Mike Roebuck

On Sat, 10 May 2008 19:49:14 +0100, Mark Morton
<mark@bustingmychops.com> wrote:

>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

Which seems to contradict what the AXC TM told me. If there is a lack
of paths at the north end of Sheffield station, as Peter Fox has
posted, then I think I prefer to believe the TM's version.
Incidentally, he said that the Newcastle starters/terminators would go
one way, and the Anglo-Scottish services the other, but I forget which
was which.

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Regards

Mike

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