Recent content by mmh

Not sure I entirely understand what you mean there, but I'm sure there won't be any ticket selling app that checks where you are.

That's not really an explanation of why it shouldn't. What interest is served by restricting it? 1792073822 But it's only "leaked" rather than just "shared" because if it's restricted. What is the benefit of it being restricted? 1792073825 But it's only "leaked" rather than just "shared"...

Why do people think that video should be restricted?

I used to buy train tickets from the Delta travel agency in the (now sadly demolished) Precinct Centre at Manchester University in the mid 90s, saved a walk up to the station and the queues at the ticket office there.

That was outside the period covered by this report.

It frequently happens here on Avanti on Sundays, when they provide the 'local' service because TFW can't be bothered to. 'Luckily' I'm usually going from a station where you can't buy a ticket.

My last delay repay payment was 40p. To those who'd say that's a waste of time, and my time is worth more than that, I'd say phooey. I claimed during time I was not working, and not being paid anything. That would have been the case if I'd claimed or taken the time to make a cup of tea instead...

Except when the 197 that should have run it is sat broken in a siding in Chester instead.

That they're notorious dumps. I don't see why a new, err, new town at IBM would be any different. If you're going to live in a dump and commute to Glasgow you may as well live in one of Glasgow's own dumps and save a bit of time. Also I'd point out that a large amount of people consider Milton...

"Reservations compulsory" on a network which, umm, doesn't offer seat reservations. The railway really is a thing of beauty.

I'm going to guess you've never been to Cumbernauld or Irvine!

Mixed length fleets cause problems on at least these operators: Avanti LNER GWR TFW Northern as well as the current XC fleet, so I never understand when mixed length fleets are suggested.

It isn't. It's a bit of a common myth on here that the only people going to/from Llandudno are from Liverpool. Llandudno's the main town in North Wales, the trains will be busy regardless of whether they go to Manchester or Liverpool. We were assured years ago that the reduced capacity of 197s...

Splitting and joining trains on a network which is likely to always struggle with punctuality just from its distances and interactions with other more self contained networks seems like something to be avoided.

Oh, you'd want them to be just handed over "in their current state". There was absolutely nothing wrong with the internal state of Avanti's 221s, far from it.