The Butcher
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The North East coastline anyway
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I've travelled all over Europe, watching Sunland playing in pre season friendlies, and every regional train I've used on my travels, has been clean, spacious, comfortable, on time, and each train has more than enough carriages, to satisfy passenger demand.
Our regional train service, is an absolute bad joke.
herra soul mob
Striker
has beamish not got any spare stock ?I've travelled all over Europe, watching Sunland playing in pre season friendlies, and every regional train I've used on my travels, has been clean, spacious, comfortable, on time, and each train has more than enough carriages, to satisfy passenger demand.
Our regional train service, is an absolute bad joke.
david_watts
Midfield
Some of the pacers they got rid of a year back or so are sat in museums. They should have kept them and used them on Saturdays. Massively outdated units but at least it would help with the overcrowding. I’d rather be sat an old train than a platform.
cfg
Striker
Privatised profits, socialised loses I think they call it
Secret Visage
Striker
I'm fairly sure Northern returned to being publicly run.
Weremuthe
Striker
I've travelled all over Europe, watching Sunland playing in pre season friendlies, and every regional train I've used on my travels, has been clean, spacious, comfortable, on time, and each train has more than enough carriages, to satisfy passenger demand.
Our regional train service, is an absolute bad joke.
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North Yorks Mackem
Winger
The rail infrastructure around sunderland, hartlepool, and middlesbrough is absolutely appalling.
The Butcher
Striker
We are way behind Leeds transport links as well.
Pretty much.
an indian family once waited at hartlepool ages then conductor said theyd have to wait for next. Me n others objected, pram had to go in with driver n family stood crammed with footy fans, they looked bewildered to say the least. Disgrace.
Butcher's Coat
Striker
A few years old - but still shows the amount of foreign ownership.
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I sometimes think, what it must be like , for someone from say Germany or Holland travelling on a train up the NE coast. God knows what would go through their minds.
Has anyone ever been on that what they call a parliamentary train from Darlington to Hartlepool on a Sunday evening? Only runs once a week, and it is absolutely filthy , must be in the sheds all week, then they wheel it out every Sunday.
A Parliamentary train or Parly (also referred to as a ghost train) is, nowadays, a British English term for a train that operates a Parliamentary service - that is to say a token service to a given station, thus maintaining a legal fiction that either the station in question or, in some cases, the whole line is in fact open, whereas in reality the train operating company in question has almost completely abandoned the station or line.
Has anyone ever been on that what they call a parliamentary train from Darlington to Hartlepool on a Sunday evening? Only runs once a week, and it is absolutely filthy , must be in the sheds all week, then they wheel it out every Sunday.
A Parliamentary train or Parly (also referred to as a ghost train) is, nowadays, a British English term for a train that operates a Parliamentary service - that is to say a token service to a given station, thus maintaining a legal fiction that either the station in question or, in some cases, the whole line is in fact open, whereas in reality the train operating company in question has almost completely abandoned the station or line.
TravellingMackem
Winger
The North East coastline service is brilliant compared to the Cumbrian one mind, utter shambles some things in this country
Disco_Pants93
Striker
Might just be worth avoiding it altogether and hoping the grand central is on from Hartlepool
Debating getting on from seaton on sat which is abdolutely bonkers in this day n age.
Going 6 mile south when i only need to go 20 north ffs.
Going 6 mile south when i only need to go 20 north ffs.
daveftm86
Midfield
Seaton would be a better option the Hartlepool to get a seat, the Wigan match a load piled on at Hartlepool with the odd few having to stand.
cfg
Striker
I'd check to see if GC running, nothing from York on Saturday.
SAFCTEES
Midfield
I’m sure I read on here they aren’t running until December?
I’ll be getting the 9:40 train from thornaby as it was awful on the 10:40 last week. Felt really uncomfortable on board.
HeaderDownBrown
Striker
The earliest Grand Central train that gets into Sunderland on a Saturday is 1451 so a bit late for the match! The one that gets into Sunderland just after 12 only runs Monday-Friday for some reason.
