Northern Trains Ltd

[knutstransport]

RE: Northern Trains Ltd

(26/05/2024 19:59)mikestone Wrote:  My understanding is that all Sunday work at Northern depots west of the pennines was voluntary.

Mine is too but if they rely on that many volunteers for Saturday as well, they've got very few staff booked to work on what's now two of the busiest days for the railway.

Quote:As for Avanti the trains shown CAN were due to the Crewe-Norton Bridge blockade.

When Avanti cancel the 'via Crewe' services a lot of people use the TfW Rail service to connect with the Liverpool to London services. However, TfW Rail don't have the capacity to be able to handle that.

[Metroline1511]

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[knutstransport]

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Severe disruption in the North West today due to an ASLEF overtime ban. Currently 285 services listed as cancelled, some were known about last night, others have only changed to cancelled this morning. For example, Northern had already said no Preston to Colne services would operate today yesterday afternoon but this morning the first 3 Chester to Manchester via Altrincham services have been cancelled on the day.

[mikestone]

RE: Northern Trains Ltd
Reference to "action short of a strike" throughout June seem to have disappeared though.

[mikestone]

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Back on both Northern and NationalRail websites now!
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But "only" 70 cancellations on journey check.

[knutstransport]

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(03/06/2024 08:04)mikestone Wrote:  Back on both Northern and NationalRail websites now!
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But "only" 70 cancellations on journey check.

There seem to be more appearing throughout the day. I looked first thing and a lot of early services were showing as cancelled due to staff shortages, in addition to the short notice timetable change ones. Now the morning services have disappeared, some evening cancellations due to staff shortages have appeared.

Northern cancelled both the 07:09 Manchester to Chester and 07:14 Chester to Stockport this morning. The ones used most by school children in each direction. At least there's no discrimination - all the children were late for school, not just ones going to certain schools!

[childwallblues]

RE: Northern Trains Ltd
156416/17 have moved from Heaton to Newton Heath with 156420/23 going the other way.

[knutstransport]

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(08/06/2024 06:26)childwallblues Wrote:  156416/17 have moved from Heaton to Newton Heath with 156420/23 going the other way.

Looks like they are former First North Western units have returned. I wondered whether they might have been North East or Scottish units that have moved across.

Some of the ex-EMR 156s don't seem to be very reliable.

[childwallblues]

RE: Northern Trains Ltd
156420 and 156423 were at Newton Heath from new. 156416 and 156417 were former Anglia units that arrived at Northern from East Midlans Trains.