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That was much closer in time to the production of the last Pendolino coaches and when there wasn't an off the shelf 125mph EMU available though

Whereabouts are they looking at this possibility? Both the West Coast operator and TPE would benefit north of Preston, but the important bit for pathing West Coast services will be at the London end.

Airlines aren't (in most cases) really offering a public transport service and aren't wholly reliant on the generosity of taxpayers for their continued existence. 30 years ago the trains would have run and BR would have received nothing for their efforts. Bad luck, that's a risk you take with...

Perhaps it should set a precedent. In the past the railway wouldn't be making money from people unable to travel because they wouldn't have bought tickets. Fares have now been hiked up to extortionate levels so the only way ordinary people can afford to travel is by booking in advance - which...

Multiple Scotrail trains have travelled between Inverness and Aviemore, the daytime London train is on the way as well, but the Sleeper is still going to start from Aviemore? Is there some reason why the Sleeper in particular can't carry passengers on the line, or is it just very bad customer...

The timetables are now up on their website. The M5 (Burnley-Barnoldswick) has short journeys to Colne to make up the 7/8 minute frequency. There are changes to the Witch Way though - almost all extensions to Nelson are axed. Most of these buses are going to/from the depot, so this cut isn't...

The RRB arrangements seem a bit odd. Going by their website, road transport tonight will be provided southbound from Fort William, Crianlarich, Arrochar & Tarbet, Helensburgh Upper, Dumbarton Central and Dalmuir. Northbound a bus will run only to Fort William. Tomorrow is different - southbound...

The roads closed prevent an all stations replacement bus - but there's nothing stopping one from Hope to Sheffield - advice instead is to use the local buses where available. A direct replacement bus from Manchester to Sheffield wouldn't go anywhere near the problem area, but presumably...

Is this lack of staff (presumably so for the Sunday service), lack of trains or have Network Rail said no to the principle of there ever being a service via Stillington or 2tph to Scarborough? It's a station to be served by Northern Connect because that encompasses almost every service along...

This was a recent (and rather strange, given the Northern Connect idea) addition to the Blackpool-York route. Did it replace calls on another service?

Which map is this? If you mean the extent of the severe flood warning, if there was a large release of water from the dam it certainly wouldn't stay in Whaley Bridge. Do we actually know the Hope Valley line is closed because of the Whaley Bridge situation rather than some other flooding or...

If the signaller wasn't alerted until too late, if the through platforms were occupied, if there was some very low speed pointwork involved... Yes. Also if the train had been required to wait at a junction, at Haymarket, for a platform at Edinburgh, if for any reason there wasn't a clear route...

I've seen a picture of one of the 'new' deckers on the 480 this week. They surely aren't planning to use them on tenders are they?

If RTT is correct and the train first 'arrived' at Edinburgh at 0728 into platforms 7/11, that was the only through platform available at the time (and the platform it usually arrives at - if it was due to terminate in a bay there might not have been any). It was very fortunate this train...

Exactly. 10 minutes still isn't that long to wait but I'd keep a slightly more careful eye on the timetable, though nowadays when I use the bus I look at where the bus is on the app before I set off rather than the timetable.

That's still a bit disingenuous. "In fact, Red Express has been performing better than it ever has before since we made the change, but quite simply, we are not carrying enough people outside of the morning and evening rush hours to keep Red Express going in its current form." The X41 has...

I wouldn't get too excited about the Witch Way. Routes around it are dropping like flies, some of the buses are getting on a bit, so it must not have been worth buying a whole new fleet for, and the Todmorden Curve has been reinstated since the last major timetable change. We shall see whether...

That's even worse than I thought! Every 10 minutes to Rosegrove.... I don't remember the 12A, where did that start?

In my limited experience most passengers do get off at the bus station or outside M&S. Padiham, Nelson and Colne don't have anything Burnley doesn't, the hospital is only accessible from the Mainline route for reasonably fit people. (The hospital incidentally is another example of the decline in...

West of the Pennines, what are the success stories?