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Why not? In any other industry, if the actions of employees lead to numerous customer complaints and acres of bad publicity in the national press, they would very quickly be shown the door.

I'm glad that busy rail staff have taken the time to defend the railway's virtue in the face of the OP's disgracefully biased account. What are all these holidaymakers doing cluttering up the trains anyway? There's a perfectly good motorway into Devon they should be using instead.

Still, at least you got one up on the self-loading freight, eh? Doubtless when the revolution comes, those top-hatted plutocrats will be first against the wall.

I'd like a rain shelter on the Shrewsbury-bound platform of Telford Central, like on the Wolverhampton-bound platform. I wouldn't have though it would be that expensive. Mind you, some of the roofs on the new footbridge were value-engineered out at a late stage, so who knows. During heavy rain...

I've wondered how popular is the run from Shrewsbury to Aberystwyth? I guess the middle bit between Caersws and Mac might be a bit boring in the dark or when the cloud has come down, but nearer the coast, there is the Dyfi estuary in all its moods.

If I were a Tory (which I most definitely am not), I'd look at that and think - it's time for mass restructuring and redundancies to make staff fearful for their jobs.

Yes, but for full decomposition of chunky dead wood into compost you are looking at least 20-30 years or more. In the meantime the dead logs cover up the ground, shading out seedlings of ash and sycamore trees and other fast-growing nuisances. As for the wood becoming tinder dry and attracting...

I'd guess Warwick Parkway would be in with a shout, but don't have figures to hand.

The good... I used Ainsdale yesterday, and thought what a good job they had made of the new building. A well designed and legible layout, unashamedly late 2010s but respectful of its surroundings. It looked easy to keep clean as well.

It's another bit of culture war fluff. Announce 3 days before the event that schoolchildren need to learn a special song. Then when it turns out that schools haven't managed total compliance, create a panic about lazy leftie teachers, feral youth, etc.

Yes, my Android phone started making a siren noise at 1pm today. It was easy enough to switch off. But I was targetted for a similar test last week, when I happened to be away from my desk (and the phone in my coat pockets). We're still under-staffed, with few people in the building, so it went...

This has the stamp of an HR department on manoeuvres. It is entrapment, and about as subtle as having pretty policemen hanging around toilets, waiting to catch out gay men.

I've read the whole thread and I'm still struggling to see what the problem is. Can't you just do as you're told?

Sections of the eastern end of the Tanat Valley light railway and Porthywaen branch, used for quarry traffic until about 1988, are still in situ, although some parts have fallen prey to the metal fairies.

Oswestry 17k Not the largest town with a heritage station but no mainline station, but a chunky enough town nevertheless.

I was hoping someone would mention Milford! OK it's not a huge metropolis, but for a destination at the end of a long journey from Manchester, a single platform with a bus shelter is somewhat underwhelming.

Craven Arms

It's a basket case, and it would make more sense to close it, especially if the Midland Metro ever gets extended to Digbeth/Deritend. The current situation of a few more stoppers on a Saturday before a Blues game is OK. I'm sure there are more deserving cases for spending the equivalent amount...

Yes! Subsequent Googling this lunchtime has brought me here.

Of course it's been done to death on this forum, but the redevelopment of Newport station (south Wales). A more practical and useable station facility (from a passenger perspective) could have been achieved for the same budget if only money hadn't been wasted on an 'iconic' footbridge and other...