departure first fit manchester piccadilly d 0912 0938 0950 huddersfield d 0945 1008 1020 dewsbury d 1044 manchester victoria d 0848 blackpool north d 0847 halifax d 0945 1027 leeds d 1017 1025 1038 1048 1054 1058 1107 leeds whitehall d cross gates d 1032 1105 garforth d 1037 1110 1116 east garforth d 1039 1112 micklefield d 1043 1116 south milford d 1120 selby d 1059 1132 brough d 1117 hull d 1135 church fenton d ulleskelf d york a 1043 1100 1112 1119 1136 scarborough a middlesbrough a 1227 newcastle a 1207 1218 slower than hedgehogs , slower than houses slower than cabbages , slower than mouses crawling along like soup in a kettle , all through the cities , the garbage and metal passing the hedgerows flowering bags passing the meadows of cows and old nags passing the waterways brim-full of trollies passing the litter and sticks from ice lollies stopping at points for over an hour failing signals and loss of all power the wrong kind of snow and leaves on the track somebody somewhere should get the sack clickety-clack , clickety-clack this is the night train bringing the mail invoices , catalogues , items for sale , letters and packages tied up with string , yo-yo the boy and his emerald ring travelling on to its last destination the city of york and its railway station .