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Hardly a day passes without one or more delays, failures or cancellations affecting GCs 180 fleet, just how do they expect to keep operating until their new stock is operational? Take 180101 as an example, yesterday I travelled on it working the 1427 Kings Cross to Sunderland service. The unit...

Well this morning's Grand Central shenanigans won't have encouraged some people to use their West Riding services again. For context, yesterday (Sunday) afternoon unit 180103 operating the last of the special GC service trains from Peterborough to Sunderland/Tyne Yard, suffered problems in the...

I was waiting at York a little after 1000 hrs to board 1N90 the 0826 King's Cross to Sunderland, it was showing as delayed, then cancelled. I managed to complete my journey via Darlington and Thornaby. Later from my searches online 1N90 appears to have finally arriving at Peterborough some 210...

Currently travelling on a GC service northbound which left Kings Cross 27 late due to the inbound train being 63 late following ECML delays this morning. Signal regulation in the York area pushed the delay to currently 37 minutes. I got to wondering if, when the ECML signalling is fully...

Does anyone know the actual problem that has caused multiple cancellations and service diversions for Northern, Grand Central and Transpennine trains virtually all day today please?

Just how much longer are the 180s going to be allowed to stagger along? Grand Central 180106 on 1n94 tonight left Kings Cross 14 late heading North and has steadily lost time, now over an hour late and not even at York yet, if it gets terminated there as had happened before that stuffs the...

Can anyone tell me what caused 2W67 to sit at Stockton for nearly an hour this evening please?

1A60 the 0924 from Sunderland to King's Cross appears to have had an interesting run this morning. Due to a blockage in the Stockton area it seems to have run to time as far as Hartlepool, reversed there and run back to Sunderland and the Newcastle area then down the ECML to Northallerton...

Is this getting worse again? I notice that 180107 lost around 20 minutes in the Grantham area last night whilst working the 1927 Kings Cross to Sunderland. One of several such instances on the ECML over recent weeks, is it the units themselves causing delays or signalling/pathing issues.

The reinstated new platform 3 came into use yesterday, coinciding with some slight delays between Hartlepool and Seaton Carew for services leaving from it. This morning GC's 1A61 appears to have lost 30+ minutes at Hartlepool in platform 3...is there a problem with points or signals after...

Just wondering what the delay after a right time start was caused by, around 50 late at the moment?

Looks like an issue of some sort between Seaton Carew and Billingham, possibly involving a Grand Central 180 which left Hartlepool at 0920 heading for Eaglescliffe.

Currently sat on a Grand Central 180 which came to an abrupt stand, just been told will head back to Retford shortly, now doing so... 1699092636 now cancelled and choice of wait for a GC service at approx 1030, or pay a single at £44 on Hull trains.

Currently stuck on a Northern train between Billingham and Seaton Carew stationary due to person on the line and police in attendance...nearly an hour now, why on earth can't trains proceed at walking pace in such circumstances because in pitch darkness the police aren't going to get anybody!

Hi, I'm aware there have been problems in the past - so question for those working in TOs, is there a procedure to deal with this at the time of presenting or do I have to go back to the office that issued the vouchers and take matters up with them. They are LNER issue and the TO was Northern if...

By chance yesterday I found myself on an (the only?) East Coast Mk4 set with the recently fitted electronic seat reservation indicators. My old brain seems to think the fitting of these is because some Mk4 sets are to be retained and used in a sort of open access/commercial operation by VTEC...

Hi, my question is, can I use this bus connection at no charge with a dated retired staff priv box, or would I need a priv rate ticket from Luton Airport to say London? Thanks in advance.

With TOCs now accepting scans or photos of tickets for delay repay and compensation claims, rather than having the physical ticket to check, how can they check that the journey was actually made on the late train quoted? I've always assumed that the magnetic strip will hold enough information...

This weekend services on ECML have been diverted via Knottingley between Doncaster and York, requiring diesel traction as no juice available. That would have been a simple matter of hooking up a diesel loco on the front of the 91/mk4 set for the diversion and off again, back to normal...

On Wednesday next I intend to make the following outward journey using a Safeguarded Retired Staff Travelcard to buy a priv Off Peak Return Shildon to Leicester. As far as I am aware I cannot use open access GC or FH trains for any part of my journey. Could one of our experts confirm to me...