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Not in a nasty way Philip as we are all there to some degree but you really were "born too late" as they say - another thread yearning for the resurrection of yesteryear. No is the answer. I am a preservationist - I love mechanical signalling, I work signalboxes as a hobby and as part of that...

Hi Kath. I have no idea if you've tried this or feel comfortable doing so but as you've visited the station have you tried or considered talking to the staff there informally about how things are? It might help you to feel more comfortable about visiting talking to the staff as individuals...

Where I grew up in the West Midlands the West Midlands Travel/TWM/National Express, whatever you wish to call them drivers and most passengers had it down to a fine art. Cash in vault, destination stated, ticket from machine external to the cab in seconds. The driver didn't touch the cash or the...

The 222s can be very hit and miss with reservations unfortunately, they're getting rather elderly and it's not at all unusual for them to struggle to download them.

They aren't - they just haven't got the foggiest idea of what the PRO are. They're not mentioned in front line training at all in the UK, thus unless you wish to get legal they may as well not exist. I've been a train guard for years and never seen any reference to them outside this forum and...

Standing by my train at Manchester Piccadilly earlier I couldn't think how terrible the public perception must have been. Northern train after train after train cancelled. TfW cancelled. Avanti from London all heavily delayed. My own train was very busy with people delayed from elsewhere. Get...

The Master Cutler up HST set in the morning used to run Sheffield - Chesterfield - St Pancras via the Erewash (Alfreton/Toton) and non stop through Leicester. Ceased some years back now.

Nah, just due to engineering work.

The fire system activated on a vehicle whilst the train was in the tunnel, some smoke was noted which apparently didn't enter the saloon and the train carried on to Grindleford station (as per design, the fire system won't immediately cause the train to stop) where the passengers were initially...

Happily (in terms of being less complicated for me!) for the most part I think "period return" tickets where this might apply have more or less exceeded the cost margin in my area where this might be the case. Certainly years ago though where they hadn't I'd have never thought to apply a minimum...

I sell loads of return tickets though, whereby intentions for a return journey might not so obvious.

I have to say one thing that has occurred to me, and it's not a dig at either side, is that these railcards and restrictions have existed as far as I know for nigh on 40 years and have managed to tick along quite nice, as far as anyone knows, ever since. What has changed to suddenly make the...

Not insured is always an odd quote. I can't imagine many if any front line railway staff have the foggiest idea what their employer's insurance policy says about things in detail, I've certainly never seen any more than the certificates of public liability insurance posted on health and safety...

I've always found that to be a bit of an urban myth in my years on the railway. Sure, if you have a choice of several at risk trains to use a spare/service recovery crew member for, pick the last one - but otherwise you generally can't make someone come off another train to cover a last train if...

Yes, they're entirely capable of running independently. Usually on depot transfer moves or similar. You could also for example couple a driving car with a gangway on to the cab end of another unit, there was no need for the corridor connection to actually be used. As it happens 15x DMUs can...

You have to set the railcard type to set up the excess and our Worldline MTIS machines don't as far as I recall allow you to remove the railcard filter selection on the excess screen. I will have a play though and report back.

Generally with e-tickets it's reasonably easy to make a bit of a judgement call on this kind of thing. My usual way of approaching it as an inspector is as follows: A week or two into September - explain that the price difference for an anytime ticket isn't a bug in the app before/after 10am...

You're best taking photos of the damage and your location, making a note of when you think it might have occurred and contacting the Network Rail helpline to see if anything has been ongoing that might have caused said damage at the time.

Yesterday 2 cows were hit of around 15 loose, with one coming to rest on the bridge over the M25 and the other being sent down the embankment. This morning there were further reports of hitherto unlocated missing cows, and this evening 1G55 hit a further unaccounted for cow in the 4 foot at line...

The caution had been removed it seems following trains in each direction reporting no sign of the cows. The farce continues as they're apparently back on the line this morning.