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So 5p more a litre for the filling stations that have rushed to put prices up even in between fuel deliveries so as to maximise profits. Or will we actually see any price decrease?

Tunnel at the "A" end of New Street (south end) can be accessed via Staff Only stairs from each platform, thought that was the one with goods lifts as well but may be getting mixed up.

I would guess that the lifts were originally goods-only and were installed with the footbridges, hence the separation. Wolverhampton had a goods-only lift still used regularly by catering supplies at least until the new station building works recently - passenger lifts only came about with the...

I would think that the main problem would lie in the fact that all terminating services would most likely have to occupy the Up Slow platform while emptied and checked for stray passengers, either to restart from there in the Down direction (heading north) which is possible with the signalling...

I'd venture to suggest that anything up to, say, 10 minutes as an occasional planned dwell time on a longer journey is probably not at all undesirable but rather helpful, building resilience in to allow for a number of things that can cause a train to lose a handful of minutes. I've noticed it...

With the current GBR things going on, I'd be very wary of delaying as there's always that possibility that there are no future courses due to budgetary changes or reductions in service, etc. Unlikely I suspect given current traincrew shortages across many TOCs, but nevertheless, wouldn't suggest...

If only they would ask the dribbling twerp Drakeford to foot the bill personally, it would be over even more quickly. Many of the residents of said devolved countries are, I feel, at the point where they've had enough.

You can bluster as much as you like but it doesn't alter the fact that you cannot simply put a completely different trainset (where use of that type is extremely limited) onto a different diagram at a moment's notice, as has already been pointed out. Factors such as traction knowledge (from all...

I haven't got to the pasta yet, still munching my way through the toilet rolls.

Don't see why not, many other key workers would not be at all pleased at having to work Sundays at all, and train crew actually already do work them. And in any case it's not train crew who, by and large, "baulk" at Sundays, but have pointed out that there are already many sacrifices which have...

Indeed. They would have been infected somewhere else instead. That's how it works.

For anyone reading who may not understand what Committed Sundays are for traincrew, this explanation might help: Your contracted hours are 35 per week, Monday to Saturday, with an average day length of either 8.45 (four day week) or 7 (five day week). You are also rostered to work, as overtime...

Things will deteriorate rather rapidly soon on the current trajectory of all costs increasing while wages remain stagnant - especially when those who were able to donate to those who needed it, lose that ability themselves. That being said, I think as a nation many of us have never really had to...

Interestingly, you immediately jumped to the conclusion that I as the caller had "that attitude" - when I didn't get a chance to utter a single word so could not possibly have had any attitude. Nor would I have had, if the representative had answered. But dialling a number, having to listen to...

I believe part of the (driver grade) staffing problem has been caused by the "perfect storm" of a swathe of retirements, plus a huge switch in recruitment tactics from taking on qualified drivers to instead training "apprentice" drivers (apprentice being a handy way to gain government funding...

I deliberately avoid Youtube channels where the creator is more obsessed with getting his/her gurning face in front of the camera than of showing interesting visual content - unless the above named channel has changed this was certainly one of the culprits a year or two ago. (As a sidenote, his...

The BT "Universal Service Obligation" call centre staff are all working from home, and it really does cause some appallingly bad customer experiences. As in the afternoon when, whichever home shirker kept getting my call, decided they didn't want to talk to anyone so hung up, repeatedly (could...

The "running brake test" is the standard method used by drivers to assess the braking performance of the train they are driving, carried out (ideally) before they need the brakes for any other situation. However, even if it were possible to select a wayside marker to commence the test, and...

There was one special offer day in the 1980s, and I am vague on the details, but something like if a child brought a teddy bear with them then they and an adult got a free journey. It may or may not have been connected to RailRiders.

I'm one of those for whom the demise of 1960s-built units and locomotives meant a loss of interest in photography of and travel on the railways. Being able to see the forward view from a heritage DMU, particularly as by the 1980s/90s being able to get a cheeky cab ride was no longer an option...