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What's the correct term for the device that's fitted to a train doorway to help achieve level boarding? The following video shows a device fitted to a Stadler Flirt train. Most frequently I hear this called a 'sliding step'. Is that the correct term for it? The following video shows a device...

At stations that are not locked overnight (e.g. stations that are unstaffed or staffed only part time), are lifts operable overnight? I wondered if lifts are deactivated overnight to reduce the risk of antisocial behaviour (but allowing someone who's already inside a lift to exit it). I...

Are there examples of National Rail stations which have their car/taxi pick-up/drop-off areas under cover, inside a multi-storey or decked car park? I am aware of airports that feature this, but not aware of any National Rail stations.

I have seen small, unstaffed stations with card-only ticket machines, e.g. Portway Park & Ride Station near in Bristol; stations which if they didn't have a card-only ticket machine, the alternative would probably be no ticket machine at all. But I was surprised to see that Brent Cross West, a...

I understand that stations such as Oxford Parkway, Bicester Village and Reading Green Park have open plan ticket offices, where tickets are sold from behind a desk rather than via a glass screen from a staff-only room. Do these open plan ticket offices accept cash and give change? Is one of...

I see in various documents that DfT Station Categories are based on trips per annum, e.g. Category C Important Feeder is 0.5m-2m trips per annum. It wasn't clear to me from the documents, is this counted based on entries, or counted based on entries + exits?

I was prompted to post this by reading this thread comparing booking sites (https://www.railforums.co.uk/threads/which-ticketing-app-is-the-best-for-changing-advance-fares-loading-smartcards-etc.290766/) but I'll post this as a new thread rather than hijack that one. I'm a bit disappointed by...

A few weeks ago I used the CrossCountry website to buy one adult and one child Advance tickets with Family & Friends Railcard discount. Later my plans changed, and I needed to add a second child ticket. I went to the ticket office at Middlesbrough Station yesterday and had an interesting...

I made an pleasant visit to the Whistle Stop Micropub at Grantham Station. Enjoyed a real ale and sitting on a picnic bench watching the trains go by. The pub is located towards the south end of platform 1, which is the platform on the east side of the station, nearest the town centre and hence...

I feel a bit disappointed when I see operators buying Chinese-built buses & coaches, due to a concern I have that buses & coaches may be becoming more disposable; an unevidenced stereotype that Chinese-built vehicles may not be 'built to last' or designed to be repaired. Does experience support...

Are there any examples of National Rail stations which have? - - two or more platforms; and - a footbridge/subway to cross the railway, and this footbridge/subway is on the 'unpaid' side of ticket gatelines (perhaps because it's open as a public right of way); and - ticket gatelines leading to...

I'm interested in how the provision of station facilities is limited by whether a station is staffed or unstaffed. Are there examples of unstaffed stations that provide toilet facilities for passengers? Just to be clear, I'm not interested in examples where an unstaffed station coincidentally...

I notice there are numerous examples of older stations next to a level crossing, where due to the level crossing the platforms have been arranged either side of the level crossing so arriving trains pass over the level crossing before dwelling at the platform, allowing the level crossing to...

I saw a Class 350 at London Euston with "Liverpool Lime Street" on its destination display, possibly erroneously. Am I correct to remember that London Midland / West Midlands Rail / London Northwestern Railway used to operate direct services from London Euston to Liverpool Lime Street? Have...

I don't understand the law (in England & Wales) in situations like the squatting in commercial properties described in this news article about Gordon Ramsay's former pub: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-68806116 I understand that the freeholder isn't allowed to use force or the...

I was reading this thread in which the OP has received a letter from a TOC inviting them to a voluntary interview: https://www.railforums.co.uk/threads/prosecuted-with-no-evidence-or-details.265589/ The letter from the TOC states that "The interview would be under the Police and Criminal...

I want to travel outward today (Friday 19/01/2024) at around 16:30 from St Pancras International to Ramsgate. I want to travel back tomorrow (Saturday 20/01/2024) at around midday from Ramsgate to St Pancras International, but breaking our journey for a few hours at Thanet Parkway to see the...

Here's a few comparisons from recent rail journeys in the north of Italy; in the Milan area and Milan to Venice: - I saw much more freight train traffic than in the UK - I saw many more infrastructure maintenance depots than in the UK - it seemed like all but the smallest stations have a yard...

A few months ago I booked a return journey London - Paris - Milan for me, my partner and two young children which will be in October. But today I received an email from SNCF stating "Your train 9251 on 23/10 to MILANO P GARIBALDI has been cancelled because of track obstructed. We advise you to...

That particular quote is from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Rail_Class_58#Domestic_service , but most RailUKforums discussions I have read about Class 58 say the same thing. But something I would like to understand is, what in the Class 58 bogie design causes the increased tendency to...