Recent content by tommy2215

I have noticed this too. I've speed "speed restriction" when there's been no speed restriction on the route all day long, and recently when on a CrossCountry train the reason was because of "passengers causing a disturbance on this train" even though the whole delay was caused by waiting for a...

There's been loads of cancellations today on XC because of staff shortages, meaning the ones that are running are very very crowded. That train and some others had stops removed for that reason

According to the latest official statistics in the HoC library, yes Hendon does. Not as big as Harrow East, but still significant. People did not vote for Webbe and Vaz simply because Leicester East voters were spoilt for choice, just look at how other Labour candidates in safe Labour areas with...

Not true, I highly doubt many of those who voted for those two would've voted for Labour if they hadn't stood. And the Tory vote held up there a lot better than elsewhere.

Its amazing the sheer number of Tory seats Labour won which have never voted for them before, thinking especially of seats like Bury St Edmunds, South East Cornwall, Suffolk Coastal, Aldershot, Poole, Folkestone & Hythe, Ashford (Kent), South West Norfolk, Aylesbury etc. Also the huge swings...

EMR are correct here but it would certainly help a lot if they added usb ports to the all of their 158s.

This bit is absurd. That is absolutely not why they withdrew. Its because of the huge entry fee in participating.

I see two early Sunday morning workings from Etches Park to Sheffield will be passenger services from May. This is great as it means the first Sunday train from Derby and Chesterfield to Sheffield is now more than two hours earlier than pre-covid!

E-tickets. They are more convenient in almost every way. Its good that the vast majority of rail users use them, and that the rail industry is continuing to encourage their use. Other industries that sell tickets have successfully become e-ticket only (like most major events are now e-ticket...

The Littlehampton and Ore trains have been separate ever since the start of the pandemic. Nothing to do with the works.

Tuesday until Friday is a pretty short window! Before we've had at least 2 weeks to buy the tickets. Its interesting that it was only a few months ago we had the last flash sale, and we had the Great British rail sale only a couple of months before that. These sales must be producing some good...

Well there's definitely going to be no strikes in the first week of the sale and even if there are strikes by Northern staff on your day of travel you'll probably be able to travel on a different day instead.

The opening ceremony is pretty good! In some ways quite like the London 2012 Olympics opening ceremony. Although that one comedian who said "the nation of Africa" was a bit cringey.

Avanti TSSA members will be striking on 27th July and GWR ones on 30th July.

Great news coming out of NATO, Turkey has finally dropped its objections to Finland and Sweden joining NATO! https://news.sky.com/story/nato-turkey-agrees-to-back-finland-and-swedens-bid-to-join-alliance-12642100 Hopefully they will now join relatively quickly. Putin invaded Ukraine intending...