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An airport shuttle would work well, partly just because it sounds a lot nicer to people coming from far afield, you know you're not going to be on a commuter packed train, there'll be room for luggage etc. You could even do it like at Heathrow with an expensive non-stop and a cheap serving the...

Maybe they were tying to promote the view from Trafford?:D It reminds me of my first ever visit to Newcastle, my friend took me to a bar on Quayside and said the decision he has to make daily is whether to sit in Newcastle and have to look at Gateshead or have to sit in Gateshead but get to...

It's a major problem for Manchester City Council too, as except for a few flats in the city centre there's no really affluent areas in the City borough itself (there's a road near here forming the border, with the houses substantially bigger on the Trafford side than the Manchester one). They...

It always surprises me the Sleeper doesn't stop at loads of stations. It's not rushed for time (is it true it runs at a deliberately slow speed and still spends long periods sat at stations?) and if it doesn't run full there's no harm stopping at a fair few major stations on the WCML.

I know in the NHS a lot of the asian staff enjoy Christmas shifts for that reason, you get paid extra, and to them it's just another day (admittedly working New Years Eve in A & E I'm not sure there's such thing as enough pay).

One place which would be perfect for barriers at every station is the Manchester Metrolink. It's ridiculous how much fare dodging there is all the time.

Only done it once offpeak but the Kings Cross service was well loaded but not full and standing by any stretch of the term

I'd be starstruck if it was altrincham! sleeping in sleeping bags at Crewe is exactly the sort of thing that gives non-league football its romance. :)

On a slight tangent, something that bothered me but I couldn't bring myself to start a thread on, why do W H Smiths in stations sell "adult-orientated" magazines? Who is buying these to read on trains?

Nice idea, but would a 16-25 railcard get you a discount, if not then a straight open return is half the price. Just have to take book I suppose. Thanks for the help guys.

This Wednesday I'm going to go from Hale to Bramhall. The obvious route is clearly changing at Stockport, but then it's a connection of over 45 minutes, and sitting on the platform of Stockport sounds supremely dull. Would it be permissible to stay on the train all the way to Piccadily and...

Tad defensive guys. OP wasn't calling for the guards head just asking a question. How would he know if its normal and safe or not?

Very odd one this, but I really love the view between Victoria and Wandsworth Road (even if I do nearly always make it at night and can't see anything out of the window).

If you don't like walking up stupidly steep hills you've got no business going to Durham in the first place. :D

I still don't see why they do, surely with HS2 providing the fast services they'll get better services than they do now, rather than trains flying through (well maybe not York as everything stops there anyway, but the rest).

Can't remember where, but somewhere in South London I heard "Free beer tomorrow, now that I've got your attention . . ." Ended it with "And whilst I won't be bringing free beer tomorrow if anyone wants to please let me know".

Did you include Manchester Metrolink from Piccadilly? If not you could push Piccadilly's up by 35 or 36 (depending on if you count Deansgate-Castlefield as the same station as Deansgate), which would put it ahead of Clapham Junction.

In all fairness I'd rather more Pacers than trying to make do with what is there at the moment, Northern desperately needs stock.

The high speed line increases capacity because it shunts a very large number of people who are travelling intercity onto High Speed leaving the other lines free. In fact this is good for the people of the towns along the WCML, as more of the trains on it can be stoppers as opposed to the very...

Even I, who practically stares constantly at the board until I actually have to get on the train (just in case), was shocked to hear that one.