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Looking at old bus timetables, to many bus companies, parcels were important. Could this idea make a comeback? Or is it a non starter with OPO?

On some OHLE structures sometimes there is a short bar that comes out of the supporting mast about the same height as the contact wire. They are about a foot long. They look like someone has drilled a hole in the mast and welded or bolted this bar to the mast. What are they for? Best guess is...

Just received this set of 5 books from Leeds Transport History Society. https://lths.co.uk/ Superb quality and lots of photos. Only £35 including P&P. Bargain Recommended.

Seems District Line closed in the area

This is a reaction to the SSP station catering thread . So list your alternatives here. BUT must be close to the train station. Might as well include places to avoid too. 1643127891 I will start with Esquires, 31 Broadway, Bradford BD1 1HA. Nice coffee, and snacks, and 0.3 miles from Forster...

Quarantine cut to 5 days subject to negative lateral flow tests on 2 consecutive days*. Can we expect better reliability from the railway now? * England only I think.

This is a spin off from the next high speed route. But I think there is room to get a bit more out of the existing network with a little civils to speed things up. So where would you get the bulldozer out to reduce journey times? New alignments like bypasses, or just easing a bad curve are...

I think around 1980 they changed the departure posters on stations to not list departures chronologically, but to have an alphabetical list of stations and times of trains to them But some of the stations listed were a bit odd. Lancaster has, for some reason, Lympstone Commando. And quite a few...

In BR days there were appointed travel agents. I think you could buy tickets there, and make reservations. I never used them What tickets did they issue? And did anyone here ever use them? and are there still rail travel agents? Would they be appropriate today, especially in places where there...

Was on Skipton stn yesterday and saw a train from Morecambe terminate. Looked at real time trains this morning and they are all cut back to Skipton. But the timetables on the Northern site have the full Leeds-Morecambe service. What's going on? And for how long? Long old walk from platform 3 to...

I grew up in W Yorks. Before 1974 the bus companies had their own route numbering systems so were usually under 100. But their buses were different colours. So, for example, in Leeds, the 44 from Halton Moor to Stanningley was green(1), while the 44 leeds - Bridlington was red or blue(2)...

Now that bus ticket machines can now scan and record the ENCTS QR code, should it be changed so the council that issued the pass pays the bus operator*. It could be done with a sort of computerised clearing house. Would mean that councils with a lot of tourist traffic would benefit. Why...

Today the 36 is a flagship service of Transdev Harrogate and District. It was when I was a kid and West Yorkshire Road car (WYRCC) ran it. The 36 is in the 1936 WYRCC timetable. Its is a through service. You can see it Here By 1941, it had been split into 2 services. Leeds - Harrogate was...

This was inspired by https://railforums.co.uk/threads/has-an-emu-ever-run-out-of-traction-rail.225915/page-3#post-5449415 Some of the anecdotes on that thread seem to indicate a signaller sent an electric train into non electrified route. So, as per the title 1. do the signalling diagrams in...

In the dim and distant past (mid 80's) my wife helped edit a book by an LNER train driver called Ray Addy. It was published by Dalesman. Anyone know the name of the book and whether there are any about on Amazon/Ebay etc?

Hazy memories - apologies In the terminal platforms at Leeds station in 1970's there was a device alongside the inner face of 1 running rail, about half a coach length long. It didn't seem to have any electrical stuff attached to it. It was close to the buffer stop It was a long bar with...

In the early days of Thameslink they has trouble with adhesion with the cl 319 trains. So they converted a 3rd rail MLV to work in multiple with the 319's and put rail treatment kit in it. Is this an idea that could be reused today? Maybe some cl 153 vehicles could be reused. (The 153 top speed...

if they are going to be airline style, will they integrate with the airline booking systems. Maybe to replace an Edinburgh feeder to a flight from Heathrow or Gatwick A colleague booked a weekend away from Brussels to Barcelona. When the tickets came the first leg was Thalys to Paris then a...

Just got a 1941 West Yorkshire Road Car timetable. I am comparing it to a 1936 one I also have. quite a lot missing. When did shortages really start to bite, staff and buses? I know many buses went to London to replace those lost in bombing. But by 1941? And when were men getting called up in...

Feel free to discuss anything to do with the twice yearly clocks change. But I have 2 questions to start things off 1. What happens to timetables with the extra hour next week? Do trains just wait for an hour somewhere or arrive early. I know not much runs on sat night/sun mornings. Do the...