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On a number of weekends, the only through trains from Manchester to Leeds are via Bradford. Added to which, Leeds - York trains are diverted via Castleford. So - are there any easements allowing travel from Liverpool and Manchester to the north east via Sheffield and Doncaster instead of Leeds?

The 1929 Crewe to Chester extended to Swansea via Shrewsbury and Cardiff today. The departure boards at Crewe simply said Swansea P10 with nothing to suggest to normals that it was in fact going to Chester. Meanwhile Shrewsbury passengers were directed to rail replacement buses. And I heard no...

With the move towards cashless payments, it will be interesting to see how many UK coins are ever minted bearing the head of our new King Charles III. Low denomination KCIII coins could become particularly rare given the numbers currently in circulation. Mintage figures can be found at...

Hooton station (730k entrances & exits/year + 94k interchanges) is in the middle of nowhere. It's about a mile down a poorly lit road to the village of Willaston and a little less, maybe 1 km, to Hooton itself. The bus service is poor, hourly SSuX, with none at all in the evenings or at...

Yesterday I planned to return from Euston to Little Sutton with a booked seat (and off -peak SVR) on the 2027 EUS-CRE, connecting on to 2229 CRE-CTR, 2300 CTR-HOO, 2327 HOO-LTT. The 2027 to CRE and PRE was obviously going to be a tad late but was shown on the boards at Euston as "Boarding...

Despite being a keen gricer, I am seriously put off by trips where passengers are expected to stand for long periods in windowless brake vans. Why? Most of the trips round Scunthorpe steel works these days are in brake vans. They last for hours. And I once did a short trip down a freight...

https://www.facebook.com/FriendsSettleCarlisle/posts/advance-noticethe-friends-of-the-settle-carlisle-line-are-pleased-to-report-that/1396493189179709/ Avanti West Coast are running shuttles from Crewe to Carlisle via the S&C over Easter. Can anybody who has experienced these diversions...

Are rail tickets valid on Victoria - Rochdale Metrolink trams during this weekend's engineering works on the railway? Or are passengers headed for Rochdale, Calder Valley line stations or Burnley obliged to use the rail replacement bus?

I had the misfortune to pick up the 1801 Newcastle - Liverpool TPE working at Durham yesterday only to find the 5-car set ramjam full of Everton and Newcastle supporters. Realising that this might be the case, I had successfully upped my Seatfrog 1st class upgrade bid from the top of a bus with...

Serious problems for passengers on the Southport line today which was closed between Hall Road and Liverpool before the game. It had reopened by the end. Trains from the Wirral line were very busy before and after - I have seldom seen so many passengers on the Ellesmere Port branch. The...

Why do some "not permitted" routes become "permitted" for longer journeys and vice versa? For example, Hooton to Crewe is only permitted via Chester (CH) and not via Liverpool - while Hooton to London is permitted via Liverpool & Crewe (EV) or via Chester & Crewe (EJ). Similarly Hooton to...

Many NR stations have poor bus links but few can be surprising as Llanelli. The railway station is just short of a mile shy of the town centre (and bus station) down a busy main road in a heavily built up area. Yet it is only served by the infrequent and very indirect L1/L2 circular. It seems...

I picked up the 0900 Milford Haven to Manchester at Llanelli this morning and was only slightly surprised to find it was a very busy 2-car DMU. I assumed it would be strengthed at Swansea or Cardiff. On arrival at the far end of P4 we were told our train was going out of service and we should...

The little used Llynclys section of the Cambrian Heritage Railway should have been running today but they couldn’t find a driver for the 142. Luckily I was able to get to Llangollen instead for the 1515 trip before going to the Eisteddffod tonight.

Why do TfW make it so difficult to buy Heart of Wales 1-day (I493) and 2-day (I511) rangers which are excellent value tickets for circular trips from Shrewsbury to Llanelli out via the Heart of Wales and back via Cardiff (or v.v.)? These cannot be bought online or on the TfW app. And they are...

Why do some concert organizers make attendance so difficult and uncomfortable for older patrons? I would love to go and see the Wolfe Tones at the Pier Head in Liverpool tomorrow night. But tickets are £50, it's standing only, you're only allowed to bring one small bottle of water in and no...

Are connections from the Nenagh line to Dublin Heuston guaranteed? In particular the connection from the Saturday 1855 arrival from Limerick on to the 1858 departure to Dublin Heuston which is the last of the day to stop.

A number of NR, TfL and tram stations such as Holloway Road (Arsenal) and Gunnersbury (Brentford) are exit only after football matches while Holt Town and Velopark (Manchester City) are closed completely. And I believe Stadium of Light (Sunderland) can only be used by those heading north while...

If I buy a NR ticket from the north to Wembley Central (not via London) & have to change at Harrow & Wealdstone, can I use my ticket on either the Bakerloo line or Overground for the last RW-WMB leg or must I confine myself to the Overground?

The Chester Station Tap opened a couple of days ago. It has 8 handpumps, currently selling mainly Spitting Feathers beers plus a couple of guests. Very welcome for those of us with 20-25 mins plus for connections.