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The thread on the UK's inability to do integrated transport has got me thinking. Which bus routes could be sensibly integrated into the current rail network? That would involve the bus link being added to railway timetables, put into the Routeing Guide and rail tickets accepted on the bus. I'm...

I've just got an email from Merseyrail, saying that they will be changing to a 30 minute service frequency using 6-car trains.

https://www.cravenherald.co.uk/news/18295119.horton-station-get-1-9m-bridge/

This is a recognised walking interchange, isn't it? I'm struggling to find the minimum connection time for walking between the stations. Would a 2320 arrival in Lime Street allow a walk to Central to get the last train of the day to Southport at 2338?

Is there available anywhere a list or map of footpath crossings on the rail network? Also is it possible to find out which crossings are recognised public rights of way? Do Network Rail publish this information? Thanks.

More and more tickets are having their route changed from "Any permitted" to "via X". Sometimes this is of no consequence as via X is the only way that a passenger would go. However, sometimes the change has been made thoughtlessly and is preventing passengers from taking the shortest or...

At some point these fares have been routed "via Skipton" and priced accordingly for the unnecessary double back between Long Preston / Hellifield and Skipton. The most extreme example of this daftness is that we have a ridiculously expensive Giggleswick to Settle SDR anytime day return at...

I am planning on making this journey so looked up the fares and routes. The Routing Guide allows travel via either Chester or Shotton, and there's not a great deal of difference between the two routes with respect to distance and journey times. However the fares available are: Anytime day...

www.brfares.com/#!fares?orig=BDI&dest=LCN Example - Bradford interchange to Lincoln. The highest price £15 Northern Only advance fare says: "Journey must include travel on the following main TOC: NORTHERN Connecting travel (where permitted by routeing) is allowed on: ARRIVA BUS" What's the...

Has this changed recently? The National Rail website says that it is available from Matlock, Buxton, Hathersage and Glossop stations. http://www.nationalrail.co.uk/times_fares/prbbff5bfbee4348975a0f2e74aa4541.aspx However, the PlusBus website only mentions Matlock and Buxton. Unhelpfully the...

Following on from this thread https://www.railforums.co.uk/threads/lancashire-ray-ranger-validity-question.167633/ What Rover / Ranger maps do you think could be changed for the better? I'm talking about sensible changes that don't undercut normal day return fares and might actually have a...

From the Grimsby Telegraph : https://www.grimsbytelegraph.co.uk/news/trains-cancelled-after-youths-go-1606539

This has been mentioned on the Buses & Coaches subforum but I suspect that not everyone reads that. Lancashire County Counci are proposing the closure of the ticket office/information centres at Carnforth, Clitheroe and Nelson stations, along with the information office at the newly refurbished...

I don't think that this news has been posted on the forum. Bombardier are planning on reducing the size of Crewe Works, with the traverser and everything west of that being demolished to build a housing estate. The planning application can be seen here -...

Moorthorpe, South Elmsall and Denby Dale stations are in West Yorkshire. Darton station is in South Yorkshire. I can't get Northern's website to offer either South Yorkshire or West Yorkshire PlusBus tickets travelling from any of these stations. Is that the official policy or is it a mistake by...

I still have 2 or 3 scratch-off West Yorkshire Day Rovers that were bought before the evening restriction period for train travel was introduced in 2014. Am I right in thinking that I can still use them in the evening peak period? Somewhere I have printout from the WYmetro website saying that...

Looking at realtraintimes.co.uk ut seems that traffic on the Doncaster to Worksop SYJt line has fallen off a cliff in recent times. It's now down to a couple of trains per day, whereas not too long ago it was operating close to capacity. Maltby Colliery, the last source of freight on the line...

I need to to travel from Steeton & Silsden to York and back tomorrow (Friday) after 9.30 am, returning after 6.30pm, but cannot commit to specific trains. The cheapest way that I can find is a West Yorkshire Train Day Rover (£7.20) plus a Micklefield to York CDR (£9.30), making a total of...

The terms and conditions of a certain local railcard say that it "cannot be used exclusively within the A/B C area or exclusively between V, W, X and Y/Z". However, the website of the TOC that promotes the railcard will happily sell discounted tickets between those stations! It won't however...

I see that two of my regular commuting tickets, Liverpool to Colne and Liverpool to Lancaster, have just been changed from Anytime Returns (SOR) to Anytime Short Returns (SHR). Not sure why???? I'm not familiar with using this relatively new ticket type. The outward portion is supposed to be...