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Due to the ongoing industrial action, Transpennine seem to be cancelling a lot of trains on Sundays, but don’t actually tell you which ones are cancelled until a day or two before. I’ve booked an Advance split ticket (they have blocked APs for Sundays, so it’s an AP for the ECML leg and a CDS...

Thread for discussion to follow on from the construction thread.

From a timetabling perspective, does anyone know why Chiltern Railways choose to provide an all day service to Sudbury Hill Harrow rather than Sudbury and Harrow Road? If they only agree to stop at one of the two stations I’m intrigued as to why it’s that way around. Is there something about...

Anyone who has social media can’t have missed people sharing their Wordle results. BBC News and other media outlets have done articles on Wordle in the last few weeks, since the game has undoubtedly gone viral. Does anyone here play? What do you think, how can such a simple game have been so...

Mileage between 1st January 2022 and 31st December 2022 (inclusive) only. Travel for leisure or commuting purposes only. Mileage covered on all railways counts towards your total, including heritage lines, foreign mileage, trams, light rail and LU - providing you can find accurate mileage data...

Just seen this on Network Rail Twitter page. https://twitter.com/networkrailscot/status/1475863361636081666?s=21 Does anyone have any more information about how it will work, what is the rationale (are they planning this will enable them to speed up the timetable)? Picture shows an array of...

Unfortunately, due to increased commitments with his full-time job, @bb21 has come to the decision that he is no longer able to devote as much time to the forum as previously, so will be therefore be resigning his position as Moderator. He joined the staff team in July 2011, and over that time...

Does anyone know if it is possible to get any sort of refund of credit for smartcards of operators that are no longer trading? I'm having a clearout at home and have found some smartcards that are branded "Wessex Red" and "uLink" which used to be valid on Wessex Connect / Wessex Red / uLink...

Just Tweeted by Grant Shapps, that the Southeastern franchise will imminently transfer to the Operator of Last Resort (OLR), appears to suggest some form of corruption. No further details at the moment. https://twitter.com/grantshapps/status/1442731050468270080?s=21

https://tfl.taleo.net/careersection/jobdetail.ftl?job=037102&lang=en#.YSS71EfumsM.mailto With the exception of a short-lived trial for ex military personnel, London Underground hasn’t recruited externally for Service Controllers since the early 2000s. This is a two year apprenticeship with the...

Press release from TfL: https://tfl-newsroom.prgloo.com/news/tfl-press-release-mayor-fulfils-manifesto-commitment-and-confirms-high-speed-mobile-coverage-across-whole-tube-network-as-concession-partner-announced

With effect from 16th May a new timetable commences on the Bakerloo line. Harrow and Wealdstone sees a reduction in the Off peak service from 6tph to 4tph. Stonebridge Park moves from 9tph to 8tph. The main section of line reduces from 3-3½ Min headways to 3½-4 Min headways. Saturday daytime...

I’m surprised by the number of people I’ve seen on social media who consider that the time to eat pancakes today is as either breakfast / brunch or as the dessert for their dinner (evening meal). Whilst I’m quite partial to nice thick buttermilk American pancakes for breakfast, these seem to be...

Mileage between 1st January 2021 and 31st December 2021 (inclusive) only. Travel for leisure or commuting purposes only. Mileage covered on all railways counts towards your total, including heritage lines, foreign mileage, trams, light rail and LU - providing you can find accurate mileage data...

A GWR staff member has just advised me that with immediate effect, all catering services on GWR trains has been suspended following correspondence from the ORR after a complaint was received relating to their processes. Have any other Tocs that reintroduced catering (were there any that never...

Following the success of some new Forum Moderator roles that were introduced early last year, the Forum Staff are seeking interest in people to apply for the position of Moderator in our 'Railway Jobs & Careers' forum. This area was first created in November 2008 as a Subforum and as its...

Following a recent staff meeting, as well as a number of user comments, we have decided to trial changes to the 'Other Rail & Transport' Section. The 'Other Public Transport' Forum will be renamed to 'Light Rail, Metro & Trams,' and here we will encourage discussion of light rail, Tram and...

My better half is building a model railway in our garden studio. He has painted the baseboard grey but wants some ballast. We’ve been looking at the local shops and also on eBay but the prices seem extortionate for what is effectively crushed up stones. We’ve got some horticultural grit in...

Today it is 15 years since RailUK launched in its current form, on the 6th June 2005. In that time we have seen over 4 Million posts, which is more than double the number of posts since I last posted a message like this to celebrate our 10 year anniversary in 2015! Whilst the past few months...

More reports again this morning that the young are being the hardest hit by the Covid-19 economic shutdown, despite at the same time being the group that is least likely to suffer any substantial medical hardship from the pandemic. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-52717942 This comes as...