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Originally Posted by Trev
Yeah, but it gets full between Leeds and Manchester.  |
From looking at the current timetable and my own personal experience of that service I think it could be altered slightly to ensure passengers are more evenly distributed between trains. The trains are timetabled to depart Manchester Piccadilly at exact 15 minute intervals. Yet the Hull train is timetabled to depart Huddersfield 20 minutes after the previous Newcastle service and 10 minutes before the following Middlesbrough service, which would suggest that 2 car 170 Hull trains gets a lot more passengers travelling between Huddersfield and Leeds than the following 3 car 185 Middlesbrough train.
Last year I attempted to catch a train between Leeds and Manchester at about 17:45 on a Friday evening but was unable to board a Manchester Airport train as it was full. The next Transpennine Express train to arrive was the service from Hull to Huddersfield, which left with empty seats, followed by the Liverpool train which I boarded. While it probably isn’t possible to send the Hull to Huddersfield train to Manchester Piccadilly due to congestion, it would be beneficial for the Hull to Huddersfield train to arrive at Leeds before the 17:53 Newcastle to Manchester Airport train meaning less seats and standing space on the Manchester Airport train is taken by people wanting Huddersfield.