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Sensationalist rubbish or actual concern? https://then24.com/2021/10/20/the-e-vehicle-climate-friendly-until-it-burns/

2 pix taken by a colleague of a train and Hammerstein Station on 20 Oct 21

DO NOT DO THIS STUFF!!! I grew up in Leeds in 60's & 70's so lots of back loader buses with no doors. A dare that did the rounds was to stand on the platform with your arms round the centre pole and swing 360 degrees round it while the bus was moving! I tried it and fell in the gutter. Nice...

I have been following https://www.railforums.co.uk/threads/bemus-and-on-route-charging.222106/ The discussion has got round to whether there is enough slack in the supply to the 3rd rail network to support charging BEMU's for Uckfield. Which leads to the question. Is there spare capacity in...

Is it just a splitting distant colour light? Sorry, no idea of location.

A man in the South Side of Glasgow goes to his local station. "Single to Karachi please" "Sorry pal, we can't give you a ticket all the way there. Try asking again at Glasgow Central" So he does. "Sorry pal, here's a ticket to London, try again there". TIcket office at Victoria says "Sorry sir...

There is a load of old paper bus timetables out there. Many are ending up on Timetable World. But these paper timetables are a thing of the past Yes we can capture the current timetables timetables But there is a shedload of current data in the Government Open Bus Database. I think that should...

Loads of back issues of railway interest magazines on offer for 99p a copy. Digital only - you can only read them on their reader. No paper copies or downloads. Modern Railways going back to 2011 all at 99p except for last 2 months. Other titles too. May be worth a look... Not my company...

Are there any rules about what makes an X number. First in Yorkshire seem to apply it to any services that limit stops for part of the journey, which does not seem 'Express' to me. The X84 to Ilkley does not seem very 'Express' to me. Should there be a rule and what should any minimum non...

I have never driven a bus and have rarely driven an automatic car. I got a stagecoach 508 bus from Hartsop Lane near Patterdale to Kirkstone Inn today to get back to my car after a walk. (As an aside what a nice stone bus shelter at Hartsop with a bench.) When we got to the steep bit the bus...

I am going to Leeds soon. I want a plus bus ticket. (£4 for all of west Yorks buses for the day for £4 on top of the return rail fare) Can i get one from the guard if I board at an unstaffed station? It will be a northern train. Also can I get a West Yorks train and bus day ticket from a guard...

I remember an industrial dispute in BR days about 'flexible rostering' Can anyone explain what the dispute was about. And what was the resolution?

I got a 1936 West Yorkshire Road Car Ltd timetable the other day. I was pleased to see that the 36 (Leeds - Harrogate - Ripon) and 24 (Harrogate - Pateley Bridge) were there, and they are still in use (OK the 24 only goes to pateley now. It used to go to Lofthouse, further up the Nidd valley) I...

Moderator note - posts #1 - #13 originally in this thread: How critical is the return of passengers and busy trains for railway jobs? | RailUK Forums (railforums.co.uk) but in the supermarket, one staff member can manage 10 self scan tills. the customers do most of the work, only needing...

Help. I would like to know the role of the traffic Commissioners, what they controlled, etc I am really interested how it worked before bus de-regulation. Can anyone point me to a book or website on the subject, please? Thanks

There is a good website about buses - petergould.co.uk - but there is nothing about who Peter is, and no contact details etc. And his domain name runs out in may. Does anyone know anything?

hope you can open this... https://www.facebook.com/MarksHistory/videos/1945977325530229/ What happened to the stock when it closed? Anyone know?

I thought it was a requirement for all stage carriage bus companies to send real time tracking data o the national database from this year. So how come some are still not doing this? North Yorkshire County Council not showing tracking data on their service buses, of which they run quite a few

Travelling to Settle late one night recently, I noticed a set of red wig wag lights low on the track just North of the Settle Junction down starter. I am sure Settle Jct box was closed when I went past, but I was driving so didnt get a proper look. What are these for? Are they a permanent...

I thought quite hard about where to put this. but as its a current question I plumped for here. I am doing indexing for timetableworld(dot)com. So I am examining bus timetables from 1960 - 1974 Most timetables have many pages about rail/road ticket availability. It seems you could travel out...