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I seem to remember that there were thoughts that the FNW 180s would be used on London - Holyhead services, which would have been transferred over from Virgin. Possibly it could have been an hourly 6-car or 9-car service from London to Crewe, splitting with 3 or 6 cars for North Wales and the...

All (or almost all) the direct half-hourly trains from Birmingham to Nottingham call at Tamworth anyway, so it would be completely unenforceable!

That is unbelievably idiotic as a ticketing system, but thanks for clarifying that - I'll tell him what to ask for :)

Hello, A friend is going to Nottingham for an open day tomorrow, and I've had a look on the Cross Country website for ticket prices - it shows two different Off-Peak Day Returns with two different validities; One, at £12.90, gives validity from 0900 and allows return throughout the evening...

The Redditch and Bromsgrove plan is already in existence, although I'm not sure how that's faring with spending cuts and whatnot. Is there a need to fully redevelop Sutton Coldfield, Four Oaks and Lichfield City? They seem fine as they are to me? And I don't think there's a need for 6tph to...

I would probably say Birmingham New Street, with Aberdeen via Leeds & Edinburgh, Glasgow via Crewe, Edinburgh via both Crewe and Leeds, Newcastle via Doncaster, Liverpool, Manchester, Holyhead via both Crewe and Shrewsbury, Aberystwyth/Pwllheli (including all the stations along the Cambrian...

My problem with the Goverment's argument there is that yes, some tax from minimum wage people does go to subsidising tuition fees or child train fares, but a vast amount more comes from the rich. That argument could equally be applied to roads or schools - why should rich people be able to use...

When I last did it (last summer) I went from Birmingham to Tenby, we changed onto your train at Bristol Parkway - back then the 1605 from Swansea was a 153. I believe 143s can also turn up as well.

But with no ticket offices and no guards on board trains, the only checking to be done will be occasional RPIs who will catch but a fraction of people without tickets!

I say fast in terms of less stops, rather than actual fast journey times - the lack of stops would make journeys to and via Leeds slightly quicker, whilst adding some extra capacity through passengers for intermediate stations using the other train.

On XC, I'd try to timetable a 'fast long-distance' and a 'semi-fast short-distance' train per hour on each route out of Birmingham. On the North East route, for example, I'd have the xx03 Edinburgh service call Derby, Sheffield, Wakefield Westgate, Leeds, York, Darlington, Durham, Newcastle &...

They're all available in this PDF http://www.dft.gov.uk/pgr/rail/passenger/stations/betterrailstations/pdf/partd.pdf

12.1.6 Recommendations for Cost Reduction - Retail The Study recommends that TOCs should consider: The closure of all Category E station ticket offices Reducing the opening hours at Category D station ticket offices There are currently 302 stations of Category 'D', and 675 stations...

There used to be one at Birmingham International Airport, selling only Aircraft books - I'm not sure if its still open though... I don't know about the WH Smiths on stations, but perhaps they could link up with some of the larger Waterstones in cities like Leeds and Glasgow, extending their...

How rude! :P Yeah, wasn't too sure capacious is a word - I kind of made it up and hoped it existed... I'll admit the 2+3 seats are too close together if you don't know the person sitting next to you, but except during very busy times, most people won't sit in the middle seat of a bay of 3...

I'm going to have to stand in and defend the humble 323! I would say the weird traction motor noises are what give them their character - otherwise they'd be as bland as any other modern suburban EMU. The seats aren't too bad for the journey they were intended for - commuter runs up to about...

I get unlimited free Ffestiniog travel (although they ask I avoid busy trains), plus three 'boxes' to get one additional passenger at priv rate on the FR during the year. The only requirement is to obtain a (free) ticket from the ticket office or guard :) I was astonished by the value too...

I'm a member of the Ffestiniog Railway Society, and I get free Third Class travel on the FR, heavily discounted (£8.00 return) first class travel on the FR, free travel on the Talylynn (third class) and discounted (2/3 off) travel on the WHR. Members of the WHR Society get free travel on the...

Its not as bad as it once was, but there can still be queues right across The Cob (and even to Minffordd) on Summer Saturdays and the like...Not for long though :) And yeah, that toll really was ridiculous, a shilling would have seemed a fair sum of money a while ago, but they never increased...

I preferred the greater range of destinations (e.g. Plymouth - Glasgow via Preston, Brighton - Manchester etc) with VXC and the fact they had a shop not a trolley service, but I understand that these were things the DfT changed. The fares were also often somewhat more reasonable I found under...