Transport for Wales Rail

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RE: Transport for Wales Rail

(06/07/2020 08:24)wirralbus Wrote:  if im being honest TfW seem to be more interested in the services in Wales and any connections to the airports of both Liverpool and Manchester.

That is a fact. All of the fares which they controlled in Wales got reduced while those which they control in England got increased in January. They have no will to improve any of their services into England and thus I believe they should be taken off them.

(06/07/2020 08:38)knutstransport Wrote:  Be careful what you wish for. Northern are still only running 2 hourly services on some routes, including both of their routes which go to Chester. If Northern did run the service I wouldn't be surprised if they interworked it with Mid-Cheshire services meaning 3 car 175s get replaced by 2 car 150s and 156s.

I'm not too fussed what trains get used as long as the service is ran properly by a company who actually wants the service. Since TFW, there has been more overcrowding on the line (as a result of less carriages), fares have gone up quite a bit. I think for all Northerns faults, I don't think they would mess up the Chester to Manchester route similar to some of their other key routes since Chester to Manchester is a decent money maker. IF they interworked it, I would expect it to be with the Leeds run so the delays are kept to the routes.

(06/07/2020 13:41)DVG526 Wrote:  There is a specific safety issue at Earlestown preventing TfW trains calling there at the moment. It’s not bull****.

Care to expand then since no one else has found any actual reason as to why Earlestown can't be used and more so since Northern are still stopping there (albeit irregularly) on their Chester to Leeds service.
The only possible excuse which can be found is that for Chester bound trains, a guard has to pass through the vestibule to open the doors. Guards are walking through the train on many other services. If the risk is that high, create a temporary blocker thing which redirects people to the next door.

The excuse of

Quote:we need to be able to operate two train doors. Unfortunately due to the short platform length at these stations, this is not possible.

is bull since more than 1 set of doors can open and the platform isn't short.