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Funnily enough I was wondering, just a few days ago, if Blackpool North still operated this abhorrent policy having experienced it myself in the early 2000s. I actually found a thread about it on here but it was closed to replies. Interesting to see a new thread on the topic and that things...

I was wondering something similar recently... On one of the strike days there was a skeleton service running on the route I use to commute. There was one train left to run by the time I'd get to the station after work and it concerned me that if this train was full, given that there were very...

I've been a train enthusiast since I was a kid and I mostly enjoy rail travel. I'd got my annual car mileage down to about 300 and had hung onto my old car for ages (it's now 23 years old) figuring buying a new one would be tantamount to ordering new furniture for the cabins on the Titanic but...

What is the railway industry doing well currently? - Selling cars. - Driving the remaining dregs of high street trade to Amazon.

Watched a spectacular electrical storm on there one evening. Also, almost did a double take when I saw this a short while ago...

This is something I've always fancied doing and will, at some point, when the steak returns. However, I do have a concern based on a review I read on Trip Advisor. Essentially, someone booked Pullman Dining and boarded the train in their seat reserved for travel. When the call came for dinner...

I did wonder if that was the case. I've been on various EMUs and on the London Underground and heard that distinctive "clonking" noise which coincides with the lights dimming and is clearly related to the power supply temporarily being lost. This, however, was so loud that it seemed strange that...

I had an uneventful journey from Bingley to Leeds on 331109 (2H27 Skipton-Leeds) this morning. However, the initial phase of my return journey on 331105 (2H38 Leeds-Skipton) was characterised by some very disconcerting banging noises. It happened a few times as we left Leeds and got up to speed...

It certainly looks like the train is pointing the "wrong" way, so unless the original train was running on the "wrong" line, that's entirely possible.

When a petroleum train derailed in Summit Tunnel in 1984 the crew uncoupled 47125 and the first three wagons and drove them out. Regarding this incident, one of the pics on the BBC website appears to show a 66 with some wagons and the fire glowing in the distant background, so the same may have...

I went to Cornwall by train back in 2003 and 2004. First year I went direct and it cost a fortune. Next time I went via London and it only cost about half as much, thanks to both GNER (as it were) and FGW doing much better advance purchase deals than Virgin. Also, it meant my journey consisted...

Depends on the circumstances. If I want to get to Leeds on a weekend it's a 44 minute round trip on the train and a £6.20 return ticket. In the car it's a two to three hour round trip and £15+ in petrol and parking charges. If I worked in Leeds a season ticket would be £1,104 and, again, a 44...

If it's a long journey and I can possibly make some, or all, of it on loco-hauled trains, as opposed to trains with noisy motors underneath the carriages, I'll opt for that. Also, price is a big factor for me too. For example... Back in 2003 I travelled from Bingley (West Yorkshire) to St Ives...

Heard back today (Applied 29 March - Leeds). Unsuccessful. I'll request feedback and can hopefully learn something useful for future use.

When I was filling out the application it said one hour, but in the telephone interview I was asked if I was within 50 minutes.

I applied for Leeds too. Had my interview on 2 April. Not heard anything yet. On the subject of certificates... I'll have to request new ones as I've no idea where mine are a few decades I received them. It does baffle me that we've managed to reach the 21st century without things like this...

TOCs are going to get a rude awakening when businesses have realised that their staff can work and conference perfectly well from home and they're going to have to rely on leisure passengers who, mostly, can't afford to pay the stratospheric rail fares that large corporations can.

For me the most depressing thing on a train journey (rather than shabby surroundings) is never feeling that you've got any decent speed up... Leeds to Birmingham. Takes an excruciatingly long time for the distance. Horrifically expensive too. Leeds to Blackpool North. Even slower.

Footage here: Incident appears to be at 45s.

How many applications for every driver vacancy? How many like me who've wanted to be a driver our whole lives and have never seen a trainee opportunity? Really no excuse for "no drivers".