Recent content by amywok

Bought an evening travel card on Saturday at Woking from a TVM and went straight to the gate. It failed. The swr staff member asked ‘railcard?’ And sighed. Ticket worked perfectly at Waterloo and on the underground. A fault on the Woking gates perhaps?

Lots of RBBs queuing outside Lancaster station.

Lancaster University has around 17,000 students and offers 7,000 beds to students on campus. With around 3,500 staff that's over 13,000 staff travelling to campus although many don't travel every day and of course there are the 4 months of vacations. Concentration of students towards the City...

A station at Bailrigg to serve Lancaster University and South Lancaster would be a huge asset to these communities. Lancashire County Council as the strategic planning authority has pursued the concept with Network Rail and the DfT arguing that the Bailrigg sidings offer a great foundation for...

I was in Paris a month ago. Very heavy police presence but didn't see any protests or disruption. Did the touristy stuff i planned and felt safe throughout.

The Lakeside and Haverthwaite Railway offers a free discount card to anyone with a permanent LA or CA postcode address. The discount is 50% off return rail fares (and for accompanying children) plus 20% off in the shop and restaurant.

Everyone off the train now and on busses and taxis. Lots of police and fire and rescue personnel on site. Everyone calm and orderly - driver particularly was helpful and reassuring - did a great job a especially as he must have been shaken up. Was 2 1/2 hrs from incident to evacuation which...

Police now on train - evacuation soon down to track via ladders and then walk 50 yards or so to Kearsley station- busses already there for onward journeys.

Driver advises fire brigade and network rail are at the train. Driver advised there are Smashed windows in the rear unit and damage to front of this (front) unit.

Driver just came down & told us the overheads were on fire and they will probably evacuate us to Kearsley

Sat on 2H03 the 17.28 from Blackpool North to Hazel Grove. We came to a stand at Farnworth then set off again and near Kearsley there was loud banging on the carriage, jolting and a sudden stop. After what sounded like alarms going off - announcement from the guard saying the wires were down...

Cancelled today between Brighton and Westbury, “issue with train crew”.

Currently the Bare Lane/Hest Bank Curve trip is done by the 05.17 Lancaster to Morecambe which travels up the WCML to Carnforth for reversal and then to Bare Lane and Morecambe. Then back to Lancaster direct via Morecambe South Junction. The only other trains I know of that run over the curve...

Was booked on the 1S52 10.30 euston - Glasgow to Lancaster. Train cancelled. So headed to ST Pancras for 1F22 10.31 to Sheffield and then to Piccadilly for TPE or Northern to Lancs. 1F22 Capped at Derby due to 38 min delay due to trespass incident. Packed EMR to chesterfield thence 1R70 EMR to...

My first trip on a 397 today - 1S75 16.30 Man Oxford Road to Edinburgh as far as Lancaster. My normal spot at the west end of platform 2 was to no avail as train came in coach E (first) leading so stood in the vestibule crush looking longingly at first class seating! Fortunately after the...