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    Grand Central reservation policy

    So i have a West Yorkshire M card that covers me on Grand Central trains within the area. I need to catch their train tomorrow from Kirkgate to Brighouse, however you need a reservation to travel for social distancing reasons. LNER allow reservations for pass holders free of charge. Seems Grand...
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    When will Castleford - Wakefield - Huddersfield services be fully restored?

    Before covid this service was a direct hourly service. During the lockdown understandably the service was reduced. However since things began opening up again, virtually all lines have returned to some sort of normal service, however this route hasnt. There are i believe 2-3 direct trains a day...
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    No services in West Yorkshire next week on some lines?

    I commute to Halifax from Leeds daily for work. Checking the timetables for next week and its saying none are running at all for the whole week. I believe bank holiday there are works on the line so thats fine, but what about the rest of the week? Even during COVID they have been running every...
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    Halifax station - platform is too short announcement

    I regularly travel from Leeds - Halifax that goes via Bradford. They always tend to be the new Northern trains and always 3 carriages max. As we approach Halifax station the automated announcement always says something along the lines of "please be aware the platform is too short at Halifax to...
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    Delay repay with M Card

    Anyone had success claiming delay repay with a West Yorkshire M Card recently? Fed up of Northern trains constantly cancelled and having 4 hourly trains in a row cancelled the other month was the tipping point. As someone who never bothered trying to claim delay compensation as multi modal...
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    Northern Delay Repay advice

    Currently have a Zone 2-5 MCard which according to Northerns T&C multimode cards are exempt from delay repay. Have a query however: I dont have Zone 1 on my card as very rarely travel to Leeds or via Leeds. I mainly use it for the Wakefield - Huddersfield - Halifax line. Thats fine through the...

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