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From a personal point of view I am fearful that this strike may seriously damage the railway with routes closing and services being cut-back. Looking forward buses and trains will be an important part of my mobility as I grow older. I fully accept that railway staff deserve a fair increase in...

In the 1940's there was an electric railway at Kearsley Power Station, near Bolton. I can remember this in operation in the mid 60's, passing the power station every day on the way to and from work. The system used overhead transmission.

I fear this may become the equivalent of the Miners Strike as the Tories seek to show they are tough on a union 'holding the country to ransom'. They need something to present at the next election. Of course the Tories will keep the few, fast intercity services they might use, but the rest of...

I agree 4-tracking well beyond the station, at the station move the down platform west to accommodate the extra tracks. About 1.5 miles further north, a flyover from the down slow line to a new two track line towards Yarm which would curve round to the north of the town joining the original...

The TPE livery is very good across all the four types of train they operate. In my view definitely better than other operators of the 800 series of trains. Why? It could be the light shades of blue and the sweep of the banding around the front of the train but a TPE 802 sliding into a station...

I don't know about that but the trackside workers were using a tank of water in the back of a small white van. (My original photo was cropped.)

I was passing Blea Moor Signal Box yesterday and noticed the poor condition of the external woodwork. Bearing in mind that most of the other signal boxes on the Settle and Carlisle have been renovated, are the any plans to do the same for Blea Moor? There was some work going on below ground level.

Perhaps the benefits of physical activity at the start and end of a public transport journey are not emphasized enough. And in addition the journey might be less stressful than driving. (If the buses, trams and trains run on time, there is no need to stand and the seats are not too hard. :-) )...

The problem with Knottingley is that at Leeds the trains to Knottingley share the same platform as trains to Nottingham, sometimes both services being on the same platform at the same time. As I found out one day!

An awful railway experience: drafty, cold, dreadful noises, slow, grindingly slow acceleration, poor seats (especially the bus seats), dull and dingy. But despite all that, some quirks that made them lovable : - just the fact they were so bad you felt sorry for them - amused by the fact...

Northen should split into 'Lancashire and Yorkshire' for the southern part and retain 'Northern' for the northern part.

I am not looking forward to that type of train journey. A line from Cologne to Franfurt has quite a few tunnels, but when I was traveling on those trains it was possible to sit behind the driver and scare yourself to death. I don't know if that's still possible. 1649340528 I will try that out...

It struck me that rail jouneys are becoming increasingly boring., especially in the summer. The problem with summer is the trees. Too many of them, with leaves. On some journeys you can see nothing of the countryside. Boring. Then there is too much tidying up and simplification of the network...

I would utilise the unused 4-track viaduct to the east of Manchester Victoria to either provide turn-back sidings or less likely to access a new terminus station at Red Bank (?) near the shopping centre. Otherwise send them on to Rochdale as suggested earlier.

I agree, a good idea. The footpath that parallels much of the upper part of the route is a particularly rough one. It appears lightly used and only has the advantage of passing the Moorcock Inn. There is the 'Little White Bus' which provides a bus service between Hawes and Garsdale. On...

I have tickets for a 'Saturday Spree' London Paddington to Plymouth and back on 30th March 1974. The tickets don't show the price but they must have been pretty cheap. I can't remember much about it. Another important special ticket reduction was the introduction of Free Cycle Tickets in 1977 to...

In my case the TPE connection to York was cancelled. By the time we had got off the train and read the information screen the Hull - Scarborough train had left for Scarborough. That particular day, due to subsequent cancellations, it would have been quicker to travel to York through Hull. We...

Bearing in mind that at Seamer there is nothing for waiting passengers other than uncomfortable seats to perch on in the two bus shelters, no toilets, no shops or other facilities outside the station, one solution to a missed connection would be to advise passengers to stay on the train to...

The York - Scarborough, Scarborough - Hull services need to be operated as single management unit where this type of issue can be properly addressed. The fact that two train operating companies are involved does not make sense, especially as one of those companies is quite happy to cancel trains...

True, but later it was used to store large quantities of gypsum created by de-sulphurisation of the emissions from Drax power station. British Gypsum has a large manufacturing site nearby at Sherburn-in-Elmet.