Northern Rail

[wirralbus]

RE: Northern Rail
Looking at the 319's again , i would be interested to know which unit or units are the most failure prone of that type .

[Gordon V]

RE: Northern Rail

(20/02/2016 11:52)wirralbus Wrote:  Looking at the 319's again , i would be interested to know which unit or units are the most failure prone of that type .

319386 is far from reliable,it failed 3 days in a row a few weeks ago

[jtd508110]

RE: Northern Rail
319362 (Northern Powerhouse !!).was initially the black sheep of the fleet when EMU's first went live. Other ones off the top of my head are 319366, 319368 and 319383.

[St Helens Rider]

RE: Northern Rail
I presume with engineering work between Blackpool & Preston today that 319's will be on Liverpool - Preston service.

[Gordon V]

RE: Northern Rail

(21/02/2016 08:28)St Helens Rider Wrote:  I presume with engineering work between Blackpool & Preston today that 319's will be on Liverpool - Preston service.

Correct,same again next week,2 of the 3 diagrams are 319s,the other is 142056+156455.

[wirralbus]

RE: Northern Rail
Nice combination of 156 and 142 , im sure we know where the vast majority will want to travel on that combination in the class 156

[childwallblues]

RE: Northern Rail

(21/02/2016 16:02)wirralbus Wrote:  Nice combination of 156 and 142 , im sure we know where the vast majority will want to travel on that combination in the class 156

You cannot assume that. Did a Lancashire Day Ranger last month we had a 150/142 combination from MCV to BBN. Most passengers including our group went to the rear unit which was 142090.
A lot depends on were the exit from the platform is.

[Sprinterdriver]

RE: Northern Rail
The debranding process has started!

Saw a few units today with Northern names and web addresses removed. On the 319's only the small Northern logo at the cab ends of the DTS coaches has gone, the Northern Electrics branding has stayed.

Noted that the Northern logo on quite a few station signs has been covered over too.

SD.

[RedPanda]

RE: Northern Rail
What going on at Lime st around the ticket checking area? I thought if they were installing the automated machines they'd be in by now.

St. Helens Central saw a ticket inspector this morning at the stairs by platform 1 (Wigan bound). Fist time I've seen this at St. Helens. Transport police also there with either a queue of customers or suspects/witnesses. By this afternoon the inspector had gone.

[Gordon V]

RE: Northern Rail

(23/02/2016 19:27)RedPanda Wrote:  What going on at Lime st around the ticket checking area? I thought if they were installing the automated machines they'd be in by now.

St. Helens Central saw a ticket inspector this morning at the stairs by platform 1 (Wigan bound). Fist time I've seen this at St. Helens. Transport police also there with either a queue of customers or suspects/witnesses. By this afternoon the inspector had gone.

They aren't installing automatic ticket gates at Lime St for now so things will remain as they are for the time being