I am very confused how this morning the 09:53 LNER from Leeds to Harrogate was delayed several minutes (as per usual to be honest!), then for some bonkers reason they let the 09:59 Northern service depart before letting the LNER depart literally a minute later, which will now surely just be crawling behind the Northern service all the way to Harrogate as I don’t think there is an opportunity to overtake anywhere?
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New Azuma services to Harrogate: is the timetable sufficiently robust to avoid knock-on delays?
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theblackwatch
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Looking at RTT, it would appear the 09.59 was held at Whitehall Junction (presumably signal 3644) to allow you to go ahead - which was actually a sensible decision!
LNER didn't fare well with getting to and from Harrogate today, snow, then flooding and sadly a fatality on the line just to top it off
The interesting part is I notice they advise passengers to just travel on Northern services to/from Leeds instead, do they have ticket acceptance in place with Northern if someone jumped on one with say a LNER advance ticket?
The interesting part is I notice they advise passengers to just travel on Northern services to/from Leeds instead, do they have ticket acceptance in place with Northern if someone jumped on one with say a LNER advance ticket?
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What types of Azuma are operating north of Leeds on these services out of interest? I'd assumed it would be 5-car portion working with split/join at Leeds, as I can imagine how awkward it would be at Harrogate if a 9/10 car formation turns up! Memories of the (mercifully brief) IC225 drags to Harrogate in 1991.
5 9 and 10 car formations all make an appearance, if it’s a 10 only the rear set is used. If it’s a 9 car any wheelchairs have to be in the rear as the front is not on the platform at Harrogate.
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