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Originally Posted by GWR9600
What the franchises are getting millions of subsidy to fatten their profits not improve the service. The penalty minutes is so bad that trains are often terminated before their scheduled station so they dont loose too many minutes.  |
They always timetable the trains so if they start on time and don't get held up anywhere they arrive at their final destination up to 10 minutes early and are sometimes left waiting around for a free platform.
Terminating the trains early depends on the route for Transpennine Express trains going from Newcastle to Manchester Airport, for instance, it's easy to terminate the train at Manchester Piccadilly if it's very late as it wouldn't leave passengers stranded and the driver has to change end at Piccadilly to take the train to the Airport anyway.