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Without going back through a boring debate on the individual, Ernest Marples politically initiated the greatest review and modernisation of Britain's railways ever. 60+ years later this needs doing again. The circumstances and issues to be tackled now are not quite the same as before, and...

As much say as any other individual I do not think that 'most people' think that now, and I suspect the number will be getting less as the railways' financially profligate ways take more and more taxpayer funding with little semblance of improvement to service (and less and less relevance to...

Welcome to the club! Lots and lots of people already have come to that conclusion - perhaps the railway will then be able to reduce services to cater for a lower demand, more in line with their rolling stock capacity and reduce the pressure on recruitment and the wage bill. If the demand...

Possibly because they have found how convenient, how powerful a marketing tool, it is to have one flat fare ?

Much of retail is not big supermarkets though.....

Plus increase in the cost of bus drivers (employers NI contribution). But don't worry, Air Passenger Duty on Private Jets increased by 50%....... (How much is that going to net then?) 1730298290 But of course none of these goods and service costs are going to increase because of...

I think bus companies will be thinking very hard about whether to make the £3 cap a flat fare or not. On the one hand, simplicity at having one fare, against possibly losing some short distance riders (particularly in those urban areas that may have had cheaper fares). In my area of...

I have always found E* helpful in this regard, but HOTNAT is for the next available train, not necessarily the next train (which may be fully booked). There are alternative trains on the same or similar route (Thalys or DB/SNCB local trains), but Thalys is compulsory reservation and Thalys...

Also it is not allowed to take hot drinks onto 'planes, and the food in the airport is very expensive and security a hassle to bring in from outside [I know you could , but usually people don't] I'm in the @yorksrob camp of 'wet and warm' , but I accept that an increasing number of people are...

(a) too expensive to staff consistently. (b) lack of consistency- so trains do, some don't, some have catering some of the time, but not necessarily available (d). Buy before you board. (c) cost of rolling stock and pressure on fares revenue means that bespoke space for sales not justified...

European Rail Timetable europeanrailtimetable.eu ?

I would imagine it is to distinguish these platforms, some way away from the others, so minimum connection times between them etc can be different?

The line from Cambridge to Newmarket does not seem to be involved in either of these documents.

Holders of South African passports entering South Africa on a foreign passport will encounter big trouble and possibly a fine. Try it a second time and likely proceedings will be started to strip you of your South African citizenship.

All too true @TheGrandWazoo ! At the Authority of my residence, a Bus Service Improvement Plan was produced in conjunction with consultants, an Enhanced Partnership with Bus Operators drawn up, negotiated and agreed, and submitted to DfT. Precisely zero BSIP money was allocated. Later, a...

I would suggest that the general population's view of nightclubs is not comparable to that of road pricing, not matter how sensible the theory of road pricing might be.

I believe it was an important intake and basic training camp for National Service RAF recruits, as well as a maintenance unit and the airship (balloons by then) base. Lots of civilian worker traffic plus RAF for the long distance Birch service, as well as other 'United Counties' bus services...

I think 'very frequent' is pushing it a bit - the Birch service (203M) only ran from Rushden via Bedford and Ampthill to London, and only ever every 2 hours with a few extra weekend journeys. In 1978 the service was extended from Rushden to Kettering as part of a scheme to incorporate the local...

I don't think Keith Jct-Elgin by any route, direct or via either longer route ever double track? (except the Buckie-Portessie section of the coast line). It certainly wasn't in 1950. Was Elgin-Forres either? The original Highland main line (single track) went south from Forres to Aviemore.

I would suggest that the compulsion to accept 'the usual tickets valid on Swiss public transport' (and presumably whatever revenue sharing mechanism of area/period tickets that this would imply, but presumably without any topping up subsidy) would thereby effectively nullify any semblance of...