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In my experience it seems that most, if not all, Northern stations with announcements voiced by 'Anne' have messages warning of an approaching non-stop train, whereas those voiced by 'Celia' do not (at least in the Greater Manchester area). I'm not sure what system is in use at Sowerby bridge...

All three boards are now up and running.

At Doncaster recently whilst waiting for a train, I had the misfortune of waiting next to someone who was smoking a cigarette. I thought of telling a member of staff, but though that sooner or later one would walk past anyway. So I waited, and when one did pass they glanced at the smoker and...

Many thanks for the quick replies. I wasn't aware that they were used on that route, but I imagine it's an interesting journey from Hellifield to Morecambe on a pacer! I didn't regularly travel from Victoria back then, so that possibly explains why I never noticed any 144's. Still, it...

At Manchester Vic today, I noticed a Northern class 144 in Platform 1. I have never seen a 144 anywhere near Manchester, or as a matter of fact, outside Yorkshire. This got me wondering, how rare an occurrence is this and does anyone know what it was doing here? I couldn't get the unit number...

Having visited Providence station myself a few years ago, I can say that the services there are not all that frequent so announcements of this length are okay. Can you imagine announcements like this at somewhere like Clapham Junction though!? :lol: As a side note, my favourite announcer has...

Thanks for the info everyone, it's much appreciated :D Ah yes, I should have guessed that they would have something to do with the new on board machines. I imagine they will be a bit flimsy, but hopefully since they are only issued on-train they might stay relatively intact until the...

My apologies if this has been discussed before, but I wasn't able to find anything. At Leeds station I noticed the attached sign referring to 'new paper tickets', and presumably the ticket gates cannot accept them. Unfortunately the photo is quite blurry, but they appear to clearly have a...

This seems to be the case at most Bury line stations, although at Whitefield they seem to have taken a different approach. Unfortunately, I don't have any photos but instead of completely removing the note intake slot, they have placed some sort of barrier around it to block the slot where the...

I too have noticed an increase in ticket inspections as of late. In my experience, Besses o' th' Barn seems to be a regular tram stop for inspections to take place at, normally outside of peak hours, but equally I have seen inspections take place at other stops on the Bury Line. What saddens...

I was only there for a short time, but from what I could see the board did not scroll. Its appearance actually reminded me of the boards dotted around Leeds station, but obviously they show actual departures :D

Evening everyone. I was just at Manchester Picc station and noticed that a large new departure board has been installed above the information desk. It is similar to the other boards in that it displays the next train departure to each destination, but uses LED's. I was just wondering about when...

The station is actually back up and running, and it can be visited this Saturday with two services arriving from Crewe and one from Manchester Airport :D The only problem is that you would either have to go and watch the match, or wait around for a return service a few hours later (unless there...

Thanks for all of your replies :) That probably explains why I haven't seen them before as I often end up travelling on 2 car units, or if travelling on a 3 car unit, I would almost always take a seat in the front coach.

This is a bit of a random question, but I was just curious :) Today on a Class 175 I noticed audio points (if that's what they're called) fitted to the armrests. How many 175's are fitted with these? I haven't seen them on any other 175 I have travelled on. They are obviously deactivated now...

Hi everyone, as you can see I'm new here so if this is in the wrong forum, please move it :D I was recently at Sale Metrolink station and whilst standing on the Manchester bound platform I encountered something I have never personally seen happen before, and I travel on the network most days...