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Without going to comment on the reason for her resignation…. She did seem to achieve quite a bit in her four months in office and certainly raised the profile of Public Transport. But who should replace her? Let’s hope it’s someone from the North who can appreciate some of the limitations of...

Had occasion to use Tamworth station yesterday. Although the station only has 4 platforms it is quite a confusing layout when changing trains between East-West and North-South routes. The signage not just for interchanging and exiting the station is particularly poor. I noticed a number of...

Seeing as Northern are unable to operate virtually any Sunday train services on the the following routes owing to a shortage of train crew and are advising passengers not to travel Colne - Preston Preston - Blackpool South Manchester - Stoke Manchester - Stalybridge These services have not...

Recently travelled on a TfW Class 197 three car unit on the north Wales coast and one of the coaches was branded Standard Plus with wider 2+1 seating and smart tables. Obviously there is no such thing as Standard Plus on the Manchester - Llandudno services so you can sit anywhere, but what...

The National League fixture between AFC Fylde and Southend United was postponed today apparently due to a cancelled train. Does anyone know which train(s) was cancelled. The match was scheduled for a 3pm kick off, surely the Southend team could have travelled on the next train and/or had the...

Another one for our fares experts… My daughter is travelling with a young persons railcard and is travelling this Friday 23 August, single journey only. 0730 ish Reading to Paddington 1330 ish Euston to Liverpool She is reasonably comfortable using split tickets, I believe Maidenhead maybe a...

The £2 single journey bus fare cap in England is due to end on 31 December and the new Labour Government have not, as yet, indicated whether the bus fare cap will continue…. Does anyone know how much extra per annum the bus fare cap is costing the taxpayer and would an extra 1p on fuel duty...

My daughter is about to embark on a six week internship at a company near Bond Street Elizabeth Line Station. She is planning to travel on the Elizabeth Line from Reading as there is no need to change trains even though it can be quicker changing at Paddington. The cheapest fare I can find is...

One of my regular dog walks runs parallel to the Conwy Estuary and the Llandudno Junction-Llandudno branch line. There are two full barriered level crossings either side of Deganwy Station, but I am amazed at how many times there are Network Rail vans and staff servicing and main them. It...

There are various elections taking place across the country next week including for various metro mayors. One mayoral candidate (I won’t name as I don’t want to bring politics into the discussion) has suggested that they would campaign for a Northern Network Railcard, similar to the one in the...

Moderator note: split from this thread It seems odd to me that there aren’t as far as I am aware ‘Any Station’ tickets to the likes of New Mills (Central/Newtown) or Blackpool (North/South) I guess there other examples across the network…?

The £2 bus fare promotion is due to expire at the end of the year, although I am not sure whether any politician (most likely to be Labour by the) would dare scrap it, perhaps increase it to £2.50 maybe…? But what would the impact be if all stage carriage bus fares were free and what would it...

I have just received a text message from my somewhat upset daughter on her way back to Reading University from Matlock… She was due to travel back to university yesterday (Monday Cross Country Strike Day) and was using the return half of an off peak return Matlock -Birmingham and then advance...

Managed along with a few pals to bag some TPE £1 tickets to Carlisle to facilitate a real ale pub crawl of the City. We have over 7 hours in Carlisle but the choice of real ale pubs looks a bit disappointing. Not helped by the fact that the micropub on Carlisle station has ceased trading. I...

Are there any scheduled passenger trains that more often than not carry virtually no passengers over the entire length of its journey. Here are a couple of possibilities maybe? 0530 Llandudno Junction - Bleanau Ffestiniog 0540 Llandudno Junction - Llandudno 0545 Stourbridge Junction -...

I was travelling on the Liverpool - Nottingham route yesterday and boarded a class 158 unit and to my amazement found Ex First Class seating on board with a 2 + 1 seating configuration. Comfy seats, armrests and loads of legroom. The rest of the carriage looked far roomier too with more table...

Just after a little bit of advice or suggestions please…? My daughter is travelling from Matlock back to Reading University on Sunday evenings, but it appears as though the Underground is in strike late on Sunday evening. She has an advanced ticket on specific late evening trains via London...

Happy New Year! I wonder which is the largest city/town in the UK that doesn’t have any bus services running on New Year’s Day? Initially I thought Nottingham, but perhaps the Skylink bus to East Midlands Airport maybe operating…? As a follow which is the largest town in the UK that does not...

I have always used the Northern App for quick and easy booking of rail tickets via PayPal. However, the last few times I have tried to use this App the booking just seems to stick and payment by PayPal or Credit Card doesn’t get processed. Which other TOC app is the easiest and quickest to use...

Here are few electrified lines that have closed: Lancaster Castle - Morecambe Southport - Crossens Manchester - Sheffield (east of Hadfield) There must be quite a few more, but are there some that are no longer electrified and only diesel trains operate on.