Recent content by Ze Random One

When was that? I've lived in Gateshead since 2007 and I don't recall the last metro beyond Pelaw being any time after 2340, and the last Sunderland was always about 2320 from Central

I think it's more likely to be sustained heat stress-testing our infrastructure. Remember that air conditioning and the like will have been running harder, for longer, across the country, plus the substations may not have been designed for wave after wave of days over 35°C. Add to this the soil...

Working in IT, we (outside) do not know what has gone wrong. If, for example, their systems are subject to a ransomware attack, then BC/DR facilities are also potentially infected, as can be backups if the ransomware laid low for a while. If there was such a problem the last thing you do is give...

Always has finished just after 11pm. Indeed looking at the 1985 timetable, last trains to the coast from Monument were 2324 via Gosforth and 2330 via Wallsend (now 2340 and 2343 respectively), and 2315 to S. Shields (now 2324). Historically, I suspect the reason last trains to south of the Tyne...

As a male, I can't fully appreciate the experience of women and girls out in the world. However, as a frequent public transport user across the UK (trains, trams, tubes, buses), I can say this. The odds of your niece being involved in any sort of altercation are vanishingly small. Stories of...

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Hi all, apologies if this has been covered before, I can't see a thread for it. I've got an "Anytime Return" ticket booked online for northen England to Belfast via Cairnryan. There are no reservations showing as booked for the ferry on the online booking engine, and my outbound journey is...

Realtimetrains.co.uk showing the new Metro times. It appears that (at least at Sunderland) the 10 minute frequency will be approx 0630-1900, and the last train from Newcastle looks to be 15 minutes later. Obviously it is early days yet and things may change. 15 Dec 2026 TW Metro at SUN

Opentraintimes maps suggests that a restart of the Elizabeth line is being attempted. Not much in the core, but the Shenfield line now has quite a few trains about on the slows

Looking at open train times, there appears to be a T3 possession at King Edward Bridge South Junction, so possibly Tyne Yard is inaccessible today, meaning only units stabled further south are available this weekend?

3 minute headways were the norm during the rush hour before the rundown of the metrocars. You used to have 4 service patterns during the rush: Every 12 mins St James - S. Shields Every 12 mins Airport - S. Hylton Every 12 mins Monkseaton - Pelaw Every 12 mins Regent C. - Pelaw That's 20...

It's the same on many of the long distance high speed railways. The last Avanti northbound from Euston is at 2142, to Wolverhampton, and it's 2101 Euston to Manchester. Even East Midlands can't manage anything north of Kettering after 2235. I suspect one of the reasons is that both the West and...

Already mentioned upthread, but Tyne and Wear Metro would appear to be running their normal Boxing Day service, 8am to 8pm, including via Sunderland over Network Rail metals. Again, mostly mentioned upthread, other services apparently running on Boxing Day include Chiltern Marylebone to Oxford...

I heard today that if you depress any of the door open buttons (even "wrong side") during the departure sequence, the driver can't get interlock? If that's true, that's a particularly dumb design on a train that can get crush loaded!