Northern Trains Ltd

[iMarkeh]

RE: Northern Trains Ltd

(17/08/2025 10:57)knutstransport Wrote:  Northern's normal approach to a unit failure on the Manchester Piccadilly routes seems to be to split a 4 car set and have another diagram short formed.

Looking at Chester arrivals and departures yesterday it looks like they decided to also not make an attempt to keep Chester to Victoria running when there was a problem at Hebden Bridge, which lasted a few hours.

The whole Chester - Manchester route is a mess.
Northern cancel from Victoria to Chester as soon as the smallest thing happens, and TFW cancel Chester - Manchester when the smallest thing happens on the wider network. There is no attempt from either operator to do their best and link people to Warrington at least for onward connections.

I think it's just taken for granted that if one line goes down, people can divert via Crewe or use other TOCs services to get to Newton/Earlestown and anyone at intermediate stops is just irrelevant and ignored.