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Discussions of the pros and cons of standard gauge vs smaller gauges in the DLR thread got me wondering, how compatible are road-rail vehicles (rrvs) with tram and metro systems? are there any concerns about wheel profile compatibilty with the points and crossings and/or the track gutters? or...

Can anyone confirm what exactly "AAA" in a route name on a season ticket means? I understand it stands for also available at, but I can't seem to find an official page defining what that means. Does it mean I can travel to/from the along permitted routes to/from the AAA location from either the...

I recently used the blackpool north tram stop for the first time, and I have to say I was pleasantly surprised. The new subway was large bright and airy and both ends of it had large clear signs to direct people between the rail station and the tram stop. The walk length did not feel excessive

I was wondering, can a train arriving from the stoke direction reverse at cheadle hulme? There appear to be crossovers south of the station but at least opentraintimes doesn't seem to show any signals that would facilitate such a move. Platform 3 only seems to have a signal at the stoke end and...

I arrived at cheadle hulme on friday to find the train I wanted to catch was not on the board. The board was only listing trains from platform 3/4 (Stoke line) not platforms 1/2 (Crewe line), I asked the guy in the ticked office if there was a problem on the line and he said no. I then looked on...

I hold a an annual county card which covers unlimited travel on the city zone (which I understand is equivilent to zone 1) of manchester metrolink, and I'm wondering how practical it is to avoid paying again for the zone 1 element of my journys Specifically: 1. Will a metrolink TVM sell me a...

Last sunday, mum and I visited st helens. She has a TFGM old persons pass and a Senior railcard, I have a countycard. The cheapest option would have been to travel to St helens central via wigan, but the connections were horrible, so we decided to get the train From Stockport to Picadilly and...

On sunday I arrived at newton-le-willows to catch a train and was suprised to see zero information on which platform my train would go from. There was no fixed signage as far as I could see. The departures board listed trains but gave no information on platforms. The same was true of live...

Is there any way to look up planned engineering works on longer timescales than NRE offers? In particular i'm interested in the bank holiday next august. I realise things may not be finalised at this time but I understand that major works are typically planned a long way in advance.

Last night (around 22:30 I think but i'm not sure of the exact time) I caught a metrolink from Picadilly Gardens to Picadilly. On arrival in picadilly the routes to the mainline station were blocked off by staff and there were automated announcments saying we should leave the metrolink station...

Last tuesday mum and I travelled from somewhere in the vicinity of stockport to the trafford centre and back. Mum was using a TFGM old persons pass (with train and metrolink validity added) while I was using a countycard* and a contactless debit card. We arrived at picadilly by train, went to...

There used to be a place called olympic freight terminal, in the V formed where the line from Picadilly towards guide bridge, splits off from the line towards stockport, near ardwick station. I would see it every day as I went past on the train into Manchester. It has recently been demolished, I...

There are some lines around that have lots of fast trains, but virtually no stoppers. A couple of examples around greater Manchester. Guide Bridge to Stalybridge. Used regularly (though not as regularly as it used to be) by Transpennine services from Manchester to Staylybridge and beyond but if...

In london there are numerous locations where ticket barriers serve various mixtures of National Rail, London Underground, DLR and even in one case tramlink. This creates a few issues as have been discussed ad-nausium elsewhere on this forum. It left me wondering a few things though. 1. What is...

I recently took a private hire taxi home from a station that gets services later than my local station. The taxi was booked from one of the large firms in the Stockport area from a local station that gets services later than my local station does. This is something I do somewhat frequently and I...

Recently I caught a Manchester to Stoke train and was suprised to see a pair of 323s turn up. It was announced that for one of the intermediate stations that passengers should travel in the front 4 coaches and for another intermediate station that they should travel in the front 5 coaches. I...

As I do almost every year I will be travelling from the Stockport area to the Cambridge area on the August bank holiday. Travelling down late morning on Saturday 27th and Returning around teatime on Monday 29th. I may use local stations if it seems expediant, but i'm happy to use taxis to get...

Not so long ago I and some people I was with had some time to kill while we were in sheffield and were in possession of a plusbus ticket, so we decided to go for a walk paralell to the tramway before catching a tram back when we ran out of time. We walked along the path following the tramway...

The circle line of the London underground calls at Paddington twice, but in totally different parts of the station complex. Since the opening of crossrail Moorgate has been joined with Liverpool Street and Farringdon with barbican. So the Circle, Metropolatain and hammersmith and city lines make...

The mainline railway put maps of their stations on national rail enquiries, some of these maps are better than others but at least they exist. Does anything similar exist for stations on TfLs network.