has that now become just some concrete pumped into the ground?
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    No working toilet on the train.

    When I travelled from Derby to Sheffield yesterday, I noticed that one of EMR's departures was shown on the screens as having 'No accessible toilet in Standard' I took that to mean non-accessible toilets were available but the only accessible toilet would be in First. Presumably anyone who...
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    ECML Signalling Systems Failure in the Newark area (06/03/2024)

    Indeed! I was there too, having arrived from Meadowhall on the Huddersfield stopper, I thought I might just get the 1732 EMR service to Derby but we were held at Nunnery for 5 minutes so no chance of that, perhaps just as well! As I went over to Platform 6 for the XC Plymouth at 1756, I...
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    Strange regulation Derby - Sheffield 2/03.

    Thanks for the information. Another thing I noticed when the EMR approached Clay Cross was a Northern 195 unit on the 1219 Nottm-Leeds service going ahead on the Down Erewash line. This, I thought, would cause further delay by virtue of stopping at Dronfield but apparently it was cancelled at...
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    Strange regulation Derby - Sheffield 2/03.

    Today (Saturday) I was at Derby to get the 1229 EMR service to Sheffield. It was late arriving due to some trouble on the train and was further delayed at Derby whilst several BTP officers took witness contact details, it eventually departed at 1252. Whilst I was sitting on it, I saw the 1245 XC...
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    Hulley's of Baslow

    Many thanks to all for the interesting and informative replies.
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    Hulley's of Baslow

    Could someone please remind me: Didn't Hulleys start or intend to start a seaside service to somewhere a year or two ago? What became of it?
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    RMT Industrial Action Update to members

    No such thing but I worked for BR for 16 years and at Easter they always gave us Good Friday, Easter Monday plus the Tuesday also. However, that was on the P/Way, the operational side may have been different.
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    What's In a Name? - British Bus Companies

    They were exactly the reasons. Thankfully one or two of them have seen sense latterly although where image consultants are used, they seem to think they're selling soap powder or breakfast cereal rather than bus travel!
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    Lichfield / Birmingham cross city line

    The XC diversions via Lichfield in February and early March have been happening for many years now. In fact they used to make a stop at Lichfield City which was extremely useful for anyone travelling to/from the north. Pity they don't anymore!
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    Nottinghamshire & Derbyshire Bus News

    No wonder a Zig-Zag isn't valid on Skylink Derby!
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    Nottinghamshire & Derbyshire Bus News

    Well, when is a 'Premium Coach Service' not a premium coach service? You pay a higher fare (considerably higher) to travel on the Red Arrow because that's how it's described in Trentbarton's own words. But what about the many occasions when a bog standard 15 year old bus turns up? Isn't it a...
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    DfT Plan to Demolish Disused Bridges and Tunnels

    It would but the minister would be acting solely on the advice/information fed to him by inept civil servants!
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    XC Voyager Refurbishment

    Programme to begin in late 2024 and expected completion date; September 2026. Any improvements are going to be a long time coming!
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    Hope Valley Capacity Scheme updates

    I hope they don't spoil the new platform at Dore by providing nothing more than a bus shelter. Surely it deserves something a bit more substantial and user friendly than that!
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    Swinton (S Yorks) footbridge closure

    This is a problem which will be increasingly prevalent all over the network in the not too distant future. Many of these structures cost a million pounds or more to design, fabricate and install and it's becoming clear that their lifespan will be no more than about 30 years. The concept is...
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    Nottinghamshire & Derbyshire Bus News

    Trentbarton said extra buses would run on 'The Swift' today (and tomorrow) at 1020, 1120, 1220 and 1330 from Derby to cope with demand for the Shrovetide football event in Ashbourne. The 1220 was a Volvo Gemini decker borrowed from Notts & Derby and the 1320 appeared to be just the usual branded...

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