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**Chris** · 04-01-2015, 23:14

Ah, such fun on the railways this Christmas. I got a nodder on the Preston-Lime Street service the other week, which sat idle at the platform for half an hour waiting for a driver coming in on a late inbound service. The days of spare drivers seem to be long gone.

On the return leg, all services Lime Street-Wigan NW were cancelled for engineering (electrification, which should kill off the nodders forever, so mustn't grumble too much). Except that, the National Rail Enquiries system wasn't updated with the line closure until quite late on, so lots of people, me included, were sold Liverpool-Lancaster/Carlisle/Glasgow through tickets that included a change at Wigan.

A thoroughly confused Network Rail man at Lime Street commented that a lot of people had come to him with the same problem, and gave me details for changing at Warrington instead (which I hate, as it involves walking through the town between stations). I was only able to make my booked train to Glasgow as I had arrived very early at Lime Street.

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Chris Trollsplatter Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: North of Watford Services: Humane elimination of all common Internet pests Posts: 38,142	Re: Train Spotters Corner Ah, such fun on the railways this Christmas. I got a nodder on the Preston-Lime Street service the other week, which sat idle at the platform for half an hour waiting for a driver coming in on a late inbound service. The days of spare drivers seem to be long gone. On the return leg, all services Lime Street-Wigan NW were cancelled for engineering (electrification, which should kill off the nodders forever, so mustn't grumble too much). Except that, the National Rail Enquiries system wasn't updated with the line closure until quite late on, so lots of people, me included, were sold Liverpool-Lancaster/Carlisle/Glasgow through tickets that included a change at Wigan. A thoroughly confused Network Rail man at Lime Street commented that a lot of people had come to him with the same problem, and gave me details for changing at Warrington instead (which I hate, as it involves walking through the town between stations). I was only able to make my booked train to Glasgow as I had arrived very early at Lime Street.