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Nowadays one of the most commonly talked about topics on this forum is the fact that Castlefield is not fit for purpose due to the fact that everywhere in the north demands a direct service to Manchester Airport. It seems that the only short-term solution to Manchester’s capacity problems is to...

One of my favourite games of all time is Cities: Skylines, which is no surprise considering my love for designing fictional civilisations. I have created at least a dozen different cities but one of the biggest issues plaguing all of these is they have all become gridlocked as the game has...

The WCML out of London is the exception to most railways in that two major TOCs serve it as opposed to one. LNWR is for the local trains serving the Home Counties while Avanti is for Intercity services to the Midlands, North West and Scotland. Considering that we are moving towards a more...

Further to the discussion on time zones and changing the clocks, I’ve always wondered why we have never properly attempted to decimalise time unlike most other things during the industrial revolution. Doing it now would probably be totally unworkable due to business practice and culture that has...

With the 60th anniversary of the Beeching axe on the horizon, which British counties have had the lowest mileage amount of railways closed following the report?

I’m not sure if Gadgetbahn is the official term, but I’m interested in finding out how many transportation systems there are around the world that use technology which is unique to that system. Basically any mode of propulsion or infrastructure that isn’t replicated anywhere else. While there...

I’ve been reading a few articles lately on how flying cars are being perceived as the future of personal transportation. You might be thinking of the airborne highways and traffic jams in sci-fi movies such as Star Wars and Back to the Future, but flying cars are much closer to reality than you...

I'm intrigued to ask this question because last weekend, me and a friend were having a catch-up after several months of not seeing each other. After our usual small talk, one of the topics turned to how the majority of people live so-called "mediocre" lives, which my friend described as "working...

While USB chargers are becoming increasingly common on local buses, many companies still have older buses in their fleet without them. For many people, whether a bus has a charging point or not can make a big difference to which bus they choose to catch, or even whether they travel by bus at...

Looking at OpenRailMap, the following countries currently have no railways at all whatsoever: Andorra Bahrain Bhutan Burundi Brunei Central African Republic Chad Cyprus Equatorial Guinea Eritrea Gambia Guinea Bissau Guyana Haiti Iceland Kuwait Lebanon Lesotho Libya Malta Nepal Oman Papua New...

Note: The below is primarily focused on England’s education system, although any ideas for other nations are also welcome here. Following on from the “Radical ideas to revolutionise the NHS” thread, I thought I’d do something similar in relation to the nation’s education system. While most...

I’m a regular user of the m1/m2 route between Bournemouth and Poole, and for those of you in the know, you will probably be aware that it takes on average 40 minutes just to travel four miles. The worst part is the long slog from Westbourne right through to Branksome which can take up to 20...

I would be interested to know what proportion and mileage of the Great Central Railway that existed before the 1923 grouping is still in use as part of the National Rail network today. To my knowledge the following lines meet this criteria: London Marylebone - Aylesbury Vale Parkway London...

Has any thought been given into building a new railway to connect London Gateway port with the main radial lines north of the capital? If a line was built mostly following the M25 to Watford, it would free up a lot of capacity on the North London Line and GOBLIN and allow for a far more...

WARNING: If you adored Winnie the Pooh as a child, you might want to stop reading now… A new film featuring the beloved A.A Milne children’s character has been released in cinemas, but this is no innocent tale. With Pooh now in the public domain, the film’s director, Rhys Frake-Waterfield, has...

Sampling and remixing is a common feature in music, where a part of an original song is taken and used in the newer track (as opposed to a cover of an entire song). This practice was associated with many disco tracks from the 1970s and 1980s which most commonly had parts featured in house and...

When thinking of abandoned settlements or ghost towns, one tends to think of either the numerous medieval settlements that people left for a better life, or places ordered to be evacuated due to military action such as Imber and Tyneham. With the trend towards people moving away from rural to...

ENCTS passes allow the elderly and disabled to receive free bus travel within their home nation, however such a scheme is open to abuse from people attempting to save money on life’s everyday essentials. Some of the behaviours listed below could be attempted by anyone regardless of whether they...

How many settlements are there in the UK which have a train service but no local bus provision? For example, the Heart of Wessex Line villages of Maiden Newton, Chetnole, Yetminster and Thornford are only served by the train. Settlements with coach services (National Express, Megabus etc) but...

Dorset Council as of this week has implemented a renumbering of some of its tendered routes to the north and west of the county. The routes involved are as follows: 2: Gillingham - Shaftesbury (operated by South West Coaches - previously X2) 3: Bourton - Sturminster Newton (operated by South...