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Two days on the trot now overhead cabling faults have seriously disrupted Virgin services. With the advent of much improved battery technology I would like to see third rail pickup systems used in conjunction with batteries and maybe fuel cells. The third rails could be positioned in safe...

This has happened to me twice recently - arrived at an unfamiliar station to find my train cancelled. I need to know which train I can catch that stops at [Sheffield], but the destination boards on the platforms only show the final destination, you have to go to the platform to see where the...

I've been trying to get some sense out of a TOC, but they don't seem to understand my question which is: I will be buying a cheap day return from Sheffield to Bradford and back via Leeds. On the way back I wish to break my journey at Wakefield Westgate. So far so good. However, some trains...

As a youngster in the last days of steam I used to travel through Standedge Tunnel from time to time. Near one end (can't remember which) there was some sort of warning device that banged on the top of the roofs of the carriages. You could hear it banging along the length of the train. Can...

From March 31st 2014 people with a South Yorkshire ENCTS won't be able to use it on trains. http://www.travelsouthyorkshire.com/transportchanges/

Following a discussion elsewhere, does the team think the place a train stops should be called a "Train Station" or a "Railway Station"? Applies to the UK only please.

A thought occurred to me whilst idly blasting a set of wheels. Do trains have regular inspections akin to a road vehicle MOT test? If so are they done by an independent body?

Whilst planning a journey Leeds > Sheffield > Leeds I notice that certain tickets don't allow travel via Doncaster. I'm thinking of the situation where a friend rings me up from Leeds and invites me up for lunch, I drop everything, go to the station and buy an off-peak day return. After...

I recently made a return trip Sheffield <> York, via Doncaster (Calling at Doncaster without changing trains) I can use my bus pass on any train service in South Yorkshire so could I have bought a return ticket Doncaster <> York and used my bus pass for the Sheffield -> Doncaster and...

Had a trip out to the NRM at York yesterday (11/12/2013), first time I've been in decades. Went direct from Sheffield, investigated using my bus pass to get to Leeds or Doncaster, but for the small amount saved I took the least risky option and bought a Sheffield <> York off peak day return...

Wanting to spice up my life I decided to take the train to Stocksmoor to test my newly acquired Acer tablet computer, loaded with Google Maps and a Speedometer app. On the outward journey (Sheffield to Huddersfield) I couldn't get a GPS signal so that put a damper on that one. Got off at...

Had a day out in Sowerby Bridge - used my bus pass to get to Huddersfield then bought a day return to Sowerby Bridge. The last train was a Northern Trains torture chamber, stinking hot, noisy and rattled like a bag of bolts; the sooner they get hybrid technology into these DMUs the better...

Fancied a day out at the ELR 1940's weekend in Bury. :D I decided to take the train from Sheffield as I haven't used a train since 1983 (apart from a few heritage lines). Booking online was fairly straightforward, but by specifying the times I wanted to travel implied to me that I'd be...