Peter wrote to me this evening, and he’s not impressed …
Just thought i’d point you in the direction of the new May to September Northern Line timetable:
http://www.merseytravel.gov.uk/pdf/Northern Line from 23 May to 11 December 2010.pdf
Where the “News Update” on page 2 contains this little gem…..
“The section of Northern Line between Hunts Cross and Liverpool Central will be closed for essential engineering work from Saturday 24 July until Friday 27 August 2010.
All trains between Southport and Hunts Cross will start and finish at Liverpool Central, with buses replacing trains between Liverpool city centre and Hunts Cross stations.
Keep a look out for posters at your local station for full details. We’ll produce a temporary timetable containing details of trains and buses nearer the time.”
To say that i am pissed off about this would be an understatement; how much engineering work can this small stretch of railway require?!?! It’s constantly closed, I might as well move house!
Peter
Oh Dear, another happy traveller on the Liverpool network.
Well, my Freedom of Information request hasn’t gotten me any further. The Office of Rail Regulation (ORR) has replied to my request, the meat of which is quoted below.
Thank you for your email of 15 April 2009 regarding your request under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) 2000.
With regard to your query about whether Network Rail falls under FOIA, I can confirm that Network Rail is not currently covered by the Act and is under no obligation to respond to requests for information from members of the public.
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Over on the MerseyTarts blog, he’s not happy at some of the reaction from those “on the Peninsula side”. I agree with most of what he says. The railway does need to be maintained, and this will inevitably cause some inconvenience, to some people, some of the time.
My problem with the current situation is that the people of The Wirral get the inconvenience, and Merseyrail get the compensation. (more…)
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And what will it take to get them to offer a discount to their long suffering passengers?
Who knows?
Not me. Yet. I’ve tried to find out the amount that Merseyrail will save during the current engineering works, but it’s not proving easy.
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The Liverpool loop is now closed for engineering works. All Wirral line trains will depart/terminate at James Street station. For 7 weeks …
This in itself isn’t too bad, but Merseyrail are charging the same price for a ticket to use the line. I pay £3:65 for a ticket from Hoylake to Liverpool, and there will be no reduction, despite the fact that the service will be considerably poorer. It doesn’t take a seasoned commuter to work out that James Street station will be chaos in busy periods.
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