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Those who've seen The Young Ones know better - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vcoWdrerLdU

:D You could say my hometown is in the sticks as the Staly part is derived from Stave-Leigh which literally means clearing where staves are gathered.

That's excellent news, thanks for confirming that - going to save me a fair few future pounds. Glad I met a helpful and knowledgable rail employee on the day, I had actually boarded the wrong train too, so a happy accident after all. --- old post above --- --- new post below --- When I...

I have a monthly season ticket between Stalybridge and Manchester. On Saturday, I was making a journey from Piccadilly to another destination within the Greater Manchester boundaries and enquired if I was able to buy an excess from my ticket to my destination. The reply from the conductor...

I think providing areas like Burnley & Nelson which suffer from high levels of poverty and unemployment access to the Airedale line (and thus further job opportunities) would massively improve the lot of the locals, and of the econmoy as whole.

I would say so.

I couldn't say for sure with authority but it looked like the common or garden variety that I normally see at Piccadilly most mornings.

Arrived home into Stalybridge at 1945 this evening on the TPE service from York and there was a crosscountry train sat on the line behind platform 2 which is more commonly used for freight trains to stop allowing passanger services to pass. Any ideas what it what it was doing there, as I've...

Manchester Victoria has some architechtural gems:- The War Memorial with the Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway map above, the wooden ticket office and also the domed roof of the station bar. I also agree with the atmosphere comment, in no small part down to the soothing tones of the station...

I do quite a bit of this sort of stuff, using the railways. Hebden Bridge is a great starting point, you can walk straight up Hebden Water to Hardcastle Crags ona nice circular walk or press on to Haworth if you fancy a long stretch. The Leeds-Liverpool canal offers some great...

I used this to get from Manchester to the cup final on Saturday, excellent deal and having the flexibility on my return journey was very useful. Strangely enough the ticket was only available from Stockport even though my seat was unreserved from Manchester Piccadilly which is where I boarded.

All the better to have Adonis on hand to make sure the money invested in rail goes to the right projects. Having said that, it appears to also be in Adonis' proposal under section 63b here - http://www.hs2.org.uk/assets/x/55872

So it's quite possible he's more interested in doing the job, and as a peer can technically serve any government if invited. Why not appoint him in capacity of Rail Minister, leaving the overall Transport with Theresa Villiers. She has publically stated in favour of investment in rail and not...

I can certainly can vouch for helpfulness of staff at both Stalybridge and Hebden Bridge stations. Normally happy to look at splitting tickets at boundaries to save money or suggesting discount schemes such as Northern Rail's Duo.

Sorry - I sometimes fail to pick up irony on the interweb :D

It has in the case of feet on seats - http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1562141/Feet-on-seat-student-escapes-conviction.html Shame the magistrate bottled, I hope Merseyrail keep their policy going as the state of some seats are appalling as a result of this and it must of some cost to...

I agree with this, if it involves stopping someone getting a kicking I would and have stepped in (Manchester Victoria one Friday night). Otherwise it's just not worth the possible consequences. It doesn't feel good though.

I've done this myself before, after I had a training course cancelled by my employer and it was processed pretty quickly without fuss as far as I can recall.

Sorry, that'll teach me not read the thread fully before posting. I agree with your disagreement :)

You'd have to prove intent for that one to stick, this more of a cock-up and breakdown in communication for what I can see so I reckon HSE legislation would apply as has already been mentioned.