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    May 2023 changes

    Looks like the Calder Valley is going 2tph Manchester-Leeds on a Sunday, up from 1tph which will be very welcome. Sunday generally the only day of the week I’ve found regularly having to stand, as route popular with day trippers in multiple directions- going in to Manchester/Leeds but also out...
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    ECML major disruption (26/07)

    Currently at Leeds, meant to be on 11.15 LDS-KGS as far as Stevenage. Staff suggesting either going to Manchester then on to Euston or Sheffield and on to St Pancras & then back out. Safe to say the platform for the delayed 11.11 XC service via Sheffield is very busy! Opting for the much...
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    Grand Central 10 car 02/10/21

    Sat on a 10-car GC class 180 this afternoon. The 15.48 KGX - BDI service was delayed at kings cross due to an issue with the brakes. Presumably not entirely resolved as in the end they’ve ended up coupling it to the 16.27 KGX - BDI and combining the two services- possibly the only benefit of...
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    What proportion of long distance trains are now sold out at weekends?

    Think LNER were particularly full on bank holiday weekend. Travelled up to Leeds on Saturday morning (on a 1st class ticket as all that was available at 3 days notice) and Kings Cross was busier than I’ve seen it in a long time!! Felt almost like normal! But sort of predictable, Edinburgh...
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    Travel updates related to grounding of Class 80x fleet

    Just seen the MKIV set leaving on the 10.03 KGX-LDS.
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    Entire 800/801/802 fleet stood down for safety checks

    I was booked on the 06.30 KGX-LDS this morning. Advised at Kings Cross they didn’t expect trains to run for the rest of the day so hopped over to St Pancras for the 06.33 STP-York up to Sheffield. Would say a lot of the people on that train had come over from Kings Cross & then changed at...
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    ECML/MML major power problems (09/08)

    A friend currently on a very quiet 1P52 after waiting it out at Kings Cross, which seems to be only train to have left since 1800ish http://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/train/G46554/2019/08/09/advanced Curious as to where the majority have gone considering 1818 and 1830 alone are often full and...
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    What made East Coast so popular?

    One thing I have definitely noticed is the price increases. I've travelled between Kings Cross and Peterborough fairly regularly (1-2 times a month) for the last 8 years always on Advance tickets. Under EC and NX it was easy to get £6-9 tickets each way (with a railcard) travelling after 1900...
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    London Underground Station Staff Strike February 5th and 7th

    Just caught a near empty Bakerloo line train non-stop Queen's Park-Marylebone taking just 6 minutes...nice perk for a long journey across Central London!
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    Triple destinations

    When I have caught the 18.14 KGX-KLN in the past I'm sure it has gone to Kings Lynn, Cambridge & Cambridge. The rear 4 coaches detach at Royston and call Meldreth,Shepreth, Foxton & Cambridge. The front 8 run fast to Cambridge where the front 4 then continue to Kings Lynn. However now I think...
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    new class 450 diagrams??

    So I live very close to Kingston Station, and have noticed on a number of occasions over the past few weeks pairs of 450s operating both in and out of peak hours. One morning last week as I was going through Vauxhall (about 11am) I also noticed a pair on a service to Dorking via Epsom. Both...
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    Delays at Kings Cross 30/1

    So this evening peak there were delays at Kings Cross (due to an earlier fatality further up ECML I believe) which resulted in some very short timings between announcements and trains leaving! :p e.g. the 18.14 KGX-KLN arrived in Kings Cross 18.11/18.12ish, was announced 18.12 and I don't...
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    Why are the frequencies so poor on the NLL?

    I live next to this line and use it frequently between Brondesbury and Stratford, which is about half the route, maybe a bit more, now as nice as it would be to have a frequency similar to the jubilee line just up the road at Kilburn, outisde of the peaks I don't think the NNL trains are that...

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