BBC Weather is saying snow overnight and tomorrow for Sheffield. I'm on the train at 7.00am to get to work.
It's 15 minutes down to the station, ~35 back riding. How likely is it the train will be cancelled and will I only find out when I get to the station do you reckon?
Use Trainline or a similar app to check your journey before leaving in the morning. It’ll usually tell you if the train is cancelled or delayed.
The whole county is going to be cancelled tomorrow.
My rule is that if it’s northern, it’s likely to be cancelled. If it’s transpennine, it’s definitely going to be cancelled.
The weather is largely irrelevant.
Take the bike all the way.
Reckon I might manage to get to work, less sure how I'll get home....
If it’s transpennine, it’s definitely going to be cancelled.
I thought nowadays they werent actually cancelled but just dropped from the timetable of the day.
Since that avoids annoying compensation claims.
You can register for WhatsApp updates for a particular departure on national rail enquiries.
If it’s transpennine, it’s definitely going to be cancelled.
On the other hand, I came home from Edinburgh on TPE on Fri and it was neither late nor cancelled, much to my astonishment.
I've binned off my plans to go to the office tomorrow. My line manager (who also won't be in) agreed without quibble that trying to get across the Peak District would be foolhardy.
The Hope Valley line has actually been reasonably good recently in spite of the work being done around Bamford putting in the new passing loop.
However it's very vulnerable to the weather.
The problem with the Trainline app or the WhatsApp messages is it's often very last minute when it updates.
I thought nowadays they werent actually cancelled but just dropped from the timetable of the day.
Since that avoids annoying compensation claims.
They get cancelled, but the reason is ‘due to a short notice timetable adjustment’. Still get compo.
Seems to work both ways, got messages saying my train was both cancelled then un-cancelled (their word) a few hours later.
Well OP?
I also waited up all night to see how this concludes
