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I've just had one for automatic milking machinery. I have no interest in dairy farming, live in an urban area and have not browsed any sites even vaguely connected with that industry or product. Any tenuous connection with railways ended when the last milk trains ran (in the 1960s?).

North Somerset Council say https://www.n-somerset.gov.uk/news/north-somerset-bus-services-transform-105m-improvement-plan Having recently seen cutbacks the 'significant increase in the current bus network' will no doubt be welcome. I wonder if the likes of @Citistar will get a slice of the...

I've travelled on the TfW operated Ebbw Vale branch twice this week, buying my tickets via the Trainsplit website. My first journey was Ebbw Vale Town to Pye Corner and I was offered an e-ticket by default. My second journey was Risca & Pontymister to Newport and I was offered only ToD...

The following discussion started in the TrawsCymru thread but is off-topic there so I've started this one. The maps mentioned are useful, thanks, and I'd be interested to hear of any others. What I'm imagining is a map generated from Bus Open Data which would be updated automatically as...

We're familiar with services being artificially split mid-journey to comply with drivers' hours regulations. Destinations are typically shown as 'Town A for Town B', the number doesn't change and timetables often say 'connection guaranteed, no need to change buses'. Recently I was on the...

Journeycheck is currently showing the following for Cheltenham Spa (my bold) I'd always assumed that the railway used its own data network but the above implies that Cheltenham, at least, uses the public Internet. Can anyone working in S&T or IT tell us more about how it's done, both for...

https://news.tfw.wales/news/more-choice-for-rail-customers-as-convenience-stores-to-sell-tfw-tickets It will be interesting to see exactly what 'local journeys' tickets will be available for, what training the shop staff get, what uptake there is and the quality of any advice given. How long...

I've started this thread to save the one this post is from going too off-topic Original thread https://www.railforums.co.uk/threads/ticket-vending-machine-tvm-ideas.226889/page-2 The first machines I remember were on the Underground and offered one fare each in return for the exact payment in...

Remember Steventon bridge in Oxfordshire, which Network Rail wanted to replace as part of the GWML electrification? They decided not to after local objections and ended up with a 110mph speed restriction instead. Well, it appears the bridge is in poor condition and the local authority face...

Here in south east Wales, Adventure Travel (NAT Group) are today running their (tendered?) Bank Holiday services in towns such as Merthyr Tydfil and Caerphilly. But Stagecoach are running a commercial Saturday service. Thus passengers are enjoying a choice of operator and the most frequent...

Besides railways, one of my other interests is Maths. Maybe other forum members, especially those into timetabling are the same? Here on one of my favourite YouTube channels -Numberphile - mathematician Hannah Fry talks about the invention and use if timetabke graphs.

My first and second jabs were at my GP surgery but my booster yesterday was at a city centre mass vaccination centre. I thought it might be of interest to compare the two. An administrator at the GP surgery rang me and asked me if I could go in the next day and suggested a time. I'm sure I...

South Wales operators Cardiff Bus, Newport Transport and NAT are all reporting that their live tracking is not working today. They all use Ticketer machines. Am I right in thinking it's a Ticketer issue? What about other Ticketer users?

Davey's Taxi operates one service a week consisting of a loop around the outskirts of Ruthin in north Wales and taking 21 minutes. This must be the lowest mileage by any operator, surely? https://bustimes.org/services/76t-ruthin-ruthin-via-graigfechan-pentrecelyn

TfW have been busy prosecuting fare evaders https://www.southwalesargus.co.uk/news/19622505.caerphilly-train-fare-dodger-fined-665-80-2-80-ticket/n It's interesting to note that the first one, who didn't attend court, ended up paying twice as much as her neighbour who committed the same crime...

We've had threads on 'works' bus services open to staff only and unadvertised train services recently but how about unadvertised public bus services such as these? (Apologies for nicking CityStar's examples but I'm curious to find out if there are others)

Newport Transport have posted the following on their Facebook page. Is this confined to NT or is it a wider issue?

https://www.gov.uk/government/news/chief-inspector-of-rail-accidents Anybody fancy this position?

The other day 37 418 was used to rescue a failed Cl769 DEMU on the Rhymney Valley line. It took several hours to clear the line as the maximum permitted speed was 5mph. I understand this is because the loco is unable to apply the unit's brakes. Now, when it was new nearly 60 years ago the loco...

Glyn Evans & Son operate service 13 between Manmoel and Blackwood in the South Wales Valleys. There is one return journey on Tuesdays and Fridays only taking 15 mins each way for the 6 mile trip. That's a total of 24 miles / one hour a week...