Northern Rail has lots of publicity about people swimming, and how it's supposed to link together the North. This seems to be the case for suburban settlements near or between the major cities, but is this the case for the rest of the North ? I can only speak from my own experience, but as a regular traveller on the Settle & Carlisle and Little North Western routes West of Skipton, I have to say no.
Northern Rail treats these routes as an afterthought:
Northern Rail treats these routes as an afterthought:
- The strikes- all services stopped on the S&C. I think there might have been a bus. Not much more to Lancaster.
- Lockdown 1. We were all allowed out in June. S&C services finished at 17:00/18:00 in the afternoon - untill about August as I remember, by which time the war drums of lockdown 2 were beginniong to beat.
- Lockdown 3 - Lockdown timetables implemented swiftly in January, yet when lockdown is eased at the end of March, we're told that abysmal lockdown timetables on the S&C and LNW won't be improved until May at the earliest.