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Units taken out of service due to vandalism
From NR site:
Following the Rangers game in Manchester: 2309 Manchester Picc - Chester is cancelled after units 142061 & 142026 were vandalised, the guard has left the train and the driver alighted via the window as football fans would not let him leave by the door. Train cancelled. 0045 NR Northern Trains inform 323235 has had a door badly damaged by passengers at Manchester Piccadilly (working additional service 2T11 2340 Manchester Picc - Manchester Airport), unit taken out of service. 142014 various windows smashed at Manchester Piccadilly station - taken out of service. Last edited by hstudent; 16th May 2008 at 12:52. |
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Yesterday I noticed the 15:24 Manchester to Chester service and the 17:05 Chester to Manchester service was run by a 156, rather than a 142 as usual. |
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Whether they thought the units where out of use or not, there's no excuse for vandalism.
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Especially not where 142's are concerned Why could they not left 156's to be vandalised.
Northern probably left those poor 142's intentionlay to save there presious 156's getting dammaged. I notice the new Merseyrail Station Poster Time Tables feture a nice Color Photo of 156 490 Wonder if i send them a phot of a 142 they would use it for the winter time table posters . |
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I passed through Manchester Piccadilly yesterday on my way to Altrincham and it was a disaster area.
The station was awash with fag ends, vomit and broken glass. If you are a so-called football fan you can break every rule in the book and the railways will still lay on extra trains for you but try innocently taking photos of trains and see what happens.....................
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Next time I get asked to stop taking photographs, I will just tell them I'm a football fan, despite hating the game now.
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And with Hull City having a good chance of going into the premiership next season, I guess I can look forward to seeing similar scenes in the centre of Hull. Edit: Just realised....sorry I mentioned it Ian!
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The problem is if they didn't lay on extra train carriages then it's likely it would be the non-football fans who would get left on the platform as the football fans would force their way on to the trains and then they would be too crowded for everyone to get on.
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