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The most prolific publisher of train or bus books at the moment seems to be Amberley Does anyone have an opinion on these titles? In my opinion they often come across like as if the book needed 100 photos, and the author had 100 photos to choose from, so everything is going in, no matter how...

Am I right in thinking that the following services are the ones that Northern run with electric units in the North West? Liverpool Lime Street - Wigan North Western (2 per hour) Liverpool Lime Street - Blackpool North via Wigan North Western & Preston (Semi Fast) Liverpool Lime Street -...

Has anyone got hold of the April edition of Today’s Railways I’ve been in two different WHSmith’s and neither had it despit the on sale date being the 11th March?

West Yorkshire Combined Authority have announced that they are proposing to move to a 'digital first' information strategy, this includes stopping producing printed bus timetables and passing this requirement either to the operator, or to an on demand service for the non-digital savvy customer...

https://twitter.com/bbclooknorth/status/1103468553611677696?s=21 Is what the BBC are saying in tweets this morning, followed by lots of replies slating Northern, demanding they lose the franchise and the like. But when you actually get far into the article, what they are actually reporting on...

I haven’t found a thread that fully covers this, apologises if there is one. How many class 170s are now in service with Northern, and on what services are they operating?

The RMT have announced that the industrial action is going to continue for a further 3 Saturdays across February. This is on top of the current action which is running every Saturday in January. What is odd is that the 4th Saturday hasn’t been included, what is special about the 23rd February?

In my area (it doesn’t matter where) there were Bus changes yesterday and yet again people are ranting and raving on social media about how the changes have been made without notification, or that buses have missed not realising it’s because there is no longer a bus at this time. Of course...

Milton Keynes as we know it is 51 years old So why do the buildings in Central Milton Keynes look modern by today's standards, and not horrible dated concrete carbuncles like the 1960s was known for? The other new towns that I've been to such as Washington, Skelmersdale and Runcorn, do have...

Grand Central are once again cancelling vast numbers of services this weekend Yesterday the 1318 Sunderland & 1548 Bradford were cancelled and the 1957 Bradford was curtailed to run only as far as Wakefield. There were inbound cancellations as well. Today the 952, 1653 & 1822 Sunderland and...

Does anyone know who this operator is? They have an ex Metrobus Scania East Lancs double deck, still in Metrobus’s blue livery, which was seen in Bradford I think I’ve got the operator name right from the legal

So when it was announced Northern were finally getting new rolling stock and the pacers were being withdrawn, it was seen as a fairly decent deal. But now we've had the Greater Anglia new franchise announced, and now the new Wales & Borders franchise announced with almost entirely new fleets as...

I was in Norwich the other day observing the First operation which seems to be on the up compared to previously, and I note they’ve brought back the Eastern Counties name rather than calling it First Norfolk and Suffolk. Anyway, I caught either an X1 or X11 from Norwich to the coast and the bus...

Grand Central seem to have cancelled all their Bradford services in and out of London Kings Cross today, and have also cancelled one of their Sunderland services. This is on top of frequent cancellations over recent days. They are blaming ‘more trains than usual needing repairs at the same...

Does anyone have any opinions on the newly refurbished Preston Bus Station. On one hand it’s a shame we’ve lost the ‘frozen in time’ 1970 signage referring to Ribble Motor Services Inspectors Office and the like, but on the other hand it’s good there refurbished it keeping all the original...

Is there any pattern or logic to what services get despatched at Leeds. Obviously VTEC services do, but some Northern services do despite only being a 2 car pacer, is it certain platforms or certain types of service or stock?

Go North East have recently decided to stop printing paper timetables. Of the recent service changes in September, only a few strategic routes like the X9/X10 have received new timetable leaflets, all the other more run of the mill routes are now available online only. To make matters worse...

I've tried to find this info but without luck. When this service is introduced, what will the stopping pattern be between Newcastle and Edinburgh, and will there be an effect on the calls made by other operators along this section? Also which of TPE's various types of upcoming stock is...

Has there ever been such a small number of double deck options that bus companies have on offer to purchase new. In bodywork terms it's basically just either the E400MMC or the Streetdeck/Gemini 3, with the E400City in a small number of cases and the MCV Evoseti in even rarer occasions...

If I select a journey from London to Ashford International, I get a choice of fares, a cheaper one 'any permitted' or a dearer one 'any permitted including South Eastern High Speed' If I select a journey from Stevenage to Ashford, I just get one fare (off peak return £40.90) 'valid any...