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Last Friday (4th) the 1631 Barnstaple - Axminster train was 166208 to Exeter St Davids, then 802006 forward. It did not call Pinhoe or Feniton, both of which have short platforms. Do the GWR sets not have SDO?

I had an idea to start a thread on these, variously described as cliff lift, railway or tramway, and mostly in coastal towns, and this seems the most appropriate section of the Forum. How many have you visited/ridden on? While most offer a ride down to a beach or pier, some provide a genuine...

I found this item about bus passenger rights - "Those travelling by bus can relax, as they are protected, in most of Europe, by EU Regulation no. 181/2011 entered into force on 1 March 2013. The regulation protects the rights of passengers, especially when it comes to delays. However, it is...

In my former home area the Worth Valley and East Lancs railways offer a discount for local residents. Keighley and Worth Valley - anyone living in postcode areas BD20, 21 or 22 can buy a Local Residents Railcard (£10 for a year) which gives up to 50% off standard rail fares. East Lancashire...

This topic has come up regularly over the years but there seems added urgency now.

Am I right in thinking that, on the passenger railway, drivers and guards work different shifts rather than staying together for a whole shift? Clearly both grades have different conditions of service, drivers, for example being allowed extra time at the beginning of a diagram to prepare the...

The UK’s National Infrastructure Commission (NIC) has said that work on plans to develop mass transit systems for the country’s biggest cities “needs to start now” if the country is to live up to its climate change and levelling up commitments. The UK has seen limited development of modern LRT...

I've seen the Megabus thread from last year, now closed. Now that coaches have moved from Sidwell Street to a new central Exeter stop in Bampfylde Street, I'm looking at the number of daily departures, on behalf of the bus user group. I make it 30 National Express departures per day, of which...

All but a handful of Exeter services were cancelled yesterday (Sunday) due to ‘multiple axle counter failures’. Services ran to/from Yeovil Junction but not beyond. The problems haven’t been fixed and no services have operated to/from Exeter so far today. My daughter's new MP (Tiverton &...

I'm aware that there has been a previous thread on this subject, now closed, but with closure of TOC-run station ticket offices now on the agenda, it might be worth summarising which independent retailers are selling tickets and whether there is scope for an expansion of this service. I'm aware...

I know we've have a discussion on this subject before but it's now closed. I've been watching Gentleman Jack, set in the 1830s, on BBC1, having until recently lived near Halifax. There were several references to the new-fangled railways, in particular the likely effect of railway expansion on...

Someone wrote on a different thread "Buses on the other hand, now there’s a transport mode in terminal decline (outside of London)…" Is this actually true, and if so, what needs to be done to change things for the better? Not sure if this "speculation" but if so please move the thread elsewhere!

There's a new thread about Tees-side Airport but there are other stations with fewer than, say, 1,000 entries and exits per year. Polesworth and Pilning are effectively closed as they have a train in one direction only, likewise Reddish South and Denton. The need for capital investment such as a...

Juck a quick question - what's the name of the junction where the HS1 connection from Ebbsfleet joins the North Kent line between Northfleet and Gravesend? I can't find a reference to it anywhere. And is the line between Southfleet and Fawkham Junctions now disused?

I'm travelling Exeter to London next Thursday morning with suitcase. Are the overhead racks big enough or are there pens at the end of the carriage?

Prompted by so many threads on this Forum about short formations and cancellations. What are the main barriers to doing this? And was it a quicker process in the past, e.g. with heritage or first generation units? And I suppose a related question is “are modern trains just too complicated?”

Afon is the Welsh for river, so River Avon effectively means "River River". But what about Calder, Dee, Derwent, Don, Esk, Ouse, Rother, Stour, Tame/Thame/Thames, Teme/Team, Tyne and Yeo? There are two or more rivers with these names and probably others.

I don't think there's a thread specifically on this subject, although the cost/supply of coal is covered in the heritage railways forum and the Russia/Ukraine conflict discussed elsewhere. A bit controversial now. We are seeing a big increase in energy prices for both domestic and business...

Apart from Marylebone, still 100% diesel, around half a dozen London termini have some diesel trains. I make it six as all Uckfield trains currently run from London Bridge and none from Victoria.

While non-stop runs were an understandable response by heritage railways to the Covid crisis, with its requirement to have allocated seats, they have mostly reverted to their normal operating pattern. But the Dartmouth line will apparently not be calling at Goodrington, Churston or Greenway Halt...