Saphos Christmas White Rose: 16,20,23/11/24

Calder Valley shut as well it looks like.

 

Between Hebden Bridge and Tordmorden as I understand it....

 

according to National Rail problems at Stalybridge with a broken rail

 

Stopped updating on RTT after Horbury Jn, so I'm assuming they took the Hallam Line to Barnsley instead.

 

water stop at Horbury just before Healey Mils yard
Approaching Mirfield right now 18:43

Taken Huddersfield Line at Heaton Lodge Jct

 

Calder Valley closed due to flooding and a tree down. Sent via Huddersfield and Diggle, but a broken rail in Stalybridge tunnel has shut that line too.

About to be put in the loop at Marsden.

 

Was just searching on Traksy for it. Don’t know the area that well up there, what are the options, wait and see what line opens first? Long day for passengers and crew.

 

no option now but for it to wait till line opens, all transpennine services cancelled

 

Route has now reopened to Stalybridge. Tour has a green signal onto the main. <BJ>

UPDATE
Now approaching Manchester Victoria 130 mins late

 

The Saphos has just arrived at Man Vic 128 late, and the organisers have now got to try and get several hundred people home, late on a Saturday night, by bus and taxi. It was a late arrival back in Barrow anyway - anyone want to hazard a guess what time the passengers will arrive back now? That's assuming they even find enough road vehicles to get them there, and if the roads are passable. Northern aren't running any replacement buses.

Was it the right call to run the charter, bearing in mind the forecast and other TOCs were saying do not travel? I'm not sure.

 

It is now past Eccles so presumably the train will go forward to at least Preston or Lancaster.

 

I was working 1P87 the other way and passed it in Catherine St tunnel. The brief few seconds that it was, but Mayflower sounded blooming lovely!

 

It been shut since shortly after the tour passed this morning, it's just Northern have refused to admit it....

 

Second time this week it has been closed there for flooding. Monday/Tuesday it was closed there too.

 

I should imagine it is a reversible line past Dallam to Winwick Jct and cross there. We'll see in a minute.

 

Terminating at Preston

 

Terminating at Preston

 

Almost at York , Colton South, going very slowly , was there a problem with her? In the pouring rain and blowing a gale!

 

There were no platforms available with all the cancellations and late running trains. They switched it from P5 to P11 at the very last moment