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All of the above would equally be considered as 'muscular unionism'. Like all other European nations which have no issue with the concept of overlapping national railway systems, it is just that both Wales and Scotland have their own identity and character, whilst remaining in the GB ticketing...

The whole point of the Cardiff-Liverpool service is to extend Halton Curve services and connect Liverpool directly with Wrexham. Routing via Crewe and Runcorn defeats the object of this rationale, or routing via Crewe and Chester requires a reversal at Chester.

I can't say I'm a fan of the Edinburgh Woollen Mill-esque economy. Perhaps I'm not yet in their target market...! Yes, there's "railway tat" there, I can imagine there will be some overpriced piece of paper with the name on it. And 'ungated' is an understatement... at various points of its...

Correct; it is an artificial Victorian construction, primarily aimed at English tourists. Yes the Welsh language generally permits longer compound words than English, but Llanfairpwll et al is in no way representative of Welsh place names. Indeed it was that same push for tourists that nearly...

Teesside was within the County of Cleveland, which was abolished entirely in 1996 (even for ceremonial purposes, same with Humberside and Avon on the same date). The Metropolitan counties did not encounter the same fate when their county councils were abolished 10 years earlier in 1986, and...

But equally a Merseyrail train cannot disapparate at Ellesmere Port (also not LCR) and reappear between Runcorn East and Daresbury only. If we planned transport only around local authority boundaries, then even the Merseyrail system that exists today would never have come into fruition.

With the LCRCA mayor featuring the construction of Daresbury Station between Runcorn East and Warrington Bank Quay in his re-election pledges, it may hint towards a potential Merseyrail extension via Helsby and Hooton. The formerly hourly Liverpool Lime Street services to Bank Quay were dropped...

If acquiring new paths is a problem, would it be workable to terminate the 1tp2h Birmingham Intl - Holyhead service at Chester (as it did under Central), and then transfer the Chester - Holyhead leg (or even Llandudno, swapping with Manchester) to the Liverpool-Chester service? They do tend to...

Daysaver is the biggest con, covering only Serco-Abellio Merseyrail on the Wirral/Northern lines. But for five pence extra, the Merseytravel Saveaway covers all of that, plus the City Lines, rail services to Meol's Cop, Upton, Heswall, Rainford, ferries and all bus services in Merseyside...

Indeed

Merseytravel are progressively replacing the 'Merseytravel' brand with 'Metro'. This is a multimodal brand, which means 'Merseyrail' will apply to the concession only. 1703806922 Upton and Heswall are fully TfW branded, with the exception of a Merseytravel totem outside. Meols Cop is the same...

Here we go, another thread I'm sure likely to become subsumed into bashing anything to do with Cymraeg, yet again

No, the subway remained and is still there disused to this day. Lewis's closed in 2010 and the subway was functional until then. Look at the following post on Merseytart's blog, which has photos of the subway before closure. http://www.merseytart.com/2010/05/are-you-being-served-no.html?m=1

Here are some photos from the abandoned Prohibition bar, in the basement of the Lyceum (behind the Chinese Restaurant), taken in 2015. This is the circular room marked 'booking hall' on the original plan. https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/incoming/gallery/look-inside-grade-ii-listed-10593891

All trains now call at Green Lane and Bromborough Rake.

The passenger data for Central is misleading. Guards largely sell tickets to 'Wrexham General' only. There is a high level of fare evasion from Central, despite a ticket machine. For Bidston services, Central is absolutely busier than General platform 4.

What dismissive and inflamatory piffle.

Good, it should never be reversed. Politics or not, the erosion of Welsh language and culture threatens the very existence of what makes Wales different to anywhere else. The insecurities of a small minority of Telegraph-reading English folk are of minimal concern.

The 2012 announcement was made by the outgoing Welsh Secretary, the late Cheryl Gillan. I believe at that point she was already aware she was being shuffled out of a job.