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Probably best done on the longest day of the year! Which route did you take to get back home?

As an aside, the Penistone is a delightful line to travel on, fabulous views and excellent station pubs at both Huddersfield (2 bars) and Sheffield. Well worth a trip on it if you’ve never been on it!

and no through service on a Sunday…! Just one train per hour for most of the day west of Chester on Sundays, dreadful, admittedly not as bad as no Northern service on Sundays, Chester - Leeds and just a handful of trains between Chester - Northwich - Manchester…!

Biggest issue outside Lime Street are all the hooded cyclists, e-bikes, electric scooters riding at speed on the paved areas..!

But how many of them will actually operate…?

Inspired by the fantastic weather this weekend which pub/hotel beer gardens can you relax in with a decent pint and watch the trains go past? YLlechan/The Slate, Tal-y-Bont, between Bangor and Llanfairfechan The Victoria, Beeston, Notts The Rambler, Edale

The Stalybridge - Dewsbury real ale trail is great on a Thursday, just avoid weekends!

The Captain Alexander also boasts a fabulous roof top beer garden/terrace!

Who knows what the demand is as there are no services available…? Same on the North Wales Coast line, last train from Holyhead is 2031, Bangor 2104. Llandudno 2151 Hopeless for visiting the theatres in Bangor, Llandudno, Colwyn Bay or Rhyl…

Has the 2027 Conwy Valley Line timetable been more or less signed off? Is there a proof timetable you could post on here?

Many thanks!

My wife is travelling from Chesterfield to London next weekend and is a little flexible on actual timings would prefer to travel on one of the new trains if possible? Friday 24 April departing Chesterfield between 0930 and 1130 Sunday 26 April departing St Pancras to Chesterfield after 1900...

There is no way I would risk getting a train to a UK Airport when catching a flight unless I went the night before. Far too many things could potentially go wrong unfortunately.

Daresbury is not between Ellesmere Port and Helsby

I am sure they would but that is not the subject of the thread…

Remember this is a purely a passenger railway ‘commercial’ ( much like what National Express or Flixbus would do) speculative suggestion, its not intended to take into account putting pressure on alternative modes of transport or leaving communities without alternative public transport options…

Remember, I am not advocating closing any, it’s a speculative thread, so political pressures/opinions are irrelevant, perhaps freight requirements could be ignored too…? A handful of two car full and standing trains when the sun comes out is hardly an economic case to keep some lines open…?

Bit of a messy title and not one I advocate doing but…. Would it be possible to close 10% of GB passenger lines and only lose 1% of the overall passengers carried across the country? Which lines could be closed that wouldn’t dent overall patronage that much would result in significant savings...

Perhaps they had a TrentBarton only ticket…? or they were travelling to Wirksworth’s monthly (excellent) farmers market…?

Bank holiday Saturday weekend and a minibus (solo?) allocated to the 6.1 Derby to Bakewell route, full and standing leaving Duffield towards Bakewell just before 1100 this morning, presumably passengers will be left behind en-route to Bakewell…?