Northern Trains Ltd

[knutstransport]

RE: Northern Trains Ltd
Lack of disaster planning by Northern today.

What should have happened is:
07:56 Chester to Manchester should have been operated by a 2 car 156, which would have then worked the 10:10 Manchester to Chester
08:56 Chester to Manchester should have been operated by a 150+156 (including the 156 off the Ellesmere Port-Helsby service), which would have then worked the 11:10 Manchester to Chester

The 156 due to work the 07:56 developed a fault. That service and the 10:10 back to Chester were cancelled.
The 156 off the Helsby service was left at platform 6, to be later coupled to the faulty 156. That meant the 08:56 from Chester and the 11:10 from Manchester was operated by just a 150.

It's a race day in Chester. That meant after a cancelled service, passengers were trying to squeeze on to a single 150 like sardines and got 13 minutes behind schedule, mainly due to overcrowding.