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This seems like something which, in the fairly long history of the railway, probably could have happened at some point, though I'm not aware of any examples... As we know, in times of disruption to the timetabled service, arrangements are sometimes made for passengers to make their journey on...

This thread is to discuss possible changes Greater Anglia could make to their fleet (or the way it is used). I'm replying to a post from this thread to avoid that getting too speculative. The context is that Greater Anglia currently has a large fleet of Aventras (with some being surplus to...

I was on a Northern 331 which had acquired two slightly angry-looking signs in one of the door vestibules: "STAFF use only" (on a fold-down seat) and "No STANDING or OBSTRUCTIONS in this area" (on a glass partition). They didn't really look like official signs - they appeared to have been made...

I was travelling on a bus in Germany (a Mercedes-Benz Citaro operated by Rhein-Neckar Verkehr) a few days ago. As with most modern German buses, it had a passenger information system (PIS) display showing the next few stops. On approach to my desired stop I pressed the "stop" button and heard a...

While in Manchester yesterday I noticed that the tram stops now have a "see it, say it, sorted" announcement like at stations, advising passengers to text 61016 to report any issues needing police attention. Is this correct? I was under the impression that 61016 connected to the British...

All the platform numbers for departures from Manchester Piccadilly seem to be missing from Darwin at the moment. Does anyone have any idea what's causing that? Also, not being at the station myself I don't know what the effect of this on the station displays is. Is every service just appearing...

I believe the Ordsall chord is electrified - but its service on opening was an extension of an existing Calder Valley service (diesel) through to Deansgate and Oxford Road, which was a temporary state of affairs until the current arrangement with the TPE Manchester-Redcar services (also diesel)...

I was in Manchester today and caught a bus from Piccadilly Gardens, and it took several minutes just to leave the bus station. One reason for this is that there is a set of traffic lights actually within the bus station - is Piccadilly Gardens the only place where this is the case? - and another...

Manchester Metrolink appears to have quietly extended services on the Trafford Park line one stop inwards from their previous terminus at Cornbrook through to Deansgate-Castlefield. This makes sense to me as an outsider - terminating trams were already heading some distance in that direction in...

When Deutsche Bahn says a train has been replaced by an Ersatzzug, what do they mean? In German it literally means "replacement train", but that suggests a service has been cancelled and a new one has been put in place which has a different route, goes at slightly different times or is a...

A friend sent me these photos of something he'd seen attached to a railway bridge in Leeds and was wondering if I could identify it: (image shows a metal object attached to a brick wall. It appears to consist of a circular plate with a long, thin protrusion from slightly below the centre. It...

For years now, Manchester Piccadilly has had a bizarre arrangement where they seem to have started installing ticket gates and not finished, meaning the higher numbered ones (including by far the busiest - the infamous platforms 13 and 14) don't have them. Currently tickets are checked by...

The official advice from the bus companies always seems to be that when alighting from a bus, you should ring the bell from your seat, and then remain seated until the bus has come to a halt, rather than trying to walk down. Is there anywhere in the country where this is widely followed? I've...

As many of you will be aware, Metrolink is unique in the UK and fairly unusual worldwide in that it's a street-running tramway where the rolling stock requires full-height platforms for passengers to safely board and alight. There are various reasons it was built like this, but I think the main...

Nowadays all of Stagecoach Manchester's services that terminate at Piccadilly Gardens say "Piccadilly Gardens" (or something similar) on the destination display. However, I recall that a while ago some of them (the limited-stop ones) used to say "Fast to City" instead. Any other examples of bus...

Usually press releases about new infrastructure or rolling stock will come with some sort of image of what it will look like, most often something computer generated, or just a photo which is vaguely railway-related (but nothing to do with the topic of the announcement). Over the years, which...

Yes, I've been wondering for a while whether a semi-fast service from Manchester to Sheffield via Stockport (operated by Northern) would make sense once the capacity upgrade works at Dore are completed. I would probably have it stopping in Stockport, (possibly Davenport and Woodsmoor if it were...

This is the entirety of what is officially known (and shown on signage/timetables) as "New Mills Bus Station" in New Mills, Derbyshire: (Google Street View photo of two small bus shelters and a few benches next to a short section of road marked "BUS AND TAXI ONLY") That seems a rather grand...

Is it permitted to travel Birmingham - Tamworth - Crewe - Stockport using the Any Permitted Off Peak Return costing £43.40? (https://www.brfares.com/!faredetail?orig=BHM&dest=SPT&grpo=0418&tkt=SVR) If not, where is best to split to allow this routing?

Looking at BR Fares there are two different Off Peak Return fares from Worcester to Stroud, set by GWR and CrossCountry, and routed "NOT VIA BIRMINGHAM" and "VIA CHELTENHAM" respectively. To my mind, every route anyone would reasonably from Worcester to Stroud goes via Cheltenham, and doesn't...