Coping with Storm Ciara
Some Train Operating Companies coped better than others that weekend, based on my own observations in the Teesside area: Northern, full marks; LNER and TransPennine Express (TPE), not so good. But to be fair, Northern's services are more localised and run comparatively short distances, which possibly made them less vulnerable to disruption.
Class 802 bi-mode multiple unit No. 802214 waits at Darlington station with 9M07, the 09:03 Newcastle to York service on Sunday 9th February 2020.
Having arrived here from Middlesbrough I'd planned to catch a TPE service going north to Newcastle, but since that train had not yet left York I decided to go back east again to Saltburn instead.
Coping with Storm Ciara
Some Train Operating Companies coped better than others that weekend, based on my own observations in the Teesside area: Northern, full marks; LNER and TransPennine Express (TPE), not so good. But to be fair, Northern's services are more localised and run comparatively short distances, which possibly made them less vulnerable to disruption.
Class 802 bi-mode multiple unit No. 802214 waits at Darlington station with 9M07, the 09:03 Newcastle to York service on Sunday 9th February 2020.
Having arrived here from Middlesbrough I'd planned to catch a TPE service going north to Newcastle, but since that train had not yet left York I decided to go back east again to Saltburn instead.