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Best of luck with Cat & Fiddle station! (Or the Barrel at Bretton)

I found myself at Ely on Sunday dinnertime with over an hour to kill (mainly thanks to the buggers-muddle that was the Cambridge-Ely RRB). There are no pubs within sighting distance of this station, nor even from the main road at the bottom of the station approach. I did find one a good 10 mins...

Surely a GM Wayfarer is the best ticket for Macc to Edale return?

I can't make this walk due to it clashing with Astle Park Traction Engine Rally this coming weekend. I will be continuing the celebration of my engine's centenary there, and if any RailUK members are there over the weekend, I will happily supply them with a free pint of the special ale brewed to...

If there are two of you flying, and you are allowed to select seats online, if there are rows of 3 choose the two outside seats. The airlines try not to put people in the middle seat where the outer two are occupied, so unless the airplane is full, you will have 3 seats between 2. In the event...

I was surprised on Saturday, returning home to Chinley from Sheffield on the Hope Valley Rattler, that the guard did not make any announcements that the train was running fast to Manchester from Chinley, and passengers for New Mills, Marple, etc should change onto the Rail Replacement Bus.

Thank you very much for such a succinct and informative posting.

BB21, Sorry, I didn't make it clear that I'd be travelling on a NW Rover. As I see it, I'd have to pay £16 for that trip, as long as I had an all-zones rover. This is why (para below and to the right of the inset picture of the bus ...

Exactly BB21, so why on earth would ATW say ? And, whilst I am on the subject, what would your opinion be on the price of a Caernarfon-Blaenau Ffestiniog journey on the WHR and FR for someone aged 64½ with a Senior Railcard?

On the Arriva Trains website page for this ticket, at http://www.arrivatrainswales.co.uk/ExploreWales/TicketList/ at one point it says : further down however, it says: (My emphasis) So ATW, which is it, bus or no bus?

If you went Buxton-Miller's Dale-Derby, you'd cross the river Wye a dozen or so times before reaching Bakewell. The Wye joins the Derwent at Rowsley, so any crossing south of there would be Derwent ones.

You mean modern units like Gresley's EM1s and the later EM2s?

Do any of you East Cheshire bus experts know what timekeeping is generally like on the 27 Vale of Llangollen Macclesfield to Knutsford service, particularly on Saturdays?

You mention you keep your ticket in the same pocket as your keys... Are any of the keys like a modern car key with a small battery and lots of electronic gubbins in it? Perhaps this may be corrupting it. I'd have thought that if the problem was with a barrier, it would be affecting lots of...

Do South Yorkshire Police helicopters still fly from there? Their base was (and probably still is) at Letsby Avenue by the airport Don't believe me? https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@53.3948909,-1.3980011,16z

Oooh Yes please! The Standard Class 3 with 3 coaches would be perfect for the Hope Valley stoppers.

A BR Standard Cl 6 4-6-2 "Clan" is being built - frames are at Riley & Sons, Bury A BR Standard Cl 3 2-6-2T is being built at the Severn Valley As well as the GWR County mentioned above, there are new-builds (or significant conversions from donor locos) of GWR Saint, Grange and 47xx locos.

According to uksteam.info light engine movements page, it was 60163 Tornado running from Millerhill (near Edinburgh) to York.

030209 Customers travelling from Hope, Hathersage, Bamford and Grindleford to Sheffield and beyond may travel via Dore. This easement applies in both directions. I am struggling to see the point of this. Unless the "normal" route is to use a passing freight to go from any of these origin...

From the full report in Hansard (referenced above): Mr Patrick McLoughlin: Anybody who goes today to Sheffield’s Victoria station will see a station that has been rebuilt as a result of this Government’s investment. eh???????