I have and my way is quickest

You’ve definitely never been to leeds station Stop commenting on things you don’t know about

Prove it and find a quicker and simpler route from yesterday afternoon then

It is — Leeds to York line scheduled closed all week for bridge repairs

There is no newcastle train from lime st this week

That’s obscene The slowest journey per mile in the UK?

So start at Chester then go to Liverpool then go back to Chester?

It’s literally quicker to change from Euston to KX than it is to go from one end of Leeds station to the other

That’s why the post specified “today”

Usually can but Leeds to York line is shut all week for repairs

Yesterday afternoon nothing was moving north of Warrington with severe delays And Carlisle to Newcastle line was closed with trees on the tracks Leeds to York line shut all week for repairs Only reliable direction of travel was moving south and getting across to ECML

Regardless of any ad hominem, my original point stands

Yeah so under 5 hours with one change on good trains which serve food and both risk minimal damage to delicate high value luggage Or rough it by bouncing about on 5 local regional trains but maybe save half an hour if no connections get missed, and if multiple do it could add several hours onto the journey Obviously under time pressure out on the fly I’m picking the most reliable option Why is this so hard for you to comprehend

How?

Had a large, delicate, and high value baggage item I would never risk being bashed about down in a bus hold

No it’s not this one is all week Unless you take the regional Northern diversion line and add an extra hour and change to your journey

Nobody said the lines don’t exist

That’s not quicker or easier

The 16th word of the original post

It was uninterrupted all day and running fine