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I haven't been able to remember every puzzle since I started playing, and can't remember if Shrewsbury has been used twice in that time... But if it has, it means there's no point in finding out what stations had come up before, as there's nothing to say they won't come up again. In the last few...

*Reliant Robin. <( (sorry, but it really grinds my gears, that. Nobody ever seems to switch the order of ANY other car, but for some reason loads of people do it with Reliant Robins. Just Robins too- I've never heard anyone say "Scimitar Reliant"). Though you do hear people say "E-Type Jag"...

But if the replacements aren't suitable, they aren't suitable. It's a bit baffling that Glossop is always the "go-to" place to put them considering the constraints of that line. Stokes, Crewes etc. are more suited to 350s but AIUI all the West side electrics interwork to some extent. We can have...

That's my trick... Don't tell everyone! :lol:

Nobody would be suggesting this if the 350/2s weren't homeless though. Indeed if someone did they'd probably get shouted down for adding another "microfleet". Changing the timetable in order to work more efficiently is one thing, changing it to increase overall capacity by using the "circular"...

Lichfield City was a tricky one. I started at Leeds so got the first letter, and in trying to work out where there'd be two 5 minute journeys to get there I went for Liverpool Central (I'd momentarily swapped Moorfields & Central in my head)... Of course the game assumes a walk anyway if going...

I vaguely recall some discussion somewhere about how DC to Uckfield would be problematic as it couldn't all be fed from Oxted as 750v DC needs more frequent feeders and there was no suitable existing power lines to feed from. Although IANAEE (the final two letters standing for Electrical Engineer!).

Saw a taxi in Dewsbury yesterday which was plated for Ashfield in Notts.

Wasn't there an issue with grid supply that prevented DC to Uckfield? Or at least pushed the costs beyond what BR were willing to fund?

Yesterday's (#69) was nice and easy with starting close to home!

That would be great, if only they weren't (mis-)using the word Metro for buses. "Merseybus" was right there! I had a proper look at the Weaver Network signage at Mirfield today, and the logo that's been chosen is frankly rubbish. It looks like they copied Wakefield Council's old logo (still...

Indeed- I used the late evening service on the final day of service to Ravensthorpe in December. Of course meant that the standard hourly stopper from Leeds to Huddersfield is diverted to and from Bradford Interchange, outside of services at the start and end of each day to get units off and...

Hopefully everyone who wants to still do today's puzzle will either be done by now or will steer clear until they've done it- I don't know how to do spoiler tags! I started at Leeds as per usual, but was thrown off until I remembered it uses data from the Sunday timetable... Initially I went...

Accurascale's latest announcement: MoD ODA wagons. Thinking about getting a 3-pack to run with my 31... :)

Just be glad it wasn't a Class 67... The "You wouldn't just put everything through as carrots" shopping bag is a winner for me!

Most of the cabs round my way have both branding for the operator, and Uber branding. The operator has offices in Batley, Dewsbury and Heckmondwike (and possibly other towns too) which are all in Kirklees, but some vehicles have "foreign" private hire licence plates.

I've travelled on buses in the past with an assortment of four-legged companions. Including a trip from Huddersfield to the PDSA at the far side of Bradford (3 buses) with a rabbit in a cat carrier, then back again with the same rabbit minus two organs!

So do the decision-makers at the Department for Transport, clearly... hence the decision being (mostly) reversed. I can see the argument though, concentrating the longer-distance services at Piccadilly made sense on paper. Just a shame it didn't make much sense based on the railway infrastructure!

This is a much more fiddly discussion since taxi/private hire licencing was liberalised, as you can see locally-based cabs with plates from distant local authorities. See the discussion about Wolverhampton-plated cabs. Rail Replacement work can send taxis quite some distance at times. I once...

Yesterday on the M62 westbound near Chain Bar interchange (M606) saw a mint condition Vauxhall Combi (Corsa-based van with raised roof in the cargo area) on a 51 plate. Flew past me at about 80mph!