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Hi. Just looking for advice about how to clear this bit of track. Preferably on a Monday, as that’s when I’ll be travelling from Horsforth to Chelmsford and I’m looking to clear some line en route.

Transport Made Simple, best known as the parent company of Central Connect have reached an agreement with the Go-Ahead Group to acquire its Go East Anglia business. Go East Anglia operators Konectbus and Konectbuses will join Transport Made Simple’s existing operations, which operate under the...

Is it still the case, does anyone know, that tickets from London should be issued as from Boundary Zone 6 and tickets to London issued as to the outermost station in zone 6 on that line? Seems to be a grey area. Obviously in most cases the fare should be identical but it isn’t always.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/crewy5472gxo bad bad day for the railway. This is going to make driving between Essex and Kent more attractI’ve and undermine train travel between the two counties. If anything this should either be a new heavy rail line. Or a light railway. And combined...

There may be a bit of a generation gap on this. Im 56 and I do still tend to listen to albums maybe about 75% of my listening time. And I could probably bore you all with a list of about at least 200 albums that I’m perfectly happy to listen to in full without skipping a track. But when I say...

Apologies if this subject has been covered before, but