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'Axed' and 'huge' are both search-engine optimisation expressions which generate clickbait. It happens all the time. 1782576444 Partly agree with you. On the other hand, there are a lot of people on here who are commenting and making suggestions as to how journalism works with no idea how it...

TPE to Scotland from Liverpool comprises three a day to Glasgow. There were hourly services to Edinburgh via Leeds but the were axed during Covid and never came back. Services to Newcastle, Hull and Cleethorpes provide decent connections. Additional London services are slowly coming from Avanti...

You need to look a little further than you think. National Museums Liverpool have major art collections and fine museums. The UK’s oldest symphony orchestra is in Liverpool - the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic. Taylor Swift just performed three nights at Anfield. There’s two massive cathedrals...

Except that trip is all in Lancashire.

Welcome to our world!

Anyone remember Silver Standard in the 1980s? Used it Liverpool Lime Street to London Euston a few times. Same seats with a coffee and a croissant thrown in, I think. But the was BR InterCity running a three-class service, so not that much different, really.

A friend bought a new Senior Railcard online but failed to tick the box which said they did not want to QR code download to a smartphone. Although he has a smartphone it is an older model and it does not support the download offered by the Railcard. They now say that they will not refund the...

On the last Virgin (in those days) train from Euston to Liverpool Lime Street (2107), we were joined at Crewe by a man and woman who announced that they'd like some refreshments. They were told that the refreshment service had finished as we would soon be arriving. "But it's well over an hour...

There are trains direct from Chester to Cardiff, originating at Holyhead.

Before it was closed in the 1960s, the LMS route into Swansea Victoria was stupendous. The line from that station to Pontarddulais closed in 1964 (I think) but the descent along Clyne Valley, passing through Mumbles Road station and then along the sweep of Swansea Bay was great. Indeed, as a...

Not entirely sure, but I would guess the through services Liverpool to Glasgow ended in the 1980s. There used to be one service a day Liverpool to Edinburgh, but that hasn't run for 20 years or more. Both services were certainly in BR days. The through Scottish services joined links to Bristol...

Caught a train from Manchester to London on Wednesday and noticed that the station signs at Macclesfield have been changed to Avanti branding. Could not see any change elsewhere.

Try getting on to a forum such as this in China, North Korea etc etc. Never mind being able to comment at all.

I was once accompanying a singer at a wedding (I am a musician, amongst other things) and had scheduled a rehearsal. She did not appear, as expected at Chester. She was tracked down and told us she was in Birmingham. Turns out she had gone to Chester Road between New Street and Sutton...

IF you nationalised the railways, the government would be in charge, so you ave negated your own argument within three lines. BR was quite appalling in many cases. Dirty trains, absolutely no compensation for late running, unreliability, no apology if anything went wrong and staff who were...