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On Friday I passed a driving vehicle of an EMR class 180 on the back of a low loader on the M62 going westbound, east of Leeds. Not sure if it's related to this particular unit but does anyone know which of the four EMR units it was and where it was going? I was driving the other way so couldn't...

Alliance's own site says:

http://www.globalrailnews.com/2014/06/12/gnwr-granted-access-to-west-coast-main-line/ http://www.alliancerail.co.uk/2014/06/12062014-blackpool-to-london-and-huddersfield-to-london-direct-rail-services-move-a-step-closer/ Interesting development for Yoghurt Rail.

Watford Stadium, Watford West and Croxley Green - all stations which won't re-open as part of the of the Croxley Rail Link (but are being replaced by nearby tube stations). Last trains ran in 1996.

A colleague uses Saltaire to commute to work every day. Yesterday, she said that people were trying to shove credit cards in the banknote slot and wondering why nothing was happening.

I took this one at Sowerby Bridge on the 1st August last year.

Is that because Network Rail still have work to do, or is it to allow the new infrastructure to 'bed in'? Or is it timetable related?

Ironically the branch line to Morecambe from the former Lancaster Green Ayres station was electrified, as early as 1908 as an experiment by the Midland Railway. The southern end of Morecambe is nice, if quiet. I went in 2010 and took some photos...

This morning an RPI was at Bradford Interchange, in addition to the regular gateline operators, and was making almost everyone put their tickets through the barriers. Thankfully not mine as it's a MetroCard with no magnetic strip! Last week I managed to get to Leeds without being able to buy...

This will be great for my wife and I - at least until we have kids and can get a F&F card. I was worried that it wasn't going to happen when I saw the trial had ended.

News articles: http://www.london24.com/news/transport/train_crash_at_blackfriars_station_as_carriage_hits_roof_1_3171085 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-25576100 (second most-read news article at the moment)...

The DLR looks even more primitive on the 1987 map (which doesn't have the NLL on it): http://www.clarksbury.com/cdl/maps/tube87.jpg

Photo: https://twitter.com/ben_briscoe/status/418681708280819712

Leeds isn't too bad but: 1. The roof needs a damn good clean - so much soot and dust. 2. The ticket office layout is poor and the area is too small. York has a much bigger travel centre and is a quieter station. 3. Some of the ticket barriers refuse to take paper tickets from time to time...

I've caught the wrong train from Sowerby Bridge before - impressive considering it only has 2 platforms! I regularly catch the 0757 to York to get to work (which is in Bradford). One day, the 0750, which goes to Leeds via Brighouse was late, and I got on that instead (not twigging that it...