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Moderator note: Split from https://www.railforums.co.uk/threads/most-effort-work-spent-on-a-railway-project-that-ultimately-never-happened.216552/page-5#post-5103662 Electrifying Woodhead....? It was completed, of course, but closed prematurely because of wrong/outdated electricity supply?

With the likely boom in domestic tourism from the easing of lockdown restrictions from mid May are there any innovations or improvements to stage carriage bus services, both commercial and tendered, planned for the summer season? I doubt whether Arriva in north Wales will be planning anything...

Moderator note: Split from https://www.railforums.co.uk/threads/may-2021-timetable-change.213723 Which bus operators are ‘going all out’ during the summer promoting new tourist orientated services? I have not seen any evidence of this, but then again north Wales is dominated by Arriva!

With the recent ‘Backing Buses’ fanfare from the Prime Minister is now the time to look at relaunching Plusbus. With most bus (and rail) routes in Britain propped up by financial support from the Government due to Covid, and the likelihood that this will remain the case for a period of time...

There is much discussion on another thread relating to a handful of trains per day serving and terminating at Chathill Which stations where trains terminate have the fewest number of passengers per annum? There are two possible scenarios: A) Where trains terminate at the end of a branch line...

This is a slightly different take on the ‘Most Impressive Stretch of Line’ thread. If you could stop a train anywhere on the UK network and take a photo from through the train window, where would it be? Remember you can no longer hang your head out of the window so that the view has to be...

Which is the most intimidating place that you have waited for a train? I have two examples: Kirkby. I alighted the Merseyrail train early evening on a dark, rainy winters night waiting for the last train to Wigan. Northern train cancelled and I waited for a rail replacement bus, the guy in...

When Merseyrail’s new 777 units finally enter service, is it likely that their enhanced performance will generate significant journey time improvements to enable Southport and Chester to be reached in 30 minutes from Liverpool Central?

With the 507/508 units coming to the end of their working lives, does anyone have any idea how many miles a typical unit will have operated, by miles and how many times around the world does this equate to?

Which are the best examples of totally contrasting rail stations either by type of station, or by contrasting location, served by the same stopping train? Request stop stations can be included. Here are a couple of examples to start you off: London Euston and Corrour (station and location)...

Following the announcement that non essential journeys by public transport are permitted from 12 April, which leisure based bus journey are you looking forward to the most? Personally, I am looking forward to trying Hulley’s Snake Bus X57 between Manchester and Sheffield. I will have to do some...

Following the announcement that non essential travel will be allowed from Monday 12 April, which leisure rail trip are you looking forward to the most? Personally, a one way walk along the north Wales Coastal Path, a couple of beers outside and the train home. This assumes that Mark Drakeford...

Following on from a post regarding the number of steps to reach the platforms at Merseyrail’s Hillside station, which stations have the most inaccessible walking route to some or all of the platforms from street level? Criteria options: 1. Number of steps to platform that are not serviced by a...

Moderator split: Moved from https://www.railforums.co.uk/threads/manchester-recovery-taskforce-timetable-consultation.213089 Scarborough may be better served with a dedicated shuttle service from York, every 30 minutes from 0600-2330. Should be totally self contained, doesn’t cross the main...

Merseyrail have just announced on Facebook that they will not be operating any services at all on Friday 8 January owing to a bad weather forecast. According to the BBC Weather app, temperatures are due to drop to Zero degrees and there may be a couple of hours of snow. Surely in 2021 we must...

Which is the quietest station to have full PIS displays on platforms? A) Measured in terms of passengers per annum or B) Measured in terms of trains calling at or on request at per day? Which is the busiest station NOT to have PIS displays on platforms? A) Measured in terms of passengers per...

TfW have recently posted the December 2020-May 2021 timetables on their website. The Bidston to Wrexham timetable is shown as almost back to its normal hourly frequency, with the odd evening train missing, however, all but two trains in each direction start/end to/from Wrexham General, with...

Arriva Buses Wales have just announced that they are completely withdrawing the following services from the end of November and Gwynedd CC would be providing replacement 3 Pwllheli - Porthmadog 3B Porthmadog- Blaenau Ffestiniog Presumably most of the journeys on the above services were...

*Mod note* Posts #1 and #2 were moved from https://www.railforums.co.uk/threads/bus-routes-that-should-have-a-more-frequent-service.210156/ I do wonder sometimes how evening bus revenue is apportioned by the large operators who have day or weekly network tickets. If you buy an Arriva only day...

Perhaps it might be a better story for ITV news if they came to film the reopening of the line, intending to see a train but happened upon a Rail Replacement Bus instead. Eight months and many £millions spent on reopening the line and rebuilding Dolgarrog station and on day one of the...