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175s back to the north west. 180s all running for Grand Central. XC can have AWC's 221s back. They can also take on 222s, it means HSTs can be withdrawn and 170s move to East Midlands Railway. 323s can all be concentrated on Northern. 379s to Great Northern.

Cross Gates, you have to cross a nearby road bridge to reach the opposite platform since the footbridge was removed years ago

I'm surprised changing at Warrington BQ for Calder Valley destinations from London isn't officially permitted now there's a direct Northern Chester-Leeds service.

I realise it's too much of an ask this year especially with Northern, even if 153s are reactivated. However this highlights the inflexibility of today's railways, especially stock deployment to cater for peaks and troughs in commuter and leisure travel. I hope GBR once established will look at...

Agreed! I'll be a happy bunny if on summer weekends and school holidays that I see 6-car DMUs on Settle & Carlisle, 68s+Mk5s on Scarborough trains supplemented with 185s on York shuttles, 6-car formations to/from Bridlington, and all Blackpool North services made up to 6-cars ... with units...

My 195s I travelled on today on the Nottinghams between Leeds-Sheffield both ways were full with some standing. I prefer to travel on a Saturday if there's an event happening on a weekend because Sunday service levels are worse, agree that there should be identical service levels on both days.

Season ticket income, especially sales of annual tickets, was a bedrock of revenue for operators to/from London. For the forseeable future the railways will have to rely less on season ticket sales and more on revenue from leisure travel.

I don't check Twitter for cancellations, but consult Harrogate Bus Co's routemaps (primarily their 7) to find out in real time where their allocated buses are located on the route and deduce from that if any are cancelled

I'll wait and see if Haworth's village 1940s event, planned for 21st-22nd May, is cancelled depending on future developments. Their website http://haworths1940sweekend.com/ is unavailable just now but their Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/haworth1940s/ looks as though it's going ahead...

I hope GBR develops a passenger rolling stock strategy incorporating the following: - new trains are designed and procured centrally for network use, supplied to GBR's concession holders, maybe using a framework contractual agreement, orders called off when required; - new trains allocated where...

Here's a few of the defects I've noticed over the years that would have required the bus to be taken out of service: I travelled on a Stagecoach 219 bus between Ashton under Lyne and Fairfield Street, Manchester. Every time it stopped at a bus stop, the driver got out of the cab to close the...

I've seen more Leeds City Streetdecks losing their colour route/area branding (i.e. red, blue, yellow, grey) replaced with green where that was applied. I'm assuming First has now abandoned branding in favour of simpler, consistent two-tone green.

I've never attended railways' 1940s events but my nearest 1940s event I know about takes place annually in Haworth. However I haven't attended the Haworth event simply because the village gets very overcrowded when that occurs. This year I guess there could be increased sensitivity about...

Moderator note: Split from https://www.railforums.co.uk/threads/class-379’s-departure-from-greater-anglia.226784/ If this was old British Rail maximising its assets, then 379s transfer to GN lines, releasing 387s to Southern. Once the newly arrived 387s arrived on Southern, then they'll...

What a find! I hope it gets saved so that there's a complete hybrid 303/311 unit. It could be restored in different liveries, and show both refurbished and original features to show the history and evolution of those EMUs

Several 373 carriages survive in preservation or other use in the UK according to Vintage Carriages' Trust database: 3101 driving motor http://www.cs.rhrp.org.uk/se/CarriageInfo.asp?Ref=17063 at Doncaster 3102 driving motor http://www.cs.rhrp.org.uk/se/CarriageInfo.asp?Ref=17065 at Birmingham...

3918's motor coach 69321 survives at Barrow Hill, so could be rescued once the Brighton Belle Group finishes with it http://www.cs.rhrp.org.uk/se/CarriageInfo.asp?Ref=15045

Three carriages preserved, I hope a PTSO makes its way into preservation to complete a set, to enhance its chances of full restoration for haulage or running order

I guess interavailability has to be explicitly stated at the time of booking and purchase.

If it's the same fare on off-peak day returns from Bamber Bridge to either Blackpool termini, has anyone recently travelled to/from Bamber Bridge and travelled through Blackpool North and South that day, to test whether those tickets are genuinely interavailable?