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Many moons ago when I was about five years old, I remember watching part of this documentary series with my father, as I was already interested in trains at a young age. As far as I'm aware, Derail was only ever shown once on British television, probably as it was broadcast shortly before...

I've got a three day trip to the West Midlands planned later this month, using a variety of trains, trams and buses across the conurbation. I'm looking at obtaining a Swfit card but because I'm terribly thick, I'm not sure I understand how to use it. There's a £8.80 Daytripper which I'm planning...

I spent time earlier this week trying to get more Networker mileage under my belt, given its uncertain how much longer the fleet have in service. After a few frustrating moments where either 707s (not brilliant but at least they're bright and have charging points) or 376s (dingy, miserable, the...

I was wondering if there were any plans to improve the service on this branch of the Piccadilly, what with the 2024 Stock arriving soon and the potential resignalling of the line. At present there's 6tph off-peak between Acton Town and Rayners Lane, of which 3tph continue to Uxbridge. While an...

I'm sure this question has been asked dozens of times, but how did Wisconsin Central get permission from the competition authorities to buy all three of the BR railfreight franchises, plus Parcels and the remaining bit of Railfreight Distribution? Given how active the Monopolies and Mergers...

I assume some of us here have had weird transport-related dreams from time to time (if not I should probably be sectioned!), so I thought I would start a thread for them. I had a particularly weird one last night, somehow a cross between the London Underground and Robot Wars. I was in London...

Having enjoyed several incredibly busy Greater Anglia trains between Cambridge and Norwich recently, it got me thinking about the future of this service. It's always been busy and I remember it being nightmarish in the days when it was operated by 170s (even worse when 156s or 153s ended up on...

Does anyone have any memories or insight into the final days of this municipal, because their demise seems to be among the more sadder cases in UK transport history. A once-thriving municipal reduced to running superannuated buses and eventually being bullied out of existence by Arriva and First...

This morning I was at Blackwall DLR station with two heavy bags, so I thought about using the lift to get onto the Bank/Tower Gateway platform. However, when I went over to the lift, I spotted a tent and at least one homeless person asleep within it, so decided to leave it. It did get me...

I was wondering, has there been any instance of a Class 323 working a passenger service into Greater London? I know these units have likely never gone anywhere near the capital due to them being a Regional Railways fleet and not Network SouthEast prior to privatisation, but in the 30 years they...

I thought I'd open this thread to cover an interesting period in London bus history, covering tendering, privatisation and the lead-up to the formation of TFL, plus copious talk about bus types after all. :lol: I have a few questions relating to MTL London Northern. Was the London Northern...

I remember this company being all over the railway magazines back in the mid-2000s, with their 31s, 33s and 47s popping up almost everywhere on the network (and on Top Gear in the case of 31107!). They seemed to be prospering with the Wessex Rail contract and giving old BR locos a new lease of...

Outside of the East London Line running overnight at weekends and sleeper services, are there any scheduled passenger services nowadays which reach their terminus after 2am and before 5am in the morning?

Are there any scheduled services for SWR 455s on the Hounslow loop services nowadays, or are these completely booked for 450s? Would be nice to get a 455 through Chiswick and Isleworth before they are finally withdrawn. I appreciate they still appear on the southern part of the loop between...

I only travelled on the East London Line once before the closure and upgrade to London Overground standards, which was in August 2007 between Whitechapel and Canada Water, and it really was an incredibly fascinating backwater, the likes of which we'll probably never see again in London. I was...

I attended the Pulp concert at Finsbury Park on Saturday night, and due to the organisers kettling 45,000 people out of one exit of the park it took nearly 45 minutes to get onto the Victoria line platforms. Although partially a rookie move on my part for not taking the smart path and walking to...

Does anyone know anything about this company, as incredibly they are using Bristol VRs on Glastonbury shuttle services this year! They appear to be farm worker vehicles rather than preserved VRs given their condition. Looking on the Rob Sly website, they still have 16 VRs in their fleet, which...

I had several journeys on this line in the past week, and I noticed that the overhead gantries look almost ancient. This is very noticeable east of Guide Bridge where the line to Stalybridge is slowly being electrified, the shiny new equipment on one side and the massive iron contraptions...

As a regular gig-goer at the Kentish Town Forum, this closure is going to be a pain in the proverbial! It does make sense though.

I was wondering how the Anglia region's DMU fleet was formed between the early 1990s and the mid-2000s.Looking on Flickr (a reliable medium if there ever was one!), it seems like Norwich Crown Point received a batch of almost new 156s in the early 1990s to clear out 1st generation DMUs, but...