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No. Wigan is part of Wigan ‘Local Authority Area’ and is in Greater Manchester. Keighley is within Bradford MDC which is one of the MDC’s that make up West Yorkshire.

Shoot me down if this is bonkers, but looking for something else entirely, I spotted that these 2 car DMU’s were in storage in Dublin. (12no.) https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/IE_2700_and_2750_Classes Yes at Irish track gauge and I have no idea how much of a job it is to re-gauge. (Something...

Porthmadog to Caernarfon?

Certainly I’ve noticed many passengers embark a Carlisle service at Shipley. Looking at the clothing I’d say well used by walkers and ramblers driving to Shipley and arriving in the dales by rail. Exactly as it should be.

Better make sure Elland station has about 6 platforms and the worlds biggest station car park then!

Thanks people. I’ll tweet in the morning as I probably now need to go earlier. Want to get the 21:20 Calder Valley service from Vic, which in theory should have got me home to Shipley for less than half the price of the std ticket! I don’t mind the odd change but a journey via Crewe and...

So, the other day I booked an advance ticket from Bangor (N Wales) to Man Vic for Mon 20th Aug. This advises me to change at Llandudno junction for an 18:53 dep to change again at Newton Le Willows for Man Vic. I’ve just checked real time trains for a completely different reason and this train...

Standing room only on a pendolino between Carlisle and Edinburgh, and Edinburgh - Lancaster return last Friday. Would hate to see a busy train!

Have to disagree with some of this. For me the benefits of a singular ‘Bradford Central’ is the at least doubling of services and individuals arriving and departing from a Bradford city centre site, giving a new focal point for shops, cafes and businesses to hopefully thrive and regenerate the...

Interesting thread. I’ve often wondered the same and count myself lucky that these are ‘my lines’. As a regular user I totally agree about the sparks effect. I’ve often heard people say about the 333s as being fast, smooth, quiet etc. My wife who rarely uses other lines had to go to Man Vic the...

Sat in a 333 earlier, (Leeds to Forster Sq at rush hour) in one of the 29 seats between vestibule and coach end. 13 seats were taken and yet the vestibule was full with 7 or 8 standees. I’m not actually convinced the 3 + 2 works and is passenger friendly.

Was on platform 3, so I guess so!

The top n tail set was in Carlisle about 12ish this aft.

Not a true answer as it doesn’t skip any stations but I’m looking forward to a trip later this week on the Leeds - Lancaster service when a pacer seemingly hurtles at warp speed up the WCML from Carnforth to Lancaster - prob only does about 40mph but appears ‘really’ fast!

Baildon. Along with a loop or re-doubling

Is this 2152 Wakefield Kirkgate service going to terminate there?

Entrance to Lowfields business park just off the bypas. There are those think it should be on the old site, or even at the old Greetland junction location which would serve Elland, several villages and S. Halifax.

Wonder whether we'll get to hear the 'semi fast', 'fast' and 'super fast' descriptions used by TOE and the announcers?

I'd agree with all West Yorks trains. The Airedale line 23:18 is often rammed. A 00:18 would be ideal.

Shipley to Leeds is 12 - 16 minutes by train and is often 40 minutes by car, hit the rush and easy an hour.