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Windermere was operated by TPE when VHF was introduced - 100mph 185s.
The interchange would still work fine if Avanti decided it would operate the service. But as soon as anything goes wrong, Avanti pretends its route map ends at Preston.
What lots of people don’t realise is that the WCML north of Preston isn’t just an Intercity service; it is also a regional express and commuter service in one.
There are no regular buses from Kendal to Penrith; you’d have to go up to Keswick and back over, taking about 3 hours. Likewise, the...
The line between Preston and Oxenholme is fully functional - as a passenger, I shouldn’t have to care what happened further up if a train can still physically reach the destination, and especially if it can terminate early and come back!
I think it would be unfair to Ryanair’s social media team to associate Avanti with them!
Outright lies like the one made in that tweet just destroy passenger trust in the railway. Another reason to buy a car I suppose…
Indeed Avanti social media are now lying, as they did in response to my tweet saying that the incident ‘affects the whole line’
https://x.com/avantiwestcoast/status/1796168493206745096?s=46&t=2MqIc6ss40BU823vMsj_Sw
Northern services are serving Lancaster and Oxenholme still. Understandably it...
Without wondering too much off into speculative land - they use the same path south of Lancaster, and as far as I'm aware there isn't a separate freight path in the hours where it doesn't extend to Windermere.
There does need to be a solution other than send everyone up the M6 at some point -...
If the line is going to be out of action for a while, it may well be worth extending the trains currently terminating at Lancaster up to Windermere, and running the connections from Kendal.
At least it would get the passengers in roughly the right place, rather than a jaunt up the A6!
No, I mean’t reactive. If the strategy was proactive it would’ve been mitigated ASAP.
Obviously this thread is bringing to light the unique tidal conditions that Morecambe Bay brings though, and there is a a lot of complexity in that.
Please read my other comment…
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NR is actively following a reactive maintenance strategy. I would hope that this risk was identified months ago, but it doesn’t look like it was.