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had a feeling it hadn't thanks for the reply
The Leeds to Ellesmere Port was cancelled due to lack of driver but I’m not sure what unit that would have been.A dead looking 195/1 in platform 1 at Victoria
had a feeling it hadn't thanks for the reply
Sorry I missed this, I've been away for a few days. Interesting comments from other posters re the name Caldervale too. I had never thought of the Vale of York portmanteau, it may be the explanation although the fact that York and Selby line trains were covered in another Metro timetable makes me slightly sceptical.
That train ran but started from Manchester Victoria. It was a three car 195, 103 iirc.The Leeds to Ellesmere Port was cancelled due to lack of driver but I’m not sure what unit that would have been.
Yeah I spotted that when I’d already gone to Piccadilly. I have to check before I leave the office now so I can head to the right station if it’s not running. I guess it was over 15 minutes late anyway so good that I did. I guess it never went to Leeds at all if it was at Victoria?That train ran but started from Manchester Victoria. It was a three car 195, 103 iirc.
"Unadvertedly".
If you go back far enough into the 80s they were in the same timetable. Line 12 Brown A7 timetables. The York and Selby times were later separated out into a Dark Blue timetable.
I'm a big fan of the "flexi-space" adjacent to the doors with the tip up seats that also double up as storage spaces for luggage. They're actually big enough to accommodate a small to medium sized pram amd have seen it used as such. I personally dislike fixed luggage racks as they too often take up much needed space at peak time when no luggage is on-board.I'd make a couple of changes fairly quickly, though - like the Thameslink 700s fit a luggage rack in "opposite" standbacks (as these seem mostly to be used for luggage and not standing), and remove the tip-ups from the bike space as people choose to sit there even where there are other seats spare preventing its use for bikes.
The problem with tip-up seats is that some people prefer to sit there and won't move when asked to do so because of e.g. a bicycle or luggage which needs to go there. I therefore think it would be best to remove all of them wherever they exist.
Personally I don't think prioritising bikes and luggage over paying passengers is in any way preferable.The problem with tip-up seats is that some people prefer to sit there and won't move when asked to do so because of e.g. a bicycle or luggage which needs to go there. I therefore think it would be best to remove all of them wherever they exist.
Personally I don't think prioritising bikes and luggage over paying passengers is in any way preferable.
Personally I don't think prioritising bikes and luggage over paying passengers is in any way preferable.
I did notice on a recent journey that the display board and associated announcements were not synchronised, as passing through Slade Lane junction heading towards Manchester Piccadilly on a Barrow-in-Furness service, the information suddenly stated "the next station would be East Didsbury". However, the fault must have been noted, as by the time the train arrived at Manchester Piccadilly, that information system had been shut down.
What do you do, put a skip on each platform so they can be left behind? What is needed is enough space and getting away from the subliminal idea which pervades the railway that we'd run better were it not for the passengers.
Well, js1000 certainly wasn't suggesting that the railway would run better but for passengers, quite the contrary, he was suggesting that they don't get sufficient priority.
I'm all in favour of people being able to take their bikes by train, but do find something a little incongruous about carrying that bike for free, when it takes up the space of at least one passenger, and probably more.
As to luggage, people have become accustomed to travelling with it, and it's something they don't do every day, they may travel to work by train five days per week, and travel with luggage only occasionally, you never know.
I was amazed to discover that reservations were free. I've never reserved a seat on a British train, but probably would do now if travelling any great distance, such as Manchester - London. I've travelled within France by TGV, with compulsory reservations, and didn't resent having to pay. I was more perturbed, on a French train, at having to pay £1.50 for a can of Coke - as long ago as 1987!