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There have been a number of threads where discussion has concentrated on the capacity of the latest fleets of EMUs and the seating/standing arrangements adopted to achieve them. To get the relative effects of these arrangements I dashed up a spreadsheet to determine the passenger per metre train...

We have just returned from a 2 week holiday in Cornwall, travelling on a super off-peak return from St Albans City to St Ives. On the outward journey, our eventual arrival at St Ives was 30 minutes late. Thus I can claim for a 30 minute delay from GWR, which is 25% of the cost of each ticket...

Can anybody please give a definitive answers to the following questions about bus ticketing in Cornwall: a) can non-Cornwall ENCTS passes be used for travel on named bus services such as the Lands End Coaster, Tin Coaster and Atlantic Coaster? b) do all of the day passes, (Ride Cornwall, £5...

We intend to travel to St Ives on a Friday in June and are concerned that as that is well into the shoulder season, the formation of the train isn't shown (yet) so could be a 9-car, a 2 x 5-car or worst of all a single 5-car. We are focusing on 1C80, the 12:04 to Penzance as so many of the...

I have been reading the recent thread 'Merseyrail Penalty Fare - no facility to purchase' in which @Watershed commented that "TOCs basically say that if the queue is long, it's tough luck and you're supposed to miss the train." On a frequent local or Metro service that might be inconvenient, but...

I stumbled over this video today: "Class 309 - the Clacton Express". I couldn't believe my eyes, it opens up with a 309 running through Ilford. For those that remember the 309s in any of their roles, this video is a good record of their lives, even a few seconds on one in it's original maroon...

This is a question not about activities such demonstrating, protest, obstruction or outright vandalism*, but concerning the central issue that the movement was setup the highlight. As the cost in both monetary and environmental terms of keeping the nation's homes at a healthy temperature gets...

I was just wasting a bit of time looking at one of the live Dawlish webcams, as a consist pulled away from the station towards Teignmouth. It had a 2-car 150 leading and what looked like a 143 behind. Are Pacers still being moved around in the south-west?

The Law Commissioners have ruled that the manufacturers of autonomous vehicles will be legally responsible for the consequences of any malfunction. Provided the driver meets certain criteria, they will not be legally liable for failure of the autonomous controls to respond correctly to ensure...

mods note - split from this thread: https://www.railforums.co.uk/threads/when-will-it-all-go-wrong-for-the-tories-johnson.219414/ If he didn't know then he's incompetent and shouldn't be in the job. Oh, this myth again. Among the mainstream press in the UK, the top ten UK newspapers by...

'Tis that time of year that the Christmas ads appear, and as usual John Lewis's offering is the first, see here. This year's theme involves an alien, (friendly of course) called 'Unexpected Guest'. As usual, the production values are very high, even if the message is necessarily like...

This is my first attempt at a trip report. Apologies if it is is too long winded. Some of the pictures are frame grabs from video. 20 September 2021 - Rambling around Cheshire. Having a week in Chester was too good a chance to do a day out on a Cheshire Day Ranger. I was let off the leash at...

Title says it all, could anybody please tell me what is usually diagrammed to run the TfW shuttle (xx:24/xx:54) on weekdays between the peaks? The last time I did the journey it was a horrible class 150 thrashing along for 20 minutes. TIA

Wouild it not be worthwhile having an isolator immediately off the southern end of the City platform followed by a short section of dead contact wire to prevent even a slow train sending a pantograph into the last bit of cover. This would mean that as soon as the first pantograph lost power, an...

The highway code is to be radically changed to improve safety for more vulnerable road users, (e.g. pedestrians and cyclists) vs those that present the greatest riskd, i.e. motor vehicles. This is a complete change from the current situation where vehicles have priority everwhere except on...

I'm trying to plan a circular journey from St Albans to travel the North Downs line from Reading to Redhill - or vice versa), hopefully to ride on a 769 'when' they get into service. So far, Trainsplit hasn't managed to give me an itinerary for a complete return journey. I can get returns to...

I will be travelling from St Albans City to Barnes Bridge today. NRE offers an 'Off Peak Day Return' ticket at £16.80 that has the usual not before 09:29 and not between 16:29 & 19:02 peak restrictions on the MML. Normally I would travel to Blackfriars and walk to Waterloo, but today I will be...

The discussion on this thread seems to have run it's course: https://www.railforums.co.uk/threads/should-domestic-fireworks-or-the-sale-thereof-to-the-general-public-be-banned.208946/ but there was mention that most/all public displays are unable to take place this year because of the COVID-19...

Moderator note: Split from https://www.railforums.co.uk/threads/hs2-construction.149100/ I note that Lord Berkeley was recycling all the old catchphrases and claims on this morning's R4 Today programme, - 'vanity project' 'spend the money on other transport projects', 'total cost opf over...

in the debate about bringing all schoolchildren back to school in September is being considered only if some other relaxations are withdrawn given the (currently) gradual rise in infections. A member of SAGE in an R4 interview said this: This was confirmed on this webpage...