Recent content by Fleetwoodflyer

RTT shows 319368 out and about this morning so was nothing too serious I suspect.

I agree. Always preferred the Pacers to 150s especially the 200s with ridiculous seating.

Thanks for that, thought it looked unusual!

Interesting combination on Colne to Blackpool South today. 156411 in Northern colours attached to 156415 in East Midlands colours.

We were on the 1110 departure from Crewe (1030 from Manchester) which was 153327 and 153913 and very busy! Chose to ride in the latter, first time for many years and could be the last.

I totally agree! It will be interesting to see how they fare after the same length of service as the Pacers.

On Friday I joined a queue of 50+ people for the 0947 from Blackpool North which must surely make it worthwhile to operate. I agree this is not necessarily typical but there are obviously passengers from Cheshire and the Midlands who do use these trains, as you have said.

The toilet issue seems to happen frequently on both 195s and 331s. I had to change to another unit last night when the train got delayed by a faulty train in front, but obviously this is not possible in a single unit. How we miss the back up of a simple toilet a la Pacer!

The problem of loading distribution on Liverpool to Norwich trains was made worse, I think, when reservations as far as Nottingham were all applied to the through coaches rather than the Nottingham turn backs.

There are several very helpful staff on the barriers at Blackpool North but at busy times some of them do get annoyed by the harassment dished out by those who don’t want to show their tickets on arrival. I have been actively encouraged by one staff member, who I hadn’t previously met, to go...

Blackpool isn’t exactly dead at any time of year nowadays. Perhaps it could be regarded as overkill, but after the second operator pulled out it makes some sense. There are also several instances of the train not making it to Blackpool when running late, which makes it very convenient to turf...

My personal preference is for the 156s, especially when they are well looked after. I agree that the 158s have some pluses but they are best avoided in hot weather especially if you need to wear a mask.

Quite often the departure boards show platforms for trains which have not yet arrived, some of which could be heavily loaded at this time of year because of Illuminations visitors.I am not sure there is really enough space for both arriving and departing passengers at the same time without...

Our recent experience of travelling from BPN recently is that passengers are allowed onto the trains much earlier than previously. The change of Fireworks Displays from Fridays to Saturdays this year has caused mayhem to all public transport in the town on Saturday nights. It is interesting that...