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Any number of repeated episodes being aired on the "Yesterday" TV channel, just now. Currently showing at 6.30 p.m. on Thursday 23rd March 2023 is a re-run of Series 3 Episode 8 (Eastleigh + Isle of Wight) Question is:- Have any/all of these early half hour episodes (approximate length), which...

Moderator note: Split from https://www.railforums.co.uk/threads/stations-on-the-up-better-now-than-they-have-ever-been.244636/ What exactly does "in their uppers" mean?

When the 'Far North Line' was built in the 19th Century, why wasn't the line beyond Tain routed directly across the Dornoch Firth (instead of inland via Culrain / Invershin / Lairg, which adds a fair few extra miles)? Was a bridge / water crossing from Tain over into Dornoch (and then onwards...

What's the main problem with the A555 Manchester Airport Eastern Link (Relief) Road (from the Airport out for eight miles towards Hazel Grove), which seems to flood every time there's anything more of the slightest of drizzles in South Manchester? Built on the cheap? Designed by some work...

Suggestions please for walk-up (day) ticket(s) for the above itinerary, travelling in a 'clockwise' direction after the morning peak. And on the return leg, from Chester, could one then travel via Northwich/Stockport or just via Crewe? Would either an Off Peak (SVR) return, Wilmslow to Ruabon...

Anyone know what's going on at New Street? Seems the concourse has been evacuated a little earlier and nothing is running through the station. Link to local online news story... https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midlands-news/birmingham-new-street-evacuation-live-25399265 Extract...

Anyone know what would have passed Northbound through Ludlow just now. Unadvertised train in between the 1417 for Manchester and the 1450 for Holyhead. Stopped at platform 1 for a few minutes.

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-north-east-orkney-shetland-63326102 What caused the Shetland cable damage? Trawlers? Storms? Something else?!

What various permitted routes might be possible on an Anytime Day Return (£20.50) or Off Peak Day Return (£17.30) between Sheffield and Hebden Bridge, routed "not via Doncaster"? Obviously not via Doncaster! P.S. Would travel via Edale/Manchester ever be allowed?

What routeings are possible on a Manchester Stns to Southport any time/ off peak route "Any Permitted" ticket? Via Wigan must obviously be one possible way; is interchanging at Liverpool South Parkway another? How about via Warrington Central across to Warrington Bank Quay, up to Wigan NW then...

Can a £15.20 Greater Manchester Wayfarer ticket be legitimately used in conjunction with a £17.10 Holmes Chapel->Shrewsbury Anytime Day Return (or £13.60 Off Peak Day Return) on a late morning TfW service that doesn't actually call at Holmes Chapel (which latter station is a boundary station for...

Anyone know anything about the overgrown semaphore railway signal (?) located adjacent to the Station Hotel in Ashton-under-Lyne in Tameside, Greater Manchester? Located alongside the A635 (Park Parade) dual carriageway just to the South of Ashton-under-Lyne town centre and on the other side...

Moderator note: Split from https://www.railforums.co.uk/threads/scotrail-releases-automated-station-announcements.236036 As sometimes were Cold War era "Numbers Station" radio broadcasts. :s Link to Audio file... https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Poacher.ogg

Just a reminder / heads up that the Manchester Metrolink Eccles line (section between Eccles and Media City via Broadway) is temporarily shutting down from end of service tonight (Friday 15th July 2022) until late October for planned track replacement maintenance work...

What exactly does the Network Rail (?) archive Working Time Directory cover? How far does it go back, and how do you search for a specific location?

Any examples out there of avoiding lines (which completely bypass a major station) that are currently still being used, even if occasionally, by passenger trains in service? Such as, for example, possibly might be the case at locations such as Carlisle, Carmarthen, Crewe, Darlington, Inverness...

Suggestions please for walk up (split) tickets for a midweek day return from Manchester Stns to/from Ludlow. (Adult - no railcard, and no advances please). Looking to be on either the 1031 or 1131 departures (direct services ex Manchester Piccadilly), but mindful that some Off Peak Day Return...

Take it that it's NOT possible to successfully claim Delay Repay (for a 30+ minute delay) from Northern following the cancellation of this particular train, as it was presumably cancelled some time in advance of running. (My tickets, from Chorley to/from Arnside, were only purchased at or...

Was on a journey passing by/through Carnforth station on Saturday. What's the current state of play as regards the rows and rows of extremely dilapidated looking (and quite possibly life-expired) rolling stock at the South end of the former Carnforth Steamtown site? Whole place is something of...

Anyone on here ever actually used these? (Contactless ticketing cards for use on trams/buses in the Greater Manchester area. But not valid on trains.) Have to say the system seems a bit half baked and poorly thought out. Almost like some work experience kid has tried to replicate London's...