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While Stevenage to Cambridge now appears to have reopened, I can't see any signs of movement between Hitchin and Peterborough. Open Train Times still shows the up fast as blocked at Biggleswade

I agree, to an extent. Golden handshakes and unsociable hours payments might also help. People should be being paid at least a Living Wage, not barely above the legal minimum, but there are real challenges for operators, and this Government is too stupid or blinkered to recognise and...

If you read through this thread https://www.railforums.co.uk/threads/bus-driver-shortages.222376/ You'll see that the bus operators are really stuck between a rock and a hard place. And with the barrage of complaints the social media teams will be presumably finding it hard to have time to post...

Well, I'd say the vestibule shot of a Mk3 SLEP is very out of place in Krakow. I wouldn't be surprised to find that someone spliced this whole video together from other videos (perhaps not even theirs).

I routinely travel contra-peak in SE London. There are a number of "satellite" centres like Bromley, Croydon etc. that probably generate similar levels of rush hour public transport custom as cities like Cardiff or Nottingham. Given these cities have cosy 3 or 4 car trains rather than the 8-12...

Thameslink Sevenoaks services are often diverted via Orpington if there are delays. This can recover 10-15 minutes.

Only on 12 May. Actually, I like the fact that Pancras means "all power" as the King's X St Pancras + Euston complex gives you direct access to most of the country plus continental Europe </aside>

Check real time trains. Horsham to Peterborough is definitely running today. Due to engineering work, the MML service is split Brighton to Pancakes and Pancakes High Level to Bedford.

As others have already said, there are a number of diversionary routes that the late trains are either timetabled to take, or may take depending on engineering works, and I suspect it was felt that rather than the confusing situation that one gets on Southeastern, where different timetables and...

I'm not sure I agree with the Knutsford to Manchester example. Knutsford to Manchester is 21 miles by rail, 19 by road. A weekly season is £45. Assuming 5 days per week travel, and taking the distance as 20 miles, the cost of the train works out as 22.5p per mile. Fuel costs are likely to be in...

Rail news had an article this week explaining this at least in part. http://railnews.mobi/news/2018/09/27-controversial-lineside-tree-felling-set.html

I don't see why it is particularly confusing, if you are driving round the M25, you just see signs for the next routeing point, so if you are joining at the M23, you see Heathrow (M4, M1) or Dartford (M20, M11). This approach seems to work for the roads, and is readily understood, so why not the...

According to https://www.londonreconnections.com/2018/crossrail-timetable-for-success/ there is actually a good chance that 2 of the 4 Reading services will be Reading - Twyford - Maidenhead - Slough - West Drayton - Ealing Broadway - Paddington Low Level...

Given the cyan/yellow/pink motif is the symbol for the Great Exhibition of the North, I think it unlikely to appear on the final livery :-)

I guess the two things are 1. If the train hasn't come to a stop, you could knock somebody who has strayed beyond the yellow line, possibly into the gap between coaches. Kids in particular are prone to wandering off at the most inopportune moments, into the daftest of places. 2. Mark 3 Central...

Not without leaving a a big hole in the middle of the train. Class 700 units only come in 8 or 12 carriage varieties. They are fully walk through, like many new metro trains (e.g., circle/district/metropolitan line trains, or the newest Paris metro stock)

It seems to have been forgotten that the North Kent line will also get 2tph into Thameslink, and if St Paul's, the South Bank, or Fleet Street areas are your destination Blackfriars / City TL are often just as or more convenient. Obviously passengers for much of the West End will be better...

If you are referring to the entry to St Pancakes from the South, that has always created a dreadful noise due to the curvature of the track between King's Cross Thameslink and Pancakes lower level. I'm willing to be corrected, but that is the artefact of having a tube-style curve whereas the...

@hungry, you must have a car. Or live in the same village as you friends and family. Because, I know that the lack of public transport on Boxing day (or Christmas day) substantially inhibits spending those days with family or most of my friends. Like many employers, mine expects me to attend...

Which is entertaining as I read this from the comfort of a class 700 window seat! Not the most comfortable, but certainly not "unusable"