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Returning northbound from Manchester Oxford Road last night on the 22:19 (or something similar) fTPE to Barrow, somewhere beyond Salford Crescent the train came to a halt. I was sitting on one of those two seats adjacent to the driver's cab and where the ramp store is located. I heard the...

As is fairly common this evening, I boarded the 1710 fTPE class 185 at Preston station bound for Manchester Airport. It arrived and departed Preston station around 10 minutes late. (As an aside, a Birmingham NS bound Virgin Super Voyager on an adjacent platform timetabled to depart at 1717 was...

As a season ticket holder living in Bolton, I have travelled to games via train and then Metrolink from Deansgate (G-Mex tram stop). I have been able to buy a through ticket from Bolton station for something like £4.20 offpeak return. With the Metrolink service alterations, for the last two...

I'm afraid my trainspotting-ability only goes as far as to identify that the following involed a 2 car pacer and a 2 car sprinter. Arriving at Bolton station around 0720hrs this morning, on reaching Platform 4 I noticed a 4 car train (comprising a 2 car pacer pulling a 2 car sprinter) had...

Before Christmas, I was at Preston station awaiting my normal First TransPennine Express class 185 to take me home. The Summer 2008 timetable meant my train departed at 17:35 whereas at 17:40 a Northern Rail service departed and although it followed an identical route to Manchester, it was a...

Very new here so apologies if this discussed elsewhere. Did have a search around for 5-10 mins and saw nothing immediately. I can't confess to having a massive interest in trains but I do have more than a passing one having been engrossed as a very young boy at the sight of the APT at Preston...