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Also gathering passenger information like that could be yet another GDPR pitfall if such lists were 'lost' or left lying around.

That would make sense, I was wondering if it had passed the initial obstruction that had stopped the HST.

I'm trying to make sense of where the 158 was in this. I don't know this line, so please forgive any confusion on my part. I understand the HST was initially stopped by a landslide before it was routed back to Stonehaven. Had the 158 come from this direction initially? Where did the 158's...

Class 47s, I always found them dull. Don't really like class 20s either. From a unit point of view I'd have to say 153s (not exactly gone, but it's rare that I see them these days, never liked them, would love to see every single one scrapped). Also, Class 141 - I don't remember them at all and...

Probably but less acute than on a Cross-country service where even the old seven coach HSTs were usually fairly busy, sometimes packed to standing. A four coach replacement train was just an insult.

In my opinion there's nothing wrong with voyagers per say, simply they are used on completely the wrong routes, don't have enough carriages and were unfortunate in that they replaced HSTs which were far better designed and far better suited to the routes they were used on. I'm afraid you just...

It'd be great though to say how many seats are left vacant / or perhaps how many minutes late it was running! ;)

True to both. I was thinking something similar would happen as the reversal at Castleford when going from Kirkgate to Leeds on a stopper service, except the spur would be so much shorter. I do take the point that the section from Deepcar to Penistone would require much more funding however, but...

Snap! Exactly the same guidance we are following. Although we are going to attempt social distancing amongst the children, where and when we can. I suspect most schools in England will be following the same set of guidance with minor variations, due to building design/cohort etc.

I must admit when I heard it, I thought 5m sounded more likely! 50m sounds ludicrous to me but that was the figure quoted in our meeting. I still think it an error. No I have to agree, it does sound over the top and it won't make the kids feel comforted at all I shouldn't think. I'm dreading it...

Additionally, I actually think continuing beyond Deepcar to Penistone would make even more sense, it could connect into Huddersfield and Barnsley services too then, sort of cover more ground, more links, more benefits. Huddersfield-Penistone-Deepcar-Fox Valley (Stocksbridge)-Wadsley...

Well our school has decided that they can use the playground (quite why or how is beyond me), but they can have no equipment or toys of any sort [cross-contamination], they are not allowed to run - nothing to do with preventing accidents but because we were told the greater levels of breathing...

In my honest opinion Y4, Y5 & Y6 should have been the first to go back as I know that for the most part these children could actually understand and abide by the social distancing advice and I know for a fact would actively police each other. Plus they would know the reasons why and that it is...

That would be one solution for sure. I am uncertain whether disability/access arrangements would negate the ability to do that though? I suppose a designated and accessible area could be provided, that would address that issue perhaps. I ask this next question because I have often wondered but...

Most Interesting: Birmingham Moor Street, certainly stands out with the Edwardian features. I also quite like Nottingham station, a grand piece of architecture. Manchester Picadilly has a spacious feel and looks good for a modern mainline terminus (certainly better than Leeds), Manchester...

I know some have already mentionned the Hope Valley line and in parts I would concur. However, I would also like to add in the Huddersfield-Manchester route via Standedge. There's quite a lot of moorland and wild windswept parts on there to rival those of Hope and Edale. Especially on a rainy...

I used to love arriving into Lincoln Central from the east, past all the signal boxes, level crossings and semaphores. Might not have been particularly scenic but definitely interesting coming from colour-light land into something which felt so early 20th century. Shame it was all stripped out...

I accept the correction. I had not seen the article in question. I will ammend the post accordingly, to ensure it doesn't add to confusion. We've had enough fake news about this virus, wouldn't want to add to it.

There has been discussion in the media that some people may have had COVID twice. This could be down to the fact that the positive test apparently continues to show for a few weeks after the infection as stopped, something to do with coughing out the dead lung tissue. Nice. (I seem to recall...

To be fair I hadn't got railways in mind when I was making that specific point. I was thinking more about local bus services and the likes of National Express inter-city coaches. I should have been clearer there. My point there really came about having heard today's news about Shearings...