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Track circuit failures necessitating pilotman working over the single line on the approach to Stansted Airport.

Platform 3 at Grantham is now only used during severe disruption or in an emergency. Not exactly sure of the reason, I will ask next time I see/speak to someone who may know. Also if you have a train signalled in to/out of platform 3, then you can't have a train simultaneously enter platform 4...

Unless it has changed, the plan is... Northbound The current 0945 Cardiff-Nottingham to be split at Birmingham. A Voyager will operate the Cardiff to Birmingham section and attach to the 0825 Plymouth-Edinburgh at Birmingham. Southbound The 1305 Edinburgh-Plymouth will split at Gloucester...

Engineering work at the south end of the ECML. Advice was to travel St Pancras to Corby, then bus Corby to Grantham and vv. I wonder if EMR managed to ensure the Corby services were all 8 car 360?

Borders crossed on a bicycle... Nicaragua/Costa Rica Costa Rica/Panama Thailand/Cambodia Cambodia/Vietnam Chile/Argentina Argentina/Chile Ireland/Northern Island by lorry. France/Belgium you car. Most western/central European countries by train. At 13 I went to Yugoslavia by bus so would...

All 6 continents except Antarctica. 46 different countries in total. Will be 47 in 7 weeks. Able to say that I have flown around the world after finally flying over the Pacific last year.

May 2022 proposed timetable had all services via Wakefield with nothing via Hambleton. There was an earlier plan for 2 hourly via Hambleton and on to Harrogate. There was a long thread on here from 2019... https://www.railforums.co.uk/threads/future-ecml-lner-services.177199/

Proposed May 2022 was generally... Ex Kings Cross... xx03 Edinburgh (Aberdeen and Inverness extensions) (Peterborough, Newark, Doncaster, York, Darlington*, Durham*, Newcastle Alnmouth *, Berwick*) xx10 Leeds (Peterborough, Grantham, Doncaster, Wakefield) xx30 Edinburgh (York, Newcastle) xx33...

In the proposed May 2022 timetable that wasn't implemented, the LNER journey times were generally as follows... Ex Kings Cross... xx03 Edinburgh 4hr27 (fastest 4hr24) xx10 Leeds 2hr11 xx30 Edinburgh 4hr08 (fastest 4hr04) xx33 Newcastle 3hr03 xx40 Leeds 2hr10 (fastest 2hr08) xx47 (odd hours)...

Clarence Yard has posted the times proposed times on wnxx... Sheffield 0920 1654 Retford 1017 1739 Kings Cross 1144 1914 Kings Cross 1248 1956 Retford 1410 2117 Sheffield 1457 2156

EMR have/will have more 170 vehicles than originally planned... Originally 11x3car and 33x2car, 99 vehicles in total. Now* 17x3car and 27x2car, 105 vehicles. Same number of units, but 6 more 3 cars and 6 less 2 cars. In addition they have kept 26x158 for Liverpool-Norwich**, which requires...

It's not just the train regulation that has gone south since transfer to York ROC. Things like neighbouring signalboxes not being advised of possessions/line blockages that they have granted which go in to another boxes area of control. SBSIs not being followed which then causes problems on...

Yikes! Newly passed out signallers in our area are not allowed anyone with them, training or otherwise, for the first 6 months following passing out.

From my dealings with recent recruits/trainees is that it is the exception to have someone who cares about, or has an interest in the job. For most, it's "just a job" and a general indifference to it. Some have even been surprised that they have to work weekends and shifts.

Hence why I said what ran between Birmingham and Cambridge.

Around half of the trains on this route do not between Cambridge and Stansted anyway. The XC service is now generally every 2 hours between Cambridge and the Stansted Airport, with Cambridge to Birmingham being hourly except for 1 missing round trip (0922 ex Brum, and 1400 ex Cambridge)...

Assumng you are referring to today; the 1322, 1422, 1622, 1652, 1722, and 2022 all ran between Birmingham and Cambridge.

Only on a Saturday is the Aberdeen the last southbound departure from Edinburgh to Kings Cross. Mon to Fri there are later departures ex Edinburgh at 1830 and 1936. On a Sunday the last Aberdeen runs an hour earlier, departing Edinburgh at 1630.

There's 6 booked services (5 passenger and 1 ECS) over the Manton route daily Mon to Fri. I'm guessing they are all crew by Derby men, hence London not getting a look in?