Northern Trains Ltd

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RE: Northern Trains Ltd

(22/07/2020 20:14)ant17612 Wrote:  Piccadilly > Chester and other routes using similar timetables are staying 2 hourly as units have to be doubled up and there's not enough to run an hourly service.

On the Mid-Cheshire they are running one morning peak service to Stockport/Manchester with 4 carriages instead of 5 services and in the Chester direction it's one service with 4 carriages instead of 4 services. I don't know how that is supposed to aid social distancing!

The most similar lines to the Mid-Cheshire in terms of usage levels and usual traction are the Buxton and Southport routes which are at least keeping at least an hourly service - the Buxton line pretty much has the same number of services as it did when Arriva took over the franchise. Two of the 150s which Northern received from GWR were to allow for Mid-Cheshire enhancements but they didn't get used for extra services or even extra capacity on existing services!