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should have gone to specsavers :(

Farnworth is the obvious one. On the manc - Bolton line. Do places in bored tunnels where there are crossovers count? Think there are 2 on the Channel tunnel. And the Victoria Line has some. Edit. link to Murphy Construction page where they discuss the farnworth Tunnel, with pictures...

Good point about rewards. best I can find is a John Lewis partnership card which gives vouchers to spend in JL/waitrose. But eye watering interest so you will need to transfer the debt somewhere else sharpish.

I got a manc - brum train a few times about 16:00. It was a clacton Emu and ran via Crewe. Must have been 1995-1996

I am afraid I would bin the voyagers and get a decent set of bi-modes. Not sure I can think of a suitable role for their re-use. I would consider different door locations seeing a lot of their work is short hops between stations with big churn of passengers. Consider some of the extremities. Do...

Thanks for the comments. X19 Stratford upon Avon - Redditch (Stagecoach). An ordinary bus service that wends its way between the 2 towns while serving estates in Alcester and Studley. It was renumbered as an x number about 4 years ago. Stagecoach have painted a double decker in Stratford blue...

Are there any rules about what makes an X number. First in Yorkshire seem to apply it to any services that limit stops for part of the journey, which does not seem 'Express' to me. The X84 to Ilkley does not seem very 'Express' to me. Should there be a rule and what should any minimum non...

The problems in manchester are made worse that trains come from a variety of places, some come through other pinch points like Leeds. Other trains come from places with sub optimal signalling, like Carnforth-Barrow. So you have a blueprint for poor service. maybe the fix to manchester is...

Thanks. decent kit makes happier drivers and passengers...

In the old days there were dual purpose vehicles. sort of half way house between bus and coach. Often with a half way house livery between pure bus and coach. These were used on stage carriage during the week, and express on weekends. Later, they were downgraded to be buses but retaining their...

Has anyone been on a Team Pennine bus yet? Is it better than Yorkshire Tiger was? Any reactions from other passengers?

in the LT Book 'The Story of the Victoria Line, when they were developing ATO it said the feeling was the public would not accept driverless trains. I imagine the technology at that time would have supported platform staff pressing a buttons on the platform walls to (1) close the doors and (2)...

and of course there is DLR. no drivers there.

What about the Vale of Rheidol Railway ? That was part of BR till 1989 but as it is narrow gauge, no mainline train could go on it. Opened 1902, part of the Cambrian 1912, so GWR 1922, BR 1948. p.s the Cambrian had a few narrow gauge lines, but the VoR lasted the longest

Wasnt there a plan for a big underground terminus in London after WW2? Something to do with Lord Abercrombie? The town planners wanted to get he termini out of sight as they thought them unsightly.

wasnt the Holyhead Breakwater detached from the main railway?

Going to go out on a limb here, but i reckon a segregated tramway is more akin to a railway than a street running tram. I dont think driving on sight is god enough, bearing in mind the different environment. So on segregated sections, some form of protection is warranted. Something that will...

Didn't that use the tdm(3) via the lighting wires, the system that was developed for scotrail, and later used with DVT's(1) and electric locos on WCML(2)? (3) tdm = time division multiplex (1) DVT = Driving van trailer (2) WCML = West Coast Main Line 1627994949 what route would they be suitable...

having a website that charges for something that is free elsewhere is a con IMHO

A bigger danger is people coming from abroad to live here with a licence issued by their originating country. Some driving tests are far easier than UK tests, so some immigrants driving skills are woeful. DVLA should be more picky about which foreign licences are allowed to be exchanged for UK...