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I don't think it's a generational thing but it is a shop gaining experience / customer practice thing. When first introduced I regularly had problems using self-scan checkouts at Tesco, now they / I work fine nearly every time, except for the age check items. Yet Sainsbury's at Manchester...

What is the difference between 'proposed' and 'going to happen, not started yet', however worded? Lots of things are definitely going to happen, then they don't. Ask the people in Whitmore Heath (Staffordshire) who sold their desirable houses to HS2! Ask the people who bought properties near...

The is a bus selling Fish & Chips at Ramsgate Street, off Bury New Road heading out of Manchester 'the Dutch Fishmen'. I'll not rip off other people's pictures, plenty available via Google Streetview here: 53°29'43.2"N 2°15'09.0"W I'll leave to others to identify the bus, it's history etc.

A heads up: BBC News article

The difficulty being those pesky local stations for local people at Heaton Chapel and Levenshulme. In one direction the platforms were on the fast lines.

Not entirely correct. I did do my research before posting! The 0830 being the problem bus. Most people would think a bus at 0909 into a train at 0924 would be an adequate margin, but no, not in First Potteries land. 7A 0655 06:55 Biddulph Map 7A 0740 07:40 Hanley Map 6A 0830 08:30 Blythe...

Well, they bought two TALGO sets (11 years old but never used) to use on the new metro line in Lagos. Why not.:lol:

The problem is often sectional running times and not necessarily overall running times. The 6 / 6A dawdles its way from the termini to Meir, Longton and Fenton, often waiting time here and there, then gets held up in traffic on Victoria Road (Fenton) so arrives late into Hanley. If only we...

Timetables can now be viewed on Traveline SW. Seems to be re-timings with yet more running time added. More chance to study the rust spots on every lamp post!

With a blinding flash and a puff of smoke, the promises disappeared. From The Guardian, Sunday 8 October

There are two platforms for Merseyrail, connected by a walkway (removable at some future point) and the Northern served platform is an extension of the main Merseyrail platform, off-set. As per this drawing, assuming that is the final layout.

Well, it depends. If you sell voluntarily ahead of a Compulsory Purchase Order (even with the threat of the CPO hanging over you), that is different than selling through CPO. Somewhere in the cobwebs of my mind is the principle that land/property forcibly bought (CPO having been served) has to...

Ebay. Or Nigeria. They bought some 11 year old Talgo sets for a commuter line.

Exceptional dedication, above and beyond etc. Unless you are the overnight security or something, in which case, carry on.

The arrangements suit the operator, allowing deployment of the 'one bus for every contract' standard, even if that results in an unattractive service. The arrangement results in a less frequent service on the 108 Leek to Ashbourne but the County Council can tick the box that says 'a bus service'...

The Sunday service was a recent re-instatement. I would have used it to go for a walk that way but the bus gets back to Hanley after my last bus home has departed. The weekday service is part of service 108.

I do hope that the initially hourly Merseyrail train connects with the hourly Northern train!

In short no. Nor Kingsbury, Nuneaton Parkway, Rugby Parkway or Warwick University. Galley Common at least made it as far as a (unsuccessful) Restoring Your Railway bid. In longer. Has the proposal progressed beyond being a few lines in the Warwickshire Rail Strategy, approved in 2020? There is...

And the person who buys a house next to a road, which then gets turned into a dual carriageway or has a massive increase in traffic due to a large development nearby, equal comedy gold?

It was by a Michael Bourne of Church Stretton, a regular traveller from South Shropshire to Newark