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The only one of the services well used (and it was for many years) was the first Liverpool-Euston service of the day which stopped at 06:50 at Hartford. Got into Euston around 09:15 enabling people to reach London offices by 10am. Service ended around the time that Pendolinos were introduced...

Hard to believe now, but Acton Bridge station could be quite crowded on summer Saturday mornings in the early 1950s. The station should have been moved then to nearby Weaverham on the quad track section of the mainline. Too late now, the then crowds have grown old, moved away or just died of age.

The same could be said for coach drivers. But it isn't. Somehow there is always a "spare" coach driver to be had. The answer is to have spare trained drivers who do worthwhile duties other than driving part of their time. For example, drivers can work as guards when needed and guards can be...

Google doesn't take account of the fact that some of the roads and river crossings across Siberia are seasonal. And you can't complete all of the journey in the same season.

Well the TOC can view it as an opportunity. If the times have changed such that guards should all be trained paramedics then this cost can be folded into franchise negotiations so as to become a profit centre in and of itself. Everyone wins, including the guards who now become trained paramedics.

London to Vladivostok About two weeks by train, at least a year by car.

Guards Must Stay On Trains - They Saved My Son's Life http://morningstaronline.co.uk/a-f774-Guards-must-stay-on-trains-they-saved-my-sons-life A guard's job does not include that of a paramedic - but perhaps it should.

Isn't it rather obvious that it's about both safety and jobs.

Lawyers will not be out of work as long as it is human nature to cheat whenever the right opportunity presents itself.

Jopsuk meant that RMT is not presently affiliated with the Labour Party. RMT was affiliated with the LRC (Labour Representation Committee), however with effect from February 2017, LRC has changed the way it accepts affiliations so RMT is no longer affiliated until it re-affiliates. Clear as...

This sounds like "not trespass" according to the cites given by EM2 above. For it to be trespass, as defined above, required one or more of: 1. Refusal to leave when asked to. 2. Passage along or across the tracks. or 3. Dangerous proximity to line or to electrical gear. And I can't see how the...

Does the obvious need to be spelled out? If only the driver is responsible for safety then the train will be less safe than if both driver and guard are responsible for safety. People may argue that DOO trains are adequately safe and they may be correct in asserting that. But it doesn't change...

No need for any dispute then. As long as the changes to the contract and job description are limited to additional duties for the guards then an agreement will be reachable. After all, guards do not operate doors on slam door HST stock. No reason why driver operated doors should be viewed as any...

I don't see that. Guards have safety duties above and beyond operating doors. Duties that are not tied to any particular rolling stock's features and capabilities.

That looks good. No need for third rail though. Single track light rail (tram) would be sufficient and a lot cheaper. Shuttle to/from Merseyrail.

It all depends what you want out of the railways: A system to provide the best sustainable service to the travelling public and to those who want freight or parcels moved. OR A system to provide the best sustainable profits (or least government subsidies) to those who are willing to invest...

Agreed, new station at Woodchurch was proposed with, and made sense with, extension of 3rd rail electrification to Woodchurch. Just a very few miles. Then the electrification proposal was greatly extended (to Wrexham) so it could be cancelled as too expensive. It is an awkward one - the...

At least some of the people who don't vote will think that either they don't have much of a dog in the fight (eg near retirement) or think that they are not well informed enough to make a decision and prefer to let others who are likely to be better informed decide for them. It's not always apathy.

Yes, LOR was mostly built on stilts directly over the Mersey Docks and Harbour Board lines used to connect the docks for freight haulage. So it had no trackbed as such. But, as others have said, quite a few points on the route have been built on. So reinstatement is not really feasible even if...

Nant Gwernol railway station. Terminus of the Talyllyn Railway. Only a shelter there. Not a lot more at Snowdon Summit station.