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Following this thread last year https://www.railforums.co.uk/threads/first-class-tpe-advance-not-valid-in-avanti-1st-due-to-disruption.231467 I've been passed a copy of the internal briefing at Avanti West Coast on ticket acceptance. Where ticket acceptance is in place due to disruption...

https://www.warringtonguardian.co.uk/news/23452369.northern-warning-view-nsfw-content-trains I confess to not really being sure why this has to be said. The press release genuinely leads with the expression "wait till you get home" in the headline. Wait for what o_O

The RHS Bridgewater bus is returning shortly: This time it will run on weekdays as well as weekends and from the city centre. Diamond Bus North West appear to be the operator. The Garden are currently offering a 30% discount to car-free arrivals which I think is particularly impressive. The...

The Office of Rail and Road (ORR) have at long last acknowledged that TransPennine Express are misusing 'p-coding' to withdraw train services the evening before they're due to run. I'm actually fairly surprised at how far they've been willing to go on the record...

Research by car sales platform Auto Trader suggests that the poor quality of the rail service since the pandemic has been feeding through to increased demand for private car access. Reporting by the Financial Times: https://on.ft.com/3jR3N5z

Following on from previous discussion: My own take on this is would be that there's a clear market opportunity for more through services to Gatwick Airport from the east, given it's such an enormous traffic generator. However, the practical reality of accommodating a second service which...

These were posted this afternoon: https://www.lner.co.uk/travel-information/Industrial-action/ To summarise strike days: One train per hour between London and Edinburgh One train per hour between London and Leeds Last service from Edinburgh to London 1230 with other last end to end services...

Times journalist Hannah Al-Othman was refused boarding this afternoon at London Euston to the 1520 service to Manchester Piccadilly among many other customers: However, it sounds like after arguing her case, she was permitted to travel. She's not exactly correct about the cause of the...

Today there's a significant shortage of train crew affecting Manchester and some other other parts of the North West of England. The information that most trains would be cancelled on some routes was put out yesterday. Today it reads as follows...

Mod Note: Posts #1 - #4 originally in this thread. Because you can't upgrade a route purely to provide diversionary capability, but you can do if there's potential for the development or enhancement of a permanent service. There is no scope for upgrading the S&C or Bentham lines in the...

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Good afternoon A friend is travelling with an Anytime Day Single from Lockerbie to Thurso, and a bicycle reservation at 1116 from Perth to Inverness and also at 1400 from Inverness to Thurso. They say they are currently at Kingussie where it's not clear if or how their train will be proceeding...

The National Rail Enquiries website and app are currently shown without their normal blue hues and in greyscale. There is no obvious reason from the page why this has been done, although one could guess it may have been an attempt to make a public display of respect for the dead. I can just...

This was posted earlier today by the RMT Union's Press Office: www.rmt.org.uk/news/rmt-set-for-nationwide-rail-dispute

The government have published a Command Paper this morning which has raised some eyebrows: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/924646/DRC1_Response_Western_Leg.pdf And a new consultation on the development of the Western Leg...

I suppose I should not be so surprised about this, but large numbers of customers who have booked with LNER and others are unable to change their ticket now that trains in the North East are only for "essential" travel again: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-54375476 It appears that Transport...

I thought it would be useful to create this thread to allow the Duty Free discussion here https://www.railforums.co.uk/threads/duty-free-to-the-eu-is-back.209127/ to remain on topic. This thread is to discuss all aspects of the way Eurostar operations will change from 1 January 2021 following...

Moderator note: Split from https://www.railforums.co.uk/threads/bristol-to-manchester.208420/ If the 'difficult choice' is to make permanent an extension of journey time from three hours (which was on a par with driving) to nearly four and also withdraw all through services (without even a...

I note that no Bristol to Manchester services are currently operating, or have been for many months. In normal times direct trains had a relatively competitive journey time at three hours. There are decent hourly services available between Bristol and Birmingham and Birmingham and Manchester...

The Equalities and Human Rights Commission have signed a new agreement with LNER following an alleged breach of the Equality Act relating to discrimination against disabled travellers. LNER will provide further training to customer-facing staff and improve their assistance service for visually...