Just got back from Manchester to Wilmslow. Noted at Piccadilly an announcement that due to an incident at East Didsbury, no trains were running to Manchester Airport.
Platform 3 at Wilmslow was packed with people with suitcases who'd been advised to travel to Piccadilly to get to the Airport that way. A 323 ran though without stopping (the train that should have gone Crewe - Airport - Piccadilly?). Then the ATW 2-car DMU arrived and some folk with suitcases got off while the platform-full of pax crowded on! Station staff told those who'd got off (for the Airport!) to get back on! Which they just about managed to do!
Anyone know what was going on? And how those pax were supposed to get to the Airport via Piccadilly if no trains were running that service?
Oh, and the following service from Picc to Alderley was a nodding donkey! Are Northern short of 323s?
Platform 3 at Wilmslow was packed with people with suitcases who'd been advised to travel to Piccadilly to get to the Airport that way. A 323 ran though without stopping (the train that should have gone Crewe - Airport - Piccadilly?). Then the ATW 2-car DMU arrived and some folk with suitcases got off while the platform-full of pax crowded on! Station staff told those who'd got off (for the Airport!) to get back on! Which they just about managed to do!
Anyone know what was going on? And how those pax were supposed to get to the Airport via Piccadilly if no trains were running that service?
Oh, and the following service from Picc to Alderley was a nodding donkey! Are Northern short of 323s?