Why does Northern have to to run every service that go over the Settle & Carlisle railway all the way through to and from Leeds?? Why not start and finish the services at Skipton through the day? I can understand the first and last services running all the way through but in my eyes there is no benefit as the service between Leeds / Bradford to Skipton are provided by the very pleasent and efficent class 333s and even the 321 & 322's are very good, and how many times has the stopping services been held up because the Carlisle service have been running late and the "express" service have to be let out in front and with their slower acceleration they hold up the stopping services even more.
Also without going to and from Leeds this saves well over an hour so maybe an extra path or two could be found to increase the frequency of the service over the line.
If this idea was taken forward it could also free up some 158's and maybe allow 156's back over the line, or even 155's as there would be no point in using 158's as the top speed over the line past Skipton is only 60mph wasting the 100mph max speed, i think, of the 158's which could be used on faster linesin the Northern area
Also without going to and from Leeds this saves well over an hour so maybe an extra path or two could be found to increase the frequency of the service over the line.
If this idea was taken forward it could also free up some 158's and maybe allow 156's back over the line, or even 155's as there would be no point in using 158's as the top speed over the line past Skipton is only 60mph wasting the 100mph max speed, i think, of the 158's which could be used on faster linesin the Northern area