Huddersfield takes the prize

The only time I was at the Huddersfield train station, I was told my train to Manchester Piccadilly would be delayed. When it finally arrived, I was told it would not stop at Picadilly. I needed to get a different train to Manchester Victoria, get off, and take a local train to Piccadiily.

This was a few years ago..

I don't actually believe those figures, and at least at Huddersfield there will always be an alternative in a relatively short time.
13% sounds very low to me as a highest figure. I am seeing the planned cancellation statistics, and lists of trains affected on Northern every day and that just isn't right.
Yes I know Huddersfield is mainly a TPE station now. But I don't get TPE daily stats.

Several days last week, non strike and non overtime ban days, Northern alone had well over 300 planned cancellations and many more unplanned, as well as numerous services turned short of final destination or omitting stops.
Last Friday, to my knowledge on the Barrow to Lancaster route there was a close to 50% cancellation rate with at one stage a 4 hour service interval. But Barrow isn't a "major station." The day before it had been around 30% cancellation rate on the Cumbrian Coast line, with the Furness route running more or less as booked.

This morning I have had to totally switch route to York, now going in the wrong direction, due to a planned cancellation. I had to do the same switch last week as well- in that case both out and back were amended routes. The return was changed twice in the middle of the day due to two unplanned cancellations.

I read the BBC article this morning.

I was surprised to see that 5500 trains (13% of all trains) at Huddersfield were canceled during the first seven months of this year alone. That is until I saw who ran the station...TransPennine Express. IMHO, the worst train operator in the UK.

I do whatever I can to avoid TPE. In fact, this weekend, I have to go down to Manchester from my little city in Scotland. Rather than take the train which would have meant dealing with TPE or another route with numerous changes, I'm taking Scotrail to Aberdeen and will then fly to Manchester. I've done it before with less headaches.

For anyone else travelling from Dundee to Manchester Flix Bus now have a daily service via Edinburgh Airport and City Centre and the Lake District, which continues on to Bristol (for Bath).

Currently until 10 October Dundee to Bristol or any other intermediate point costs just £2 on that service!

Northbound only it extends to Aberdeen.

Flixbus is a good option if you don't mind sitting on a bus for 8 hours.

But according to Flixbus, it's more than £2. The £2 government scheme does not include Scotland nor does it include Flixbus.

Please stop correcting me.

This is a flixbus promotion, nothing to do with the government scheme - which only applies in England anyway and then not on all routes. I was looking this morning for fares to Manchester for myself and saw that was £2 within the dates of the promotion, was surprised at even that on what is hardly a major trunk route, so checked other journeys on the route and was stunned to find that the full 12 hour (not 8) journey was also £2 + the booking fee.

Some people, at least in this country, enjoy !ong bus journeys. Megabus, Flix bus and National Epress make a good living out of it.

Yes, you are right. There are £1.99 tickets.

I checked a few random days and they weren't available for those days. They must be limited and are sold out on some days.

And if you enjoy long bus rides, go for it.