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Higher than i thought then. In adverse weather conditions (wind snow ice rain etc it gets bad up there) this service often is cut back to leek

I can’t work out where the highest point of the route is but D&G route 16 Buxton extensions of the Hanley - Leek route pass near or through Flash (461m) or is it higher in Buxton?

More of a bus update than a railukforum update The 14 group of routes has been split, 14 was a mixture of rail replacement buses, a school bus and work buses, almost a circular route at points, it also up until 31/03/19 allowed an hourly service to Stafford and a Hanley to Stafford all stations...

Yes - i always used to split my returns at Manc pic when travelling from Stoke to leeds and back - the ticket office at Stoke told me to do that about 10 years ago and I always have , the alt route via derby is now more expensive but was the other alt to man pic a few years ago on the through...

How would I search for this if I pick a random long weekend late september or October as a guide for budgeting and to see if it’s worth getting the railcard in advance

This is probably what I will do tbh, but just in case i need last minute fares have the other options and : or will try train split nearer the time

Hi - at some point (hopefully this year) I plan on taking my mum by train from Stoke to Leeds overnight then to Blackpool for three days then returning to Stoke on trent. She would be entitled to a DSB railcard, what are the best options for travel/prices (least hassle routing as I will have to...

I was office based. Half hourly meters are automatically read every half hour and the data fed back to the data operator - sometimes in analogue form so there would have been colleagues in the field who had to go on and inspect the meters every so often

I worked for a utility company some years ago and Railtrack (that was) had a hour hourly meter at every signal, point or other infrastructure etc. There was also a complex arrangement where some braking electric trains feed back to the grid

The alignment of fast and slow lines were part of the rationale for the closure of Norton Bridge I believe, the slow lines are not near the platform I believe or aren’t in once direction, presumably this changed following the restructure of the junction there

Stoke on Trent often have additional southbound to Euston and northbound to Liverpool or Glasgow when there is a diversion via Alsager also means express train to crewe

They’ve probably realised there’s loads of low level refunds waiting and authorised them all at the same time (before year end maybe?)

Simon Mayo is saying going through long lists must be boring

I’m sure when phil and celia announced together Phil has 4 bongs and Celia 3 - not sure if this was the case with new street thought Just realised it’s been already mentioned further up the thread

When I lived in Wakefield I’d generallly get the first GNER home after a night out but ended up in Doncaster a few times and Grantham once. Coming back from Manchester to Stoke I’ve ended up in birmingham Rugby Tamworth and even euston!

Well on the same line Etruria 2005 and Norton Bridge 2018, and one of Wedgwood and Barlaston is likely to close too - 2/3

Aren’t most stations network rail land, regardless of the ownership of the surrounding land? This is why there is nothing to stop you lympstone commando ? Even when there is no access a

The standard notice is in the small print at the bottom of the poster, next to the penalty fare sign

Leeds issued 10p platform tickets for years and years - is the machine still there by the barriers?

Yes 308!