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Simple question - do you go to church at Christmas

Over years the rail industry has become more transparent publishing more data on performance, usage of the network, financial performance by TOC and its working timetable. However there is a lot of information which is not revealed. So while station usage data is published no data is...

I searched the forum but couldnt see a reference to this letter dating back to March from a train driver setting out implications on drivers and guards of increasing standards expected of staff in relation to duty of care. Dont know whether any response was received. Interested in peoples' views.

Uber made the first reported self-driving truck shipment with a 120-mile beer run in the US. While a driver was on board the truck drove itself. Interested to know whether in the UK being in the vehicle but not driving would count towards the drivers driving limit and if platooning of vehicles...

Now that direct rail services are operating between London to Blackpool and Shrewsbury what is the largest rail market (in terms of value) where there are no direct rail services? For London market I suggest Middlesborough or Huddersfield For non-London service I would suggest somewhere...

Over the last 20 years or so I have built up a collection of station working books that show the arrival and departure and platforming of passenger and parcel trains at the country's major stations mainly pre-privatisation. However, except for the London stations they dont seem to have been used...

European Parliament is to debate tomorrow (4th October) the idea whether EU citizens should be given a free interrail ticket on their 18th birthday. Citizens of those countries that do not have a railway would be given ferry/bus tickets - not sure if that is to access the European rail network...

What is the highest frequency of service that can be provided on Manchester's metrolink? With HS2 and if full Northern Hub is eventually delivered, far more people will be passing through Piccadilly station and wanting to travel onwards throughout the city. Realistically how many more...

I travel regularly between London and Birmingham and it is unusual for a ticket check to take place on the train on the return journey (perhaps 1 in 3) and apart from when leaving London in first class at all. However last few times I have travelled ticket checks seem to have been significantly...

My employer requires us to buy our train tickets via Trainline.com through a Carlson Wagonlit portal. Just brought tickets with a face value of £33.10 for which the company gets charged £36.67. Anyone know what benefits companies get from using Trainline that's worth paying an extra 10% on...

Is National Express the only coach operator to serve Manchester Airport?

Whenever a new franchise is announced there is often cynerism by some on this forum about the ability of the operator to deliver all its commitments. Interested to hear of examples where TOCs have not delivered and if there were any consequences.

BBC reporting the driver made homophobic remarks to a couple on a bus and then subsequently prevented from boarding his bus a few days later. The driver has been arrested

The proposed HS2 station at Meadowhall has long been controversial with Sheffield city council preferring the Sheffield Victoria option and the other South Yorkshire councils wanting it to remain at Meadowhall. The Sheffield station issue and to a lessor extent questions about Leeds station...

Does anyone know where I can find a complete list of all closed and open railway stations in Belgium - the closest I have found to date is http://users.telenet.be/pk/en/stations.htm but this does not seem to be complete Thanks

There is a strong likelihood that in 10 years time Birmingham Curzon Street and Birmingham Interchange HS2 stations will be open for business. Given Curzon Street will be adjacent to Moor Street (which potentially has space for 2 extra platforms) and there will be some sort of people mover from...

There are a number of news articles eg http://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/ski/news/sleeper-train-service-to-french-ski-resorts-under-threat/ reporting that virtually all French sleeper services are under threat of being withdrawn. The French Department of Transport has told SNCF to present...

I was looking at making a journey from London to Melton Mowbray arriving around 10am tomorrow - using both National Rail Enquiries and East Midland Trains gave options via Leicester and Peterborough. 07.30 Kings Cross arrive Melton 09.29 £90.00 anytime 07.58 St Pancras arrive 09.34 £41...

I see on Realtime trains there was a Virgin service from Carlisle to Euston via Man Pic and Birmingham New Street running in the early hours of this morning - referred to as an unadvertised express http://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/train/U54397/2016/03/09/advanced Anyone know what it was

While it will be many years before they become a reality the latest trial of driverless HGV trucks sounds ominous for railfreight. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-35737104