daniel3982
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- 28 Oct 2007
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Have spent the last few days working up in the N.East & have noticed there's a bit of a big gap in the morning peaks for Northbound services from York. There is a service to Aberdeen at 7:37 but the next train northbound isn't until 8:28!
How come there is such a big gap? Are the trains that would normally be operating strengthening peak services elsewhere on the Network? Or are they just incredibly bunched (I think there's something like 6 within an hour from 08:28 onwards), I thought there was pretty much a clockface service on the ECML these days and 5 services to Darlington & beyond per hour (1 x TPE, 2 x XC & 2 x EC)?
It makes commuting northbound very difficult as you are either too early for work or too late! Have had to kill an hour in Darlington before starting work both of the last 2 days.
Also the £24.50 return per day for a 28 minute journey is incredible! There can't be many more expensive stretches of route in the country!
How come there is such a big gap? Are the trains that would normally be operating strengthening peak services elsewhere on the Network? Or are they just incredibly bunched (I think there's something like 6 within an hour from 08:28 onwards), I thought there was pretty much a clockface service on the ECML these days and 5 services to Darlington & beyond per hour (1 x TPE, 2 x XC & 2 x EC)?
It makes commuting northbound very difficult as you are either too early for work or too late! Have had to kill an hour in Darlington before starting work both of the last 2 days.
Also the £24.50 return per day for a 28 minute journey is incredible! There can't be many more expensive stretches of route in the country!