THURSDAY 31.5

Manchester to Kirkham

6.55 direct CANCELLED
7.01 to connect with 8.00 bus at Preston CANCELLED

Caught 7.26 Manchester to Preston Transpennine

Preston to Kirkham
8.29 Delayed 14 mins
8.34 Delayed 12 mins, only announced too late to get the 8.30 bus
got 8.41 train which was, shock horror, on time

Should have arrived 7.57, did arrive 8.50

Delay 53min

KIRKHAM TO MANCHESTER TRAINS

 15.54 CANCELLED
16.54 CANCELLED from Preston to Manchester according to NRE and station announcement 17.27 CANCELLED from Preston to Manchester
17.54 / 18.53 CANCELLED

 16.54 didn’t actually run despite displaying on NRE and being announced by station announcer. No cancellation announcement and still no working screens for times.

 Caught delayed 16.42 (16 min delay) Blackpool South to Preston train

17.24 Preston to Manchester Airport CANCELLED - in a new twist this was announced before the departure time - excuse was no available train despite all the services not running

 17.40 Preston to Manchester Oxford Rd - CANCELLED - excuse no driver. See 17.24 for an innovative idea

 Caught 17.47 transpennine. Should have arrived 5.57 arrived 6.28.

Delay 31 mins

Total delay 84 mins