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I couldn't see this having been posted already. A well known Church of England blogger "Archbishop Cranmer" has written about this case If he was a union member I would be interested in knowing what action his union has taken to defend him. He has taken his case to an industrial tribunal...

Jo Kibble's story doesnt seem to have been covered on here yet. He set out from Charing Cross at 3am to see how far he could get travelling by bus in 24hrs and ended up in Morecambe just after midnight. He reported on his adventure on Twitter. Full story covered by the BBC...

Anyone know why no tickets are available for any journeys from Paddington to Plymouth on Monday 16th August Great Western web site comes up with a message saying technical error while searching for your journey 1624873246 Still no tickets available for trains on the 16th August for Bristol or...

Boris Johnson, like Charles Kennedy of the Lib Dems arguably came to prominence through TV programmes such as Have I Got News For You where both came across as humorous people who you would happily spend a couple of hours with in the pub listening to. Ken Livingstone’s first term as Mayor of...

A only slightly tongue in cheek plagiarisation of @Butts thread on the Lib Dems May's elections for various offices in the whole of Great Britain, saw this once great Party standing on the edge of the abyss and becoming if it is not already an irrelevance. Behind SNP and Tories in Scotland...

Given the railways are still enforcing social distancing unlike the airlines it is notable that on some intercity routes trains are either completely sold out or only full price first class tickets are available eg London to Manchester this Friday evening. I was also looking at Bristol to...

Potentially looking to make this trip next month - anyone travelled this route and any advice on best fares etc.

Does anyone know where you can find the number of open railways stations on British Rail for each year from 1945 to the 1980s?

Commuter traffic has collapsed and working from home for a considerable proportion of rail commuters is likely to continue long after Covid-19 is forgotten about. Business travel is also likely to reduce due to the massive take up of video-conferencing and organisations moving to net zero. This...

Based on a request for tenders for a strategic outline business case the Isle of Wight lines being looked at are • an extension of the existing Island Line service (Ryde-Shanklin) south of Shanklin to reach Ventnor; • integration with, and extension of, the existing Isle of Wight Steam Railway...

Did Ireland ever have any sleeper services in the 19th Century?

If a TOC wants to reallocate train crew and maintenance staff between depots that are just a few miles apart do staff get compensated for the move and what consultation if any is required

The latest service pattern assumptions used to model the impacts of HS2 have been released Of interest are the service patterns assumed to be in place to use released capacity These include Only 1tph East Coast service permitted north of Northallerton which is a slow London - Edinburgh...

The Rail Safety and Standards Board is looking for consultancy support for a project that aims to: " " So maybe extensions to third rail could be on the cards again Source is https://www.contractsfinder.service...tm_campaign=2020-06-06&utm_source=SavedSearch

Imagine if as part of the strategy to address climate change every person in the UK was given the right to purchase just 1 return flight a year which you could use or sell to someone else. (To keep it simple the right is just to one flight regardless of distance). How much would you be prepared...

I understand that Crossrail 2 has been put on hold for the forseeable future. While shovel ready schemes such as HS2 are progressing, what other rail projects are at risk of either being heavily delayed or dropped completely?

With passenger numbers down by 95% and lots of picture of empty trains is it worth mothballing some lines. For example, the mid Cheshire line from Manchester to Chester is now down to 2hrly which doesnt seem very useful for essential workers. Given the low numbers it would probably be cheaper to...

I have a ticket booked via NS International from the Hague to London via Breda on 20th April. That is on intercity service as far as Brussels then Eurostar. NS tell me that they can only refund the intercity portion of the ticket but that is valued at €0 and tell me to claim off Eurostar...

I was meant to be travelling to the Netherlands next week using a rail/sail ticket but now wont be. The only reason for refunds appears to be if services are cancelled but they are still presently running. As it was for a one of business trip being able to rebook for a later date which they are...

Apologies if this has already been covered but I couldnt see an existing thread The title says it all - what railway books would you like to see publish or are surprised no-one hasnt already done so. If you know of a book that covers these topics let us know I'll start it off with History of...