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    Porterbrook Cl.769 'Flex' trains from 319s, initially for Northern

    As pointed out, it's the differential weight unfortunately.
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    Porterbrook Cl.769 'Flex' trains from 319s, initially for Northern

    Another issue is that a 323 cannot rescue a 769 under the wires. But, a 769 CAN rescue a 323!
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    Westhoughton Sunday Services

    Discussions between company and union are ongoing but no concrete offer yet.
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    Trivia : Any station (on mainland GB) and requiring two changes to reach London.

    There used to be a Buxton - Clitheroe back until the mid 2010s but no corresponding return working.
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    Hope Valley stopping services

    It was a short term change to do with the landslip at New Mills. It's reverted to the route it's taken for years.
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    Northern - 24 December - "Expect disruption"

    There's no shortage of drivers at the moment, it's conductors.
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    Northern Short Forming Again

    Agreed. If it was 2 vice 4 on a Calder Valley we'd understand as they do need 4 cars.
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    Previous unusual calling patterns / services

    Leeds - Ellesmere Port until Dec 2022 Southport - Chester via Stockport on Sundays till about 2014? Buxton - Manchester Victoria via the Ordsall Chord till May 2019ish Leeds - Manchester Oxford Rd via Rochdale also till about 2019.
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    Northern cancellations creeping up again?

    All well and good having all the drivers jobs covered but when there is still an acute shortage of available conductors, it means nothing.. Plenty already cancelled due to "member of train crew being unavailable" this morning. This'll be no conductor.
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    What is this line in Manchester used for?

    There used to be a Manchester Victoria - Scarborough on a Sunday morning that ran in service on the line a few years ago
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    December 2024 timetable change

    Not a chance. You'll still be seeing 150/156/769s for the foreseeable. 769s are going for exams, which means their lives will be prolonged.
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    Ince railway station

    Set to reopen again in December
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    National Rail App

    I've been using Rail Checker for Android for 2 weeks now. An excellent app which is just like the old NRE app, especially with the "via" function which I was desperate to keep.

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