Recent content by ricoblade

Does XC (and whoever owns them today) not have Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery (BCDR) plans that are regularly tested as part of their business management system? I bid into government (in non-rail sectors) and it's a standard requirement to have either ISO 22301 (the BCDR standard) or...

Interesting seeing the drivers manually changing the points east of the Cathedral stop to swap from the incoming track and then reverse back up after changing the points again.

Thanks for the replies, I've seen all the plans but would like to see some action!

I went to Doncaster to go to Sheffield on the 12:11 XC (that was runing to time when I set off an hour before) and it was chaos. The XC was cancelled die to "congestion" (whatever that is). Platform 3 was packed with King's Cross passengers who were being advised a) to get on the 12:22 to...

I saw the announcement for tram replacements this week but what's happened to any new lines, it's all gone very quiet.

Same at Doncaster, the two above the northern staircase have been taken out of service.

I saw the one at Retford Low Level being used to take a wheelchair passenger across but can't remember if it was before the lifts were done or while they were not working.

This is happening again! Trying to book Doncaster<>Bristol next Wednesday, returning Thursday and there are no seats avaialble on the 4 services (change at Birmingham) I select.

I am the OP so thanks for all the input, when I said "via Manchester", I'd forgotten about Stockport. I was confused as I used the forum site to specify "via Manchester", selected an Open Return and it gave me an Off-Peak Return that I assumed was via Sheffield, but looking more closely, it...

I was impressed on Saturday that an obscure public footpath crossing at Hampole, just south of South Elmsall, had green/red lights, especially as on one side, the path was invisilbe, had not been used for a while and was overgown shrubs. There are foot crossings near Retford that are used far...

I agree with all the points below but generally I have been on time into and out of Sheffield (mainly to/from Doncaster but also to/from Bristol fairly regularly) over the last couple of years.

Thanks so much :)

Hi All - I 'm wanting to do a few days trip from Doncaster to Shrewsbury return and would like a flexible ticket. National Rail seems to send me via Birmingham but I'd like to go via Manchester, would an off-peak return be valid by this route please? Thanks.

And its sister service the 98 (Gainsborough to Doncaster) in Misterton and West Stockwith (I assume the 97 (Gainsborough to Retford via Clayworth) does the same but haven't been on it through those villages). I fotgot to add that I was once on a 99 (Doncaster to Retford) that turned down...

Great stuff, thanks, used it to track someone's journey this afternoon. Fun to see trains going "backwards" when obviously readjusting to real time information coming in.