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Sometimes I wish the carriage lights failed more often. Long cross-country journeys in the dark winters would be much more pleasant if I could actually see anything outside the window - but, alas, no, the interior lighting is always so bright that you'd be hard pressed to get a better reflection...

I'm afraid I'm going to step into the firing line a little bit here and stick up for "Conductor" being used in place of "Guard". Firstly, I agree with earlier comments that the proliferation and duplication of titles is silly and only confuses the passenger. So, yes, I agree, there should be...

Yes. It's actually very simple. It functions exactly like a standard Metrolink ticket, albeit a relatively little-known one. You can buy this ticket from *any* Metrolink TVM at any stop. Just type in "Trafford Centre". You'll be able to buy a single or a return, just like as if it were an...

I dunno about National Rail, but you do sometimes get plainclothes RPIs on the Manchester Metrolink. They sit apart from each other and then between stations they stand up and announce their business. It's quite sneaky really! The first time I ever saw a plainclothes inspection I was a bit...

This happens to me every single time as well. I'm glad I'm not the only one. Does anyone know of a fix for this? I'm using a Mac, with the latest Flash, and I've tried both Safari and Firefox to no avail.

Back in the early '00s, when the TOCs/Govt first started buying the replacements for HSTs (ie. Pendolinos and Voyagers onto the WCML, Meridians onto the MML), why did they commission all-new designs? Instead of all that expense, why wasn't a "HST2" programme considered? they could have...

...Yeah. I hate to be the one to break it to you like this, but... :wink:

It's a shame that privatisation destroyed the British Rail and InterCity brands. Regardless of the pros and cons of what happened, I think it was a mistake to let these brands slip away, especially as they were so successful and so memorable to passengers. "National Rail" is a good attempt to...

I'm 19, and a student myself, but TSR makes me cringe. I'm honestly surprised they aren't outright promoting evasion to counter the nasty ConDem fare rises. :roll: The bit about filling in the UPFN with false details intrigued me; does this actually work? Surely false details must be given...

Clawm De-lion Repay for this roaringly good time. I hope the lion moved pawpusely. (Now you know how it feels! :D )

Agreed; more people use London commuter rail. But that said, some of the North's shorter trains can be just as busy, per-carriage. The most overcrowded train I've seen in my life was a peak-time service departing Bolton for Manchester. It really was crammed all the way down the isle to a point I...

Blimey, time to get #islandlinefail trending, eh? :lol: A very surprising table, to be honest; not sure how Northern does so well - I suspect the soon-to-depart 180s are distorting it upwards a little. Still, I was wrong though, and a bit wrong about the media too - right on cue, the BBC write...

Yeah, I think there's a bit of truth in this. Northern, for example, operate a ton of overcrowded services, have the oldest and dirtiest trains in the country, and are run on a zero-growth basis. That strikes me as candidacy for 'worst TOC' (although they do the best with what they have if...

:lol: :lol: What sort of displays are they? Similar in spec to those you'd see on Voyagers?

MIA = Manchester Airport railway station NRE code MAN = Manchester Airport IATA code It'd make things a bit easier if ATOC just renamed Piccadilly as "MCR" or whatever, and gave "MAN" to Manchester Airport, although there'd be a lot of confusion in the short-term and even I admit it'd probably...

Has there been a fatality recently? Otherwise, I see no problem with it.

I'm not sure. I mean, I would actually see this as a good thing in the case of Manchester; I believe it has significantly outgrown its archaic city boundaries; its population is now seriously undercounted if you ask me (ie. Trafford not actually counting as Manchester), and for civic pride, and...

Massive waste, though... simply massive waste. I accept your point, but it cuts both ways - we've got a system that locks money into the system, sure, but locks in an even greater number of inefficiencies, too. Yep, that's the cold hard reality alright - but I still have no doubt in my mind that...

Wow, "music trains"? Never heard of them, but they sound fascinating! What lines use them so far? Is it only Penistone?

If we really wanted to simplify fares, we could abolish Singles (they are not often significantly cheaper than Returns anyway) and just have: -Peak -Off-Peak -Booked Train Only ...in either First Class or Second Class. Update ticket stock and vending machines to print a solid line down the...