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An odd time to be doing it given that in the last few months First have finally upped their game (with financial encouragement from Bucks) by running a better peak service and operating until midnight. Carousel are mostly fitting neatly into the middle of First's times and it seems following an...

Route 3 (Slough-Uxbridge) has been running until midnight since October thanks to funding from Bucks Council, rather than shutting down at 2000 previously. It's actually carrying a few passengers, which surprises me given the lack of on-bus publicity and no attempt to highlight the change...

TfL's problem with BOJ on the central section of the Lizzie is that it replaces a part of the journey which was previously made on the Underground and where BOJ wasn't allowed. Anyone splitting had to pay extra for the second leg of the LU journey, or pay more for a Travelcard. Losing this...

Dare I suggest that (as with the examples in the Alanis Morrissette track) this isn't actually ironic, just annoying? Best of luck with the appeal though.

What's the point of a loco hauling a DMU? Completely un-prototypical and rather smacks of desperation/shortage of stock. I'd much rather have a ride in a powered DMU, though perhaps I'm in a minority.

Having been on buses calling at Shanklin station recently (ironically I was travelling Ryde to/from Ventnor and couldn't see any advantage in getting the train part way as I wasn't using the ferry), the bus makes more effort to serve the station than seemed worthwhile given the number of people...

I counted at least 5 sets apart from the one I was travelling on at the Wensleydale a month or so back, filling the sidings and rusting away. I'm guessing they'll mostly be cannibalised to keep one or two running, but it doesn't give a good impression.

I second Newhaven Harbour, which I had the dubious pleasure of using a couple of years back, the only access being intimidating and almost impossible to find. It was made to seem worse by initially finding a more direct and friendly pedestrian path which stopped at a locked gate at the foot of...

Also a chippy and a slightly posh but good bakery in Four Marks (do check their opening hours though) a few minutes from the station, plus a small Tesco.

Cheers for the info. I've now found the fundraising page; there's no mention of it on the main web page about the unit, which seems a missed opportunity. I really must donate, though it would help to know the sort of figure they're aiming to reach. £20,000 or £200,000?

Excellent day out yesterday despite the heat, with everything pretty much running to time; more than can be said for my journey home with both the North Downs line and the GWR main line in disarray. My only minor complaint is that I would have liked to see the Hampshire DEMU in use, assuming...

Haven't got Netflix but watching the trailer it seems that most of the film is about the train not exploding. Probably a good thing or it would be a rather short film!

If events are selling out so quickly it means that full capacity has been reached and there is high interest. If they sold some or all tickets on the day you'd either have to turn up at crack of dawn or risk not getting in, neither of which to me is a particularly appealing feature of a walk-up...

...and if you're not already, do something that will give you wider experience and/or demonstrate ability/interest in life. Voluntary work of some sort, a role on a committee, DofE Award and so on. Useful to give you a head start if the job you're eventually interested in asks for particular...

...and I used it as such some years back when staying in Dartmouth. Seemed an obvious thing to do (and I think was marketed as a suggested destination by the railway) but it seems I was a rarity.

Double-checking a planned trip, I found this warning on both National Rail Enquiries and LNER's own website: https://www.nationalrail.co.uk/engineering-works/northallerton-26-may-20250526/ Is this just a complete mix-up or is there some obscure link between what happens at Dewsbury and LNER...

Do the English announcements still generally end with a spurious "Thank you"? I'm assuming it's a Welsh language mannerism carried across to the English version, but it's not something you hear on other TOCs and it gets tedious after a while when you're already hearing twice as much as you...

You might want to consider starting/finishing the Denham legs instead at Harefield (Widewater Lock on Moorhall Road) to even out those legs, avoid about a mile of non-canal walk to/from the nearest bus route or Denham station (though Denham village is worth seeing) and to simplify ticketing as...

Not based on their performance on the Saturday afternoon! 1613 train from Matlock cancelled so an hour's wait for the next 2-car train which would have been barely adequate for comfort even without the cancellation. Sardine-can full so several groups couldn't board and things got worse down the...

I think the station has pretty much reached the limit on the number of visitors it can cater for given the limited space. For future reference I'd recommend a stroll down the hill to the village where there's a good bakery/cafe and a couple of other shops. I wasn't quite back before I'd have...