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The service information on Opentraintimes is interesting. The morning Appleby>Skipton service is 2Z22 on 14,15,16 Feb. The technical information is "Diesel loco with a 715 tonne load" (the regular services are shown as DMU). Is there any particular reason the system doesn't mention Tornado...

Thanks for adding to my comments, Yorkie. Yes, you would have quite a journey from Dore to Nottingham if you missed out Sheffield!! I had wondered about the Tfgm Wayfarer coming under the new "no need to call" rules, but didn't know how to confirm it. I wish the SY Travelmaster was.

This might be a bit of a faff, and I suppose you'd have to use the Hope Valley stopper to Sheffield, but does a GM Wayfarer help? It covers you all the way from Wigan to Grindleford and back. I don't know the best tickets beyond Grindleford, but you've probably only got to check Grindleford...

When you are given a time window, how do you know when to go and wait for the bus. Does the driver come and knock on your door; or send you a text or something? Or do you just go out and shiver in the rain for 45 minutes? If they text you, it could be handy for hikers. Pub to pub and pub to...

Worth pointing out, perhaps, that the new City Regions will be the local transport planners and funders in the future. And Worksop and Retford are supposed to be going to Sheffield City Region rather than Nottingham. All a bit in limbo at the moment, though. The Sheffield City Region mayoral...

Thanks , Butts. I see the reference to the £10 minimum now. I'll start practising my "poor old pensioner" spiel.

I suppose this has never come up, but... Would Virgin East Coast would turn someone away from a lounge with a first class ticket discounted on a Senior Railcard to just below £10? I doubt it somehow, but then I'm very trusting in the essential goodness of human nature (or at least in the self...

Iskra, Thanks very much It's good to have it acknowledged by ATOC that the SC site is hosted by an official partnerof Northern. I feel brave enough to stride up to the Leeds gateline now. I hope I still will in a fortnight. I did check that it wasn't undercutting a Skipton Leeds peak...

Thanks again Iskra. Your point that this is a different ticket had been lost on me. Do let me know how you get on, ta. Neil's link to Railrover.org is indeed reassuring. I like the explicit map, the explicit list of stations, and the explicit mention of times (it is somehow even more...

Thanks Iskra. I couldn't work out how to ring Northern - the number on their site led to a series of "push button one to be on hold for ten minutes" robots until it finally put me through to National Eail enquiries. Not only hadn't they heard of the ranger, they hadn't heard of Settle or...

The coalmining museum is excellent - providing you are not squeamish about doing the underground tour (long long lift ride down then lots of walking around feeling very deep underground) . The up-top bit is good backgriund info for the tour but perhaps not worth a trip by itself. The...

Briefly - Help ! There's no mention of the day ranger on the National Rail Enquiries site. I have bought a £15 "settle carlisle line day ranger" for the 15th Feb and I have reservations for the 1045 northbound and 1455 southbound. I was originally just planning to use the ranger for...

I should stress that the 'tea' in 'tea and sympathy' was real. The sleeper conductor really did make tea for us delayed passengers - using the Crianlarich 'bothy' kettle. I can't praise enough all the First staff I met last night.

I haven't posted for many yonks, but I felt I had to go through CAPTCHA hell just to comment on the good work of First's frontline staff yesterday during the power outage at Westerton and consequent chaos. The west highland sleeper conductor was at Crianlarich at 8 pm (not sure why, something...

It occurs to me that people unfamiliar with Oyster won't fail to notice how any advice about Oyster from regular users of it (who are all too aware of its weaknesses) always comes hedged around with "shouldn't be a problem if..." and "OK providing you remember..." and "was only overcharged a...

I'll invest so long as the Daily Mail promises to mount a campaign to get money back for "Hard-working ordinary (ie white, able-bodied, heterosexual, middle-class) people who were conned into investing" when the company goes bankrupt. Everyone thinks the private sector is brilliant until their...

Do we have to be on one side or the other? I love maps (I REALLY mean that, I can read an OS map for hours). OS 50k and 25k maps are amongst the most useful and beautiful maps ever made. And I can use map and compass for hiking. And do. But being a bit techie, I also like SatNavs (and...

I'm not sure you're using the word "pedant" quite correctly. :wink: And "sytem" is a pefectly good word! I just invented it. Note especially-irritating US-influenced avoidance of the perfect tense in that last sentence.

There are no pedestrian signs to Wombwell station from Wombwell town centre. It's about a 20 minute uphill walk and there is no information anywhere in the town centre about how to get a bus there. Once you are on the right road, it's not difficult to find.

OwlMan. I've seen a reference to BaseMaps before, but never followed it up. How about a separate topic where you could tell us what you know about it, and others could add their bits ? For instance: Are they consulting on this ? I'd like to recommend that all doubling-back "Gotcha"...