Recent content by P Binnersley

On one occasion (several yeara ago) I asked a member of staff and they retrieved the ticket from the barrier (doesn't work if several passengers have made the same journey).

I've been looking to make a similar trip. Bus replacement from Andoain to San Sebation (16km). The train has a note (Trip with incident). "Due to infrastructure work, passengers traveling to/from Palencia will travel between Palencia and Venta de Baños by road. Pets and bicycles are not...

Hey Jude! West Midlands Railway offers free rides to fans amid World Cup fever Judes (Judahs, Julians, Judiths & Judys) travel free on the Stourbridge Town branch 13th-19th July.

There are some photos where you can read most of the notices on Google Maps (April 2025).

The appeals panel have 21 days to determine the appeal or there is no liability to pay the penalty fare, only the fare for the journey. (The Railways (Penalty Fares) Regulations 2018) They can't reject an appeal because your daughter is under 18. (The Railways (Penalty Fares) Regulations...

One person tapped in and out, paying a fare for one person; presumeably you. If the name they have is the person who tapped in and out then there is nothing they can do as tyhat person has not committed an offence. They do not have the details of the "ticketless" travellers.

The first trams have run through to Dudley (Flood Street) as the first stage of commissioning the extension (Transport Matters video).

Trains from Kyiv & Lviv run through to 'broad' gauge platforms in Premysl, Poland. Before EES passport and customs were done on the train during stops at the border. I don't know how this has changed post post EES.

Acording to the NRCOT Introduction, you only have a contract with "some" train companies (although you coud use GWR from Foregate Street to Shrub Hill on a Worcester-Birmingham ticket). I think the byelaws are a better justification.

There are existing stairs to the right of the new lifts, but set back. I don't know if they are signed or available to the public. The plans are on Solihull Councils planning portal. The plans show a second pair of lifts where the air-rail link is; which suggests the link may be removed at...

There is a hump back canal bridge with a 3 ton (mfr) weight limit the other side of Marston Jabbett making the village off limits to vehicles that are both tall and heavy.

London-Glasgow/Edinburgh sleeper cancelled Sunday (7th June) due to "A safety fault affecting one of our carriages" Couldn't even get the coaches to Euston so just had 4 hours in a hotel before catching the 05:31 Avanti. Hopefully I will get some more sleep on the train. Hoping Avanti...

The SB66bus from Aachen to Monschau crosses into Belgium and back 4 times due to the Vennbahn. Three are just former level crossings, but there is a 1.5km section in Belgium (no bus stops). Several years ago (1990's) I caught a local bus from Lindau to Bregenz which went through the German...

I was at Canley this morning. The London bound platform at Canley has two entrances. Level access from Canley Road (north) and steps from the foot/cycle bridge (a public right of way). There is only one Penalty Fares notice on the side of the waiting shelter facing the entrance from the...

If your ticket had a QR code there will be a record of it being scanned at the barriers to enter Didcot station.