On board the Grand Central service to London Kings Cross. The service departed Bradford on time and with a full compliment of local businesses, politicians and passenger groups bound for London!
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Due to a train failure near Cononley. Services on the Airedale line are severely disrupted. Services to Bradford and Leeds are also affected
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In the Telegraph and Argus letters to the editor, Mr Morris wrote that there was not a need for an across Bradford Rail-Link.
Our response is available published in the T&A, and in full here: Continue reading
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The former Bradford MP Edward Lyons died at the end of April, and the following letter was submitted to the Telegraph and Argus by Mr Derek Crabtree:
The recent death of Edward Lyons QC should not be allowed to pass by without remembering that he was a good friend to Bradford.
The Glasgow-born lawyer who lived most of his life in Leeds was an outstanding MP in Bradford for several years.
I particularly remember his valiant efforts in Parliament to persuade British Railways to permit the Thames-Clyde Express to stop at Shipley as it passed through.
That would have allowed Bradford folk a good rail connection to London, the Midlands and Scotland without changing.
He succeeded in getting trains between Leeds and Glasgow to stop at Shipley, but at the same time, the trains from Glasgow ceased going beyond Leeds.
It was not all he wanted, although it did help to make Shipley a little more important as a railhead for Bradford.
He is survived by his wife Barbara, son John, daughter Jane and four grandchildren.
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BBC News is reporting that the Deutsche Bahn is likely finalise a deal to purchase Arriva. The deal will be subject to Competition Investigation.
DB Operate the Wrexham and Shropshire Railway and Chiltern and the former EWS freight operator, Tyne and Wear Metro, London Overground. Arriva operate Arriva Trains Wales, Cross Country
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Grand Central brought their first test train into Bradford Interchange on Monday, photos from Paul Bigland available here.
Grand Central are planning their London service to start on May 23rd!
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Due to a signalling problem in the Huddersfield area, train services are delayed by upto 20 minutes.
Transpennine and services between Ravensthorpe and Marsden are mainly affected
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The Secretary of State for Transport, Lord Adonis of Camden Town, denied Stephen Byers’ claim that Byers had exerted influence when the Department for Transport was dealing with National Express over its problems with the East Coast franchise. Video in Parliament (BBC)
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Not directly a rail article, but the Westfield development is a blot to many projects in Bradford including CrossRail. This article by Will Gompertz was tucked away on the BBC site about City Centre Architecture and the recession, where Bradford still has our hole, Leeds developers went ahead and did something:
John Poulson has a lot to answer for!
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Witness: Nothing Anyone Could Do | FOX 5 Atlanta | myfoxatlanta.com.
Click play bottom left of video (The video shows: News Coverage, Advert, Unedited footage).
A reminder! Nearly ALL level crossing accidents are caused by pedestrians or other road users, not trains!
In Bradford Council area we fortunate to have no major level crossings, the few level crossings that are in operation manual gate crossings on access roads. (The nearest Automatic Full Barrier is in North Yorkshire towards Cononley).
More on Level Crossing at Rail Magazine.
Network Rail Level Crossing video
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What is the point of a website that is “Connecting People to Places”, when the information it produces does not provide the most accurate information and makes public transport journeys appear longer than they actually are.
Transport Direct is operated by Atos Origin, funded on a non-profit basis by the Department for Transport, Scottish Government and the Welsh Assembly. They state: “Our aim is to provide you with all the trusted information you need to find the best travel option to suit your particular circumstances.”
Planning my new route to work recently:
Planning a journey from Saltaire to Otley Transport Direct suggests a journey time of 1hour 15 minutes!
Planning this journey manually using a rail timetable and a bus timetable the journey is only 59 minutes, saving 16 minutes on the official website.
Driving would take 25 minutes according to Transport Direct.
This is not the first example of Transport Direct being unable to provide accurate journey information which is available in other on-line sources.
People will not use public transport if they believe the journey time is “excessive” and worse “wrong”.
Reference: Journey from Saltaire to Otley, 7th June 2010 leaving after 6:30 am. PDF: Transport Direct
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£330,000 to rebrand “East Coast” – Read more …. Continue reading
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I had forgotten about Easter Monday! Therefore the next meeting of the Bradford Rail User’s Group will be the 12th April 2010 at “Bradford Community and Voluntary Service“, Bridge Road, Bradford.
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Commuters between Shipley and Skipton suffered long delays this morning due to a broken down train near Bingley.
Many commuters expressed their frustration at not being provided timely information: – Read more for quotes Continue reading
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Councillor Pennington, (Con) Bingley
In an article on improving tourism to Bradford, Councillor Pennington stated his aspiration for an across Bradford rail link. Continue reading
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Services between Leeds and Huddersfield are suffering delays and cancellations.
No services are stopping at Dewsbury, Batley, Morley or Cottingley.
Transpennine through services are also suffering disruption.
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The following are the planned services from Low Moor (as at 26/03/10)
2 services an hour to Leeds
2 services an hour to Halifax (1 continues to Manchester Victoria, 1 continues to Wakefield Westgate*).
We will try find out if this is at all times, peak or off peak.
* for those who ever thought that the Selby – Wakefield 2hr27 minute (19mile direct) service couldn’t justifiably take any longer – it will now include Low Moor!
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Bradford Rail Users Group 