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I have just seen an item on TwiX that says that the DfT have vetoed a plan to remove peak restrictions on local services around Birmingham. From Rail Magazine: https://www.railmagazine.com/news/plan-to-lift-birmingham-peak-restrictions-vetoed-by-dft

Looks like platform 11 at Paddington will be closed for a while... Photo shows assistance buggy on track with one wheel hanging on to edge of platform. Photo taken from Hammersmith & City line platform.

Lumo are/were running a train from London Euston to Stirling with no working toilets this morning. The 06:11 from Euston to Stirling had a 25 minute 'personal needs break' at Preston when it eventually arrived there 25 minutes late and just shy of 3 hours after leaving Euston. The train was...

This is something that a number of other train companies, such as Greater Anglia, have been doing for some time and I would expect that they can demonstrate that it is an effective part of the toolbox to deal with fare evasion. The most likely outcomes, from a train company perspective, are that...

I'm travelling to Reading on a Saturday in a couple of weeks time, and I'm wondering what options there might be to make a saving on the Off Peak Day Return fare. It needs to be the route via Slough due to an early kick-off! There don't seem to be Advance fares available and the CDR looks a...

Inspired by this post on the "Fail to stop at High Wycombe" thread, I wondered cases of a train calling out of course and without warning, but in a way that was particularly beneficial to you. Back in 1980 I was travelling on the night train from Holyhead to Euston and when I woke up in the...

I was at Trent Bridge for the test match on Friday and Saturday. My travel had been booked 3 weeks beforehand for journeys from Luton to Nottingham and back on each day. Obviously, the Bedford crash put the mockers on the original plan for Friday, with bus transfers to Bedford for onward trains...

Moving this from the original thread so as to avoid confusion for the OP there. I want clarify, do the PF regulations follow the NTCoT definition of validity? I'm no expert in the former and forgot the change to the latter, so clarification would be helpful.

I'm off to Stockport on Saturday, and looking at ticket prices, it seems that getting a West Midlands Day Ranger might be beneficial to reduce the cost a tad. At the southern end I can add a day return from MKC to Rugby, and at the northern end a day return from Kidsgrove to Stockport appears...

Travelling on the Cambrian Coast line a few days ago I happened to notice this sign just outside one of the stations (possibly Harlech).it was positioned at a height suitable for the driver to operate. So, having not seen one before, I am curious to know its purpose - is it a means of operating...

I'm travelling today from London to Matlock. Due to a fatality at Wellingborough, the EMR train from St Pancras was cancelled very soon after it was made available for boarding. After a short delay it was announced that ticket acceptance was in place and train companies would accept tickets...

I've got a trip with my other half coming up in soon using EMR between St Pancras and Derby, and back. I haven't used Seatfrog for an upgrade yet but I am considering it for this trip. I'm wondering how much I would need to bid to win the upgrades?

I have recently made a couple of attempts to avail myself of these types of scheme, with out success. In Manchester I signed up to the (Beryl managed) Starling Bank Bikes app, but then couldn't persuade the only available bike at my location to release itself from the dock! I then spent a few...

My railcard is due for renewal in around 3 weeks, and I am just wondering what the best option might be. I currently have a 3-year plastic railcard, and wonder whether there are options for getting some cashback or discount on the renewal cost. I might consider a digital railcard but would want...

I was heavily delayed waiting for a Thameslink service yesterday evening (20 miles away from this incident), which was due to a mobility scooter and occupant falling on to the southbound track at Farringdon station. Obviously this meant all trains were stopped while emergency services attended...

mods note - split from this thread Apparently, I was wrong yesterday to suggest that electric vehicles are subject to lower taxes - see post #64. The fact is that those lower taxes from cars will need to be replaced to maintain both the infrastructure and a green agenda.

Having checked the GWR website unsuccessfully, I wonder if anyone has information on the likely state of the Great Western main line and South Wales main line (travelling from London) for the period between Christmas and New Year, particularly Sunday 29th December? It's a long way out, but it...

So, I travelled in London on Saturday using two Oyster cards (it's complicated ...), and when I checked my account on Sunday one of them had a missing touch out while the other had a problem because I'd entered Highbury & Islington station just in time to hear that not trains were running on the...

I'm off to Liverpool soon, and was just wondering if the Liverpool PlusBus includes the football special buses to and from Goodison Park and Anfield. The PlusBus page doesn't indicate that they are excluded but I don't really know if that can be relied on. Anyone??

I don't know if there's push going on, or if the article about SJPNs in The Times at the weekend has prompted something, but there was a piece on BBC1's The One Show last night (Monday) about Northern revenue protection and fraud investigation. And then this morning my local radio station (BBC...