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My humblest apologies if this is something you have all covered a hundred times before, but after my rather odd spot here (thread: http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=584932&page=1076) I just wondered what the deal with staff backpacks is? Although I have never really thought about...

So, I was on the 17:40 to Lime St. from Sheffield this afternoon, going to Mauldeth Road. The EMT service was about 20 mins late on arrival at Manchester P, I recorded at 18:58, rather than the timetabled arrival time of 18:36. The problem is, the only time listed in the East Midlands Trains...

Hi :) I believe that the posh sounding, female automatic announcer who certainly does Manchester Piccadilly, Leeds and Liverpool Lime Street - as well as Euston, Liverpool Street and King's Cross - is the one known as "Anne". I have noticed recently that she's gotten around all sorts of strange...

I noticed yesterday that there does not appear to be any information about which TOC is running the train on the platform screens at Liverpool South Parkway (LPY). Platforms 1&2, the mainline ones, seem to have been given very similar PIDs to the new type used by Merseyrail*, which of course do...

So, thanks to London Midland's Great Escape, I've finally found a cheap way to get to London on a weekday. It's a Friday, which I'm not sure is that good really, but there wasn't much choice. Can anybody please advise me on what I can do on a weekday that is just not possible at the weekend...

Hello all :) Me again, with what seems like an emerging theme for my enquiries, but stick with it, please :oops: So, this week I'm needing to go from Maudleth Road to a new tramstop, Velopark, on the new East Manchester Metrolink Line in Greater Manchester. On Saturday, I gave the guard a...

What is the most fun you can have with a 1>6 London Travelcard? I've got two days out coming up in January and have a few ideas, but I'm looking for inspiration or anything I might have missed. Last time I asked for specific stations/routes/locations of interst ect, but I'm getting more now...

I'm trying to book some advance tickets for any Saturday in Feb next year, probably in two legs: Manchester Stns <> Sheffield Sheffield <> London Terminals But EMT's website is not making my life easy. I have a 16-25 Railcard and the 08:27 from Sheffield for example would be good :) I cannot...

Avoiding the finer details (although I doubt it'd be a problem if I gave them) I currently have £50+n to spend on train tickets! The n is variable, because it will have to be covered by me, but I could do an extra £20-30 if it was worth it. So, my question is (and I think this is the right...

So, I went to the trouble to go to Piccadilly to print this out, rather than using the cheap & nasty TVM at Mauldeth Road, which is closer to me, in order to get a ticket that would print properly... Anyone think I'll have problems with it in the Capital's gates? Or even from staff? I'd...

So, as a relative newbie and Northerner (in both senses of the word) who is still failing to understand DOO and what the heck a Penalty Fare is actually for, my latest bout of confusion is about guards. I've been on double TPE 170s and guard was stuck in the rear unit... no ticket checks AT ALL...

I'm looking for those elusive LM only advance tickets for Crewe - Euston on any Saturday anytime in the future. Probably in January. I've got a 16-25 railcard and I've found one of the advance singles for £5.30 on the return journey - I'm guessing this is the cheapest they get? For the out...

I'm having a Transport for London day out on Saturday (well... not ALL day. I'm flexible, but it'll probably be about five and a half hours) and just wondered if anyone has any advice to offer me? I've only visited the capital once before and didn't use much local transport. I'm aware that...

Hi guys! Just wondered if anyone can help me out with what on earth this ticket is that I was issued yesterday morning, after much, much faffing by the lady at Manchester Piccadilly's ticket office (she actually asked me how much it costs!). "EDUC" isn't something I've ever seen...

I found this, which I made last August for my desktop background for a few weeks. Comments, suggestions or corrections now that its over a year old would be welcome :D

Hello everyone! So, I've purchased these, and I just wondered, considering the likely jam-packedness of the 0738 from Manchester Oxford Road to Norwich, are my tickets valid by an alternative route to the obvious Lime St. - Norwich? I need to arrive before about 10:00 really, and I planned to go...

Hi guys, would like to do a Saturday return to Swansea on the Heart of Wales Line from Mauldeth Road in Greater Manchester. Had a look on the ATW site and, with my 16-25 railcard it seems there is an anytime fare for £15.30 on Shrewsbury - Swansea Route: Llandovery. (Why on earth is this so much...

I need to make a return journey from Mauldeth Road to Leeds on Saturday 13th October, for the Leeds university open day, so I'll need to arrive around 09:00. I have a 16-25 railcard and am happy to do anything to pay the lowest possible fare. The thing is, I've made this journey once before, a...

What's happening to the 323s operating the Manchester Airport (and Crewe Via Manchester airport) services? Why have they so often been replaced with 142s or 150s recently?? Today, I saw a 150 on the Picadilly-Crewe via Stockport too! Is this just while they're having their interior refresh? And...