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Last night I departed my train and as I was walking away from the station heard a bit of a commotion around someone being ‘passed out’ but didn’t think anything much of it at the time (just thought it was a bit of Friday night drama as to someone who may have had a little too much to drink)...

Just had an email through from Northern, sounds good...the proof in the pudding will be at 12pm I guess!

There is an interesting daytime series on BBC1 at the minute at 10am (the joys of working from home sometimes!) about the scams going around at the minute, some ethical hackers have set up shop for the BBC and can 'spy' on the call centre operatives Has the annoying usual 'COMING UP' and 'HERE...

I don’t think TOCs will be rushing to add any extra ‘last’ trains for quite a while considering they’re struggling enough as it is to staff what they’re currently timetabled to run! Outside the forum it does seem the preferred option for a lot of people is just jumping in a taxi or booking a...

I've only just started using PlusBus to my advantage (I suppose previously I was travelling to the office daily so a bus operator weekly/monthly ticket worked out at either the same or better value for the journeys that I needed to make) I do find it slightly annoying however how there doesn't...

Sadly not limited to the railway, the other week a couple of PCSOs were assaulted by a gang of kids in the Harrogate (another area you might think of as 'posh') McDonalds As a kid growing up in the late 80s / 90s sure I got up to a bit of mischief now and again but always had respect for the...

For people worried about being locked out by their bank...just open another account with a seperate banking company! In fact I've got to the stage where I have quite a number of current accounts because there are quite good incentives on offer now and again for switching them to other banks...

Is the (obviously closed down for quite a while now!) Blockbuster Video still literally the first thing you see after stepping off the train at Morecambe or has the building been sold now? That was always quite an odd sight! My problem with visiting the Morecambe area is every time I see it on...

https://www.wakefieldexpress.co.uk/news/transport/passengers-disgusted-by-lack-of-progress-at-wakefield-kirkgate-station-as-network-rail-and-grand-central-dither-3635162 It is quite embarrassing how you get off a train at Kirkgate on Platform 2 or 3 over the past 3 years and are greeted by a...

At Leeds there is usually a 'stopper' train to Sheffield on 17A and a 'express' train to Sheffield on 17B departing within 5 minutes of each other Although if you want a stopper station anywhere after Barnsley probably still makes sense to catch the express and just change at Barnsley then wait...

Oddly enough the token Castleford - Huddersfield rail replacement services are still in the timetables from May which doesn't seem to make any real sense if the rail service is never coming back!

Something that annoys me about these cuts is there can also be an impact on ticketing Now I can either catch a peak service in the morning and pay the price...but the 09:30ish service has vanished never to be seen again presumably so the earliest off peak service is 10:00! I also read they're...

Reading a couple of groups on Facebook it seems the level crossing gates at Castleford (near B&M / Burberry) have been stuck for at least a couple of days now which doesn't seem to have any impact on the running of rail services but obviously motorists are having a bit of a tricky time! Anyone...

Has the last service to Castleford on a Saturday from Leeds (23:00) always terminated at Castleford? Seemed a bit odd not to just run it through to Knottingley, so if you want Glasshoughton on a Saturday from Leeds the last service is around 21:00 and Pontefract Monkhill 21:30!

Have Northern made a few tweaks to their TVMs recently? It now seems MUCH quicker to be able to just do a search for your destination, and then select something simple like a Day Return without any fuss Maybe I'm just imagining things but it all feels a bit more streamlined than it was a...

I've never had any fraud, but I have my general bank account for spending which I only keep £100 or so in at any one time (with no overdraft or similar), if I need any more money I have a seperate bank account with no card linked that I can just transfer money from in seconds using my mobile app...

Stand just outside Leeds station (either the 'main' entrance or the taxi rank entrance) and if you don't get approached by at least 5 people begging within half an hour you're doing something wrong! I think a lot of them have refined their stories since the lockdown to try and get you to an ATM...

Update on this...the claim was accepted and free tickets on the way in the post :) Even if it did take them 21 days to process the claim! (although in fairness I logged a different delay repay claim with them on Friday night which has been processed at the same time as this one!)

This has been going on several weeks now Me and a friend got caught up in it yesterday, just wanting to travel from Wakefield Kirkgate to Normanton and found the 16:49 cancelled Luckily as it turns out there was a 16:47 rail replacement service lined up (from Huddersfield) although we were...

I know the ticketing isn't based on mileage but it is quite amusing how I go from Castleford - Harrogate for £11.00 off peak day return (previously £10.70...although amazing how that rounded up number feels like a lot more than 30p for some reason!) which is the exact same 25.8 mileage as a trip...