Recent content by mountainmike

I was on 1S52 this morning - the 1030 from EUS to GLC. We stopped on the exit from Watford Tunnel Fast lines where the TM informed us that we had hit ballast in the tunnel and the driver needed to examine the train. A train was also bought to a halt on the up fast. We left after about 11 minutes...

Tim Farron - my embarrassing MP who seems he can't help himself from jumping onto any passing bandwagon. Also as a matter of interest one of the most expensive MPs in the country over the last 5 years.

I recently gave up on Rail - fed up of the unrelenting negative output from Wolmar , the obsession with catering and obscure ticketing detail from Barry Doe and the smugness of Nigel Harris. The many mistakes - spelling ,grammar and fact - in the magazine didn't help either. (Maybe less time for...

I always thought it was "train captain"

I do have a car but prefer to walk to BUD than park at OXN as it is £8/day there ( 'cept weekends when it is £2 )

Only if it were a few pounds cheaper as I still need to get from BUD-OXN

Fairly regularly I need to travel to either Glasgow or Edinburgh and generally stay over for at least a night. To Glasgow I can get an off peak return valid a month for £28 odd . Edinburgh though is over £50. I'm guessing this is because they are priced by different companies. For various...

Back in the 70's before the underground was built in Liverpool there used to be an hourly DMU service from Southport to Liverpool Lime Street via Bootle Junction and Edge Hill. The line is freight only now. We were travelling back from Lime Street one evening after a day trip to London. As I was...

Wigan Wallgate bay platform

Checking the 1975 timetable the service was as follows: Dep Pontefract Baghill 07.53 M-S Sheffield -York 09.09 M-S Sheffield -York ( in summer extended to Scarborough ) 09.22 SO (summer)Sheffield - Bridlington 11.13 M-S Sheffield - York 14.03 M-S Sheffield - York 15.28 SO (summer)...

Not that surprising as it was a Friday in the run up to Christmas! As others have said January is always a quieter month for leisure travel and I think that is what we are seeing especially on the longer distance trains. Local and commuter journeys are less variable IMO. Anyhow I'm just off to...

Now on board 11.06 from Dundee to Edinburgh. EC 125. Not more than a dozen people in front two standard coaches.

I've done a couple of Lakes to London trips since Christmas on Virgin.Both very quiet. Came up to Edinburgh on Trans pennne express from Oxenholme - quieter than usual. Due to be on East Coast later from Dundee to Edinburgh - will see how busy that one is. So in my , admittedly small sample the...

AFAIK there are no restrictions on FGW for the All line Rover time wise

Hypothetical of course but wouldn't the first class commuter from Penzance be better off buying 26 two week ALRs? Aren't they around a £1000 each?