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Passed through Manchester Victoria today, they have changed the departure screens on the concourse from the 1 train per screen layout to the Piccadilly style, 'Next Fastest Train To'. Also looks like they are now using the Northern Rail digital screens, not the Infotec LED ones that were there...

Apologies if this has been covered elswhere - this has been announced today that the Penistone line will recieve £48m in upgrades to improve journey times and double the current service from hourly to half houry. As a frequent user of the line, I'd be interested see how the service increase...

My local station has just become a Penalty Fares station with Northern requiring you to print out a Promise to Pay notice from the TVM. On my last visit a couple of days ago, I couldn't find the promise to pay notice on the ticket machine so had to pay by card. Has anyone else had any similar...

I think I've noticed an anomaly in Northern's morning peak times services and restrictions. For example, I've been told by Northern for a journey from Shepley to Huddersfield on the 09.29 would be a peak time train where an Off Peak ticket is not valid. If you change the ticket to make a...

With an upcoming trip on the Eurostar, it got me thinking, how many of the 373s have been refurbished and how many are being scrapped? I've been following the thread for the scrapping of the trains and I understand that they're keeping about 8, but I thought I would create a new thread...

A while ago, TPE announced that they were taking over the local stopping services from Northern on the Leeds-Huddersfield-Manchester route as of the May 2018 timetable change. There was an article in the news today about it, so it got me thinking what the timetable would be like. Has TPE...

If you use the Thameslink between St Pancras and Blackfriars, with an oyster card, is it included in the off-peak tube/dlr/overground daily cap for zones 1-2? Also are buses included or do they have a different capping system? We are going on Thursday so may not be able to use the tube if...

Metro have installed platform screens at my local station. On one platform the screen is off completely and on the other displays a welcome message then reboots itself every 2/3 minutes. The time is also out by 12 hours. Anyone know why? Or when they might work correctly?

According to Metro, they are installing new screens at 18 stations, does anyone know what signs of development to look for at the stations? Does anyone also know what type of screens they are likely to install? More information on Metro's website Thank you! :)

TransPennine Express applied to put ticket gates at this station in November 2012. Planning was approved by the local council on 30 January 2013. How long might it take for the ATGs (Automatic Ticket Gates) to be installed and running?