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Old 10th May 2008, 02:49 PM   #4 (permalink)
Mark Morton
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Default Fun and games at Sheffield this autumn

Mike Roebuck wrote:
> The main line between Sheffield and Chesterfield will be closed from
> 8th September to 13th December, continuously, due to engineers working
> on Bradway tunnel.
>
> According to an AXC train manager I spoke to recently, half of their
> services will run directly over the old road between Rotherham
> Masborough and Chesterfield, avoiding Sheffield, and the other half
> will run via Beighton Junction and Woodhouse, reversing at the north
> end of Sheffield station. No doubt EMT St. Pancras and Norwich
> services will also take the latter route.


The XC timetable for the blockade appears to have already been loaded
into DB.

Looking at direct services from Derby-York, it's showing

xx14 dep Derby
xx35 arr Chesterfield
xx41 dep Chesterfield
xx06 arr Sheffield
xx21 dep Sheffield
xx46 arr Wakefield Westgate
xx47 dep Wakefield Westgate
xx02 arr Leeds
xx05 dep Leeds
xx29 arr York

and

xx42 dep Derby
xx00 arr Chesterfield
xx01 dep Chesterfield
xx36 arr Sheffield
xx46 dep Sheffield
xx15 arr Doncaster
xx17 dep Doncaster
xx40 arr York
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