Recent content by jawr256

When I first walked across Astley crossing I decided to help close one of the road gates to save time for a passing road user and was grateful for the patience of the signaller as it took me a few goes to get the handle to properly register in the lock, with him advising out of the signalbox window.

I used to buy Advance tickets to commute between Preston and Manchester. It was convenient for me to alight at Oxford Road in the morning but board at Piccadilly in the evening for a better chance of a seat. I would always by the tickets to Piccadilly anyway so that I could buy both directions...

I had my first issue with one a few months ago where a conductor on the Hope Valley line accused me of filling it in using a pencil when I'd actually used a biro as usual. He made me overwrite the details using his pen, which if anything made it look suspicious.

The RAIB update does acknowledge the possibility that the collision speed could be refined as the investigation continues. https://www.gov.uk/government/news/collision-between-two-passenger-trains-near-elstow

The 0403 TPE service runs via Salford Crescent between Piccadilly and Victoria - I wonder if that causes issues for validating the route as you'd need Salford Crescent to appear on the relevant map(s)

If I were TPE I would ask why the passenger chose to remain on the train to Manchester? Even if the connection were missed I'm struggling to understand how continuing to Manchester Oxford Road / Piccadilly could have been expected to get you to Ashton any sooner than alighting at Bolton as...

This seems doubly odd because the itinerary doesn't satisfy the minimum connection time in Glasgow (15mins Central + 5mins walk + 10mins Queen Street = 30mins)

It seems that unit (805008) is operating Avanti's first Crewe-Holyhead service this morning (https://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/service/gb-nr:L02174/2026-01-05/detailed#allox_id=0)

This doesn't beat the OP, but I'm planning to travel on 2W55 1746 Battersby to Metrocentre this Friday - it has a 17min dwell at Nunthorpe and I'm planning to alight there and walk to Gypsy Lane to board the same train.

I was just being mindful of the experiences in posts #16 and #30 which suggest that railcards can be slow to load in some cases.

What do we think of this from the railcard terms and conditions? This seems to add a requirement to be able to show the railcard throughout the journey. Clearly this is not always practical for reasons discussed above, but could explain the inspector's approach...

A bit of deja vu here - another poster mentioned a similar early departure from Mirfield a couple of months ago, eliciting a similar reply from @Kite159...

I think you're looking at a weekend. Northern are running 2 trains an hour between Manchester Oxford Road and Liverpool Lime Street via Warrington Central today: https://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/search/detailed/gb-nr:MCO/to/gb-nr:WAC/2025-08-05/0200-0159?stp=WVS&show=all&order=wtt&toc=NT

If the OP buys the lower priced ticket first, wouldn't the required excess be a change of ticket type, rather than a change of route? Since via Liverpool should already be permitted on route '.' and the issue is instead with the overnight break of journey that is ostensibly prohibited by...

Herne Hill - Leatherhead via Balham is traceable on map HR without doubling back (https://vaildata.uk/routeing?orp=HNH&drp=LHD&map=HR) and without going into London so the Herne Hill-Leatherhead ticket should still be technically valid for Balham-Leatherhead