(18 Aug 2022, 10:03 am)peter wrote 4 car trains aren't all that regular during your average week, the only ones allocated are the 11:59 Whitby to Hexham, 15:56 Hexham to Whitby and 15:58 and from Whitby as far as Newcastle, which is generally all you get according to RTT.Quite often sets have been coupled together at places such as Middlesbrough when there's been an on-board staffing shortage of one type or the other.
Train is cancelled and the following one joins together. Not only does it clear the tracks, but often gets it back to the depot or Darlington.