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Post by toommmm on Jun 8, 2017 10:38:50 GMT 1
I’m only 6 foot myself but I struggle on most trains and buses even when sat up straight. I normally have to pine for the tables or a 2+2 seating configuration
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Post by MetrolineGA1511 on Jun 17, 2017 18:42:27 GMT 1
I had the pleasure of travelling on the "Porterbrook 144E Evolution" pacer this morning and I have to say I was impressed, the seating allows more legroom, the relationship to the windows, general ambience made for a rather nice journey. So much nicer than the "Deafening Sprinters", it may have less wheels but who cares, it was quiet and comfortable. I saw it at Huddersfield n my way to York on June 1st. I was on an Advance ticket and wept at not being able to disembark and ride it!
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Post by Bradford Traveller on Jul 28, 2017 17:41:07 GMT 1
I am pleased to announce the introduction of new services onto the Harrogate line starting on Monday 31stAugust 2017. The below services are going to be running Monday to Friday only:
06.23 Leeds to Harrogate calling at Horsforth
06.59 Harrogate to Leeds calling at Hornbeam Park and Horsforth
These services will be adding some extra capacity onto this route.
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Post by deerfold on Jul 28, 2017 19:25:25 GMT 1
I am pleased to announce the introduction of new services onto the Harrogate line starting on Monday 31stAugust 2017. The below services are going to be running Monday to Friday only: 06.23 Leeds to Harrogate calling at Horsforth 06.59 Harrogate to Leeds calling at Hornbeam Park and Horsforth These services will be adding some extra capacity onto this route. 31st July! Odd one - they've tweeted this but there's no announcement on their website.
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Post by northerner on Jul 28, 2017 20:53:49 GMT 1
Interesting, wonder where the unit is coming from for this
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Post by adam on Jul 29, 2017 13:19:08 GMT 1
It appears the unit will be the 142 that previously came from Neville Hill to do the 0752 Leeds to Selby. Now it will come off earlier and do the Harrogate and back then straight onto the 0752
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Post by northerner on Jul 29, 2017 20:36:17 GMT 1
It appears the unit will be the 142 that previously came from Neville Hill to do the 0752 Leeds to Selby. Now it will come off earlier and do the Harrogate and back then straight onto the 0752 Ah, Northern are getting more creative over how they diagram their units
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Post by westyorkshirebus on Jul 30, 2017 0:05:45 GMT 1
There was an extra early teatime peak Castleford run introduced a while back which was the same idea
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Post by Bradford Traveller on Nov 3, 2017 19:54:25 GMT 1
The main timetable change for local trains is May 2018, but there will be some enhancements from December 2017.
Bradford-Skipton Sundays hourly 10:48 to 22:48
Bradford-Ilkley Sundays hourly 10:38 to 22:38
Bradford-Manchester Oxford Road Mondays to Saturdays, some inter peak Leeds-Manchester Victoria fast trains will extend to/from Manchester Oxford Road. Sundays, there will be an hourly service all day by extending the existing semi fast Leeds-Manchester Victoria trains.
Leeds-Knaresborough Sundays half-hourly most of the day
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Post by davopazza on Nov 5, 2017 13:32:49 GMT 1
The main timetable change for local trains is May 2018, but there will be some enhancements from December 2017. Bradford-Skipton Sundays hourly 10:48 to 22:48 Bradford-Ilkley Sundays hourly 10:38 to 22:38 Bradford-Manchester Oxford Road Mondays to Saturdays, some inter peak Leeds-Manchester Victoria fast trains will extend to/from Manchester Oxford Road. Sundays, there will be an hourly service all day by extending the existing semi fast Leeds-Manchester Victoria trains. Leeds-Knaresborough Sundays half-hourly most of the day Does that mean the curve is now complete or soon to be?
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Post by Burnside on Nov 6, 2017 0:15:59 GMT 1
Yep. The Oxford Road train will in due course be extended to Manchester Airport.
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Post by Bradford Traveller on Nov 6, 2017 17:30:55 GMT 1
Yes, the Ordsall Chord is set to open this December. Trains will be able to traverse the new line, but due to pathing constraints will not be able to continue beyond Oxford Road until the May 2018 change. There will only be a handful of trips Monday to Saturday, between peaks, in the new timetable, due to unit availability.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 7, 2017 0:14:51 GMT 1
Yes, the Ordsall Chord is set to open this December. Trains will be able to traverse the new line, but due to pathing constraints will not be able to continue beyond Oxford Road until the May 2018 change. There will only be a handful of trips Monday to Saturday, between peaks, in the new timetable, due to unit availability. Here is the timetable with the December 2017 times for the chord services: Northern table 36More changes will come next May, I expect.
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Post by davopazza on Nov 7, 2017 17:49:53 GMT 1
Will the chord being open see services move from picadilly to Victoria then?
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Post by Deleted on Nov 7, 2017 19:06:25 GMT 1
Will the chord being open see services move from picadilly to Victoria then? Eventually yes. But not immediately. Just those services in the timetable above to start with.
