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I've taken advantage of Northern's £10 fare offers but helps if you've access to the relevant newspapers in the region to collect the tokens

I'd favour an extension to Bromley direct via Lewisham, Hither Green, Grove Park and taking over the Bromley North branch. The big issue is whether Elephant and Castle underground station will be able to handle the increased volume of interchanging passengers, particularly to/from London Bridge...

I'm assuming Northern are trying out a 350/2 to evaluate whether they're suited to the stop-start operations on that line, especially acceleration and punctuality

Copley CC lies in the vee between the lines to/from Halifax and Brighouse east of Milner Royd Junction

The battery electrics could be deployed on: Glasgow Central-Kilmarnock, Kilmarnock-Ayr (and possibly Girvan depending on battery range), Maryhill-Glasgow Queen Street; Services in Fife especially to Leven. Interworking with other electric services and reshuffling of DMUs also means several 156s...

Probably seeing off 318s, 320s and some 156s

In other words, introduction of single leg pricing and 70-minute flex fares, abolition of flexible, refundable super-off-peak fares

This morning I applied for my senior railcard (plastic, not digital) having just turned 60. With the prospect of saving up to a third off rail fares, it means I can afford to travel further, especially with the new football season starting in August. Up to now - and will continue to do so -...

How would you sell or explain that in simple terms to the public? For starters, I'd draw a spider web diagram superimposed on a map of their local area.

Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined Authority is a test case for urban/rural franchising. I live in West Yorkshire which is going down the franchising route and have used the Bee Network in Greater Manchester. Reading these comments and looking at bus network maps I can see why the mayor(s)...

I'd back a new Liverpool-Manchester high speed line because it allows for connections from both cities to HS2 once it's extended north of the Midlands. It creates extra capacity releasing the existing Chat Moss and CLC lines for increased local stopping services. The Manchester Piccadilly...

Now that the fare cap is £3 until March 2027 there should be incentives to offer tap-on, tap-off fares for short journeys, timed transfers and single or multi-operator daily/weekly caps. In urban areas (except where local authorities offer lower maximum fares) £3 could become the default cash...

During 1989/90 when living in Bournemouth I remember travelling several times on the then jointly operated Wilts & Dorset/Solent Blue Line X1/X2 limited stop services between Bournemouth and Southampton via Ringwood. I wish they returned because Ringwood and Lyndhurst would gain from an express...

Another possibility is a new alignment beginning near A562/A5300 Knowsley Expressway junction outside Ditton, crossing over the existing line near Halewood station, then reusing the former Cheshire Lines Committee trackbed (Halewood Park Triangle) continuing via Gateacre as far as Broad Green...

Looking at the possible location of Liverpool Gateway on this map https://www.liverpoolcityregion-ca.gov.uk/news/laying-the-tracks-to-growth-liverpool-manchester-railway-plan-could-unlock-90bn-economic-boost it'll be sited either in Widnes or Ditton. The map shows two possible routes between...

Two years ago I travelled from Leeds to Portsmouth, where I grew up in childhood and youth, using only ordinary local bus services, which took 3 days and travelled on 14 buses in the process. Travelling through the Midlands I left Leicester railway station at 08.11 on the X7 to Northampton and...

On Saturdays only, another option is to ride the 351 Holmfirth-Holme-Glossop (three each way) which passes the Woodhead reservoirs and change to the 61 from Glossop to Buxton.

Another option - 501/X1 Halifax-Huddersfield, 231/232 Huddersfield-Wakefield, 59 or 96 Wakefield-Barnsley, X17 Barnsley-Chesterfield, Comet service Chesterfield-Derby

Looking at the map the biggest issue is the low density/frequency of routes in parts of Warwickshire, Worcestershire and Gloucestershire, also Somerset. After Derby, based on my partial experience, I'd use the Skylink Derby-Leicester, X7 Leicester-Northampton, X6 Northampton-Milton Keynes, X5...

Pre-deregulation, in many places where there were towns and cities with a predominant municipal operator, the council would make Tilling Group/BET or independent operators charge a minimum fare and/or pick-up/set-down conditions to protect the municipal operator, this persisted to some extent...