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Post by deerfold on Nov 10, 2017 0:21:47 GMT 1
Yes, the Ordsall Chord is set to open this December. Trains will be able to traverse the new line, but due to pathing constraints will not be able to continue beyond Oxford Road until the May 2018 change. There will only be a handful of trips Monday to Saturday, between peaks, in the new timetable, due to unit availability. Here is the timetable with the December 2017 times for the chord services: Northern table 36More changes will come next May, I expect. Odd to see more trains doing that on a Sunday than during the week.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 11, 2017 9:00:37 GMT 1
Maybe not so odd when you think that the Deansgate-Oxford Road corridor is more intensively used during the week.
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Post by adam on Nov 11, 2017 11:50:53 GMT 1
At the moment the trains to Oxford Rd are fitting in with other services until the total timetable recast in May so it maybe that at a certain time there is a freight path so can’t run and the peak time is at capacity with additional existing services
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Post by Bradford Traveller on Jan 22, 2018 1:10:23 GMT 1
The next round of service changes will be introduced on 20 May. Actual times are still to be finalized, but some changes are as follows.
Leeds-Morecambe. Some trips will run Leeds - Lancaster only. Daily extra journeys will run to form an all-day regular service.
York- Blackpool North. Stopping pattern altered, ceases to call at the East Leeds stations but calls at Sowerby Bridge and Mytholmroyd. York/Selby locals will terminate at Leeds. The Selby locals will also operate evenings and Sundays.
Leeds - Halifax - Manchester Victoria, 2 tph daily, 1tph continues to Manchester Airport plus 1 tph continues to Chester.
Leeds - Brighouse - Manchester Victoria. Stopping pattern altered. Also runs weekday evenings, most journeys run through to Southport via Atherton.
Huddersfield - Manchester Victoria and Leeds - Huddersfield stoppers discontinued, replaced by stops on new Transpennine service. (Stalybridge - Manchester Victoria will be 2 tph daytime as present)
Huddersfield - Wakefield Kirkgate. Ceases to serve Wakefield West gate. Continues to Castleford.
Wakefield Kirkgate - Knottingley. Starts back at Leeds (via Wakefield West gate)
Leeds - Barnsley - Sheffield. 1 tph continues to Lincoln.
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Post by gooderson1 on Jan 22, 2018 10:36:12 GMT 1
If I am correct then the Huddersfield-Wakefield service will no longer serve Westgate Station. Bit of a hike across town to get to Westgate Station which has a larger variety of onward destinations than Kirkgate. As for stopping the Northern services between Leeds/Huddersfield and Manchester that would appear to increase journey times on the TPE. All in the name of progress.
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Post by deerfold on Jan 22, 2018 15:39:04 GMT 1
There's later trains on many services. Instead of a last train from Leeds to Halifax (and Brighouse/Huddersfield) at 2313 and a train before that along the Calder Valley at 2235 (to Manchester) these become 2306 and 2239 and there'll also be a 2300 to Blackburn calling at Sowerby Bridge and Mytholmroyd and a 2338 to Hebden Bridge missing those two out (which seems a shame).
The last service from Leeds to Skipton gets just a minute later (and 2 minutes later from Bradford), but in the other direction there's three later trains from Skipton; Instead of last trains at 2154 to Bradford and 2217 to Leeds, there's one semi-fast to Leeds at 2226, a 2234 to Bradford and a last train to Leeds at 2247. I'm surprised there's nothing much later from Leeds - the last trains on a Friday and Saturday are often rammed.
Last train to Ilkley from Leeds gets later - 2315 to 2333; last one from Bradford from 2311 to 2315.
(It is possible there may still be some changes before May).
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Post by Bradford Traveller on Jan 22, 2018 16:34:14 GMT 1
If I am correct then the Huddersfield-Wakefield service will no longer serve Westgate Station. Bit of a hike across town to get to Westgate Station which has a larger variety of onward destinations than Kirkgate. As for stopping the Northern services between Leeds/Huddersfield and Manchester that would appear to increase journey times on the TPE. All in the name of progress. There will still be a Kirkgate to West gate service, I'll assume that this connects.
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Post by Bradford Traveller on Jan 22, 2018 17:00:54 GMT 1
As I mentioned above, times are still to be finalized, so I haven't mentioned changes to connections, frequencies, last trains etc. Incidentally, the current last train from Bradford to Ilkley at 23:2x is proposed to be earlier at 23:15.
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Post by glennh2 on Jan 22, 2018 17:07:14 GMT 1
Thought the last train was supposed to be 2349 and a through train from York?
I also thought that Mon to Sat there were supposed to be 3 tph Leeds- Halifax- Man Vic and the Chester train was 2019 start plus the Calder Valley was supposed to be getting a Liverpool service?
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Post by Bradford Traveller on Jan 22, 2018 17:34:00 GMT 1
Thought the last train was supposed to be 2349 and a through train from York? I also thought that Mon to Sat there were supposed to be 3 tph Leeds- Halifax- Man Vic and the Chester train was 2019 start plus the Calder Valley was supposed to be getting a Liverpool service? re: 23:49 Blackburn, I think that the press picked up on an earlier proposed timetable sent out for consultation and published it as fact. (There was also a 22:49 that I presume is the 23:00). The Leeds - Halifax - Liverpool is one of the new 'Northern Connect' services to be introduced in a future timetable.
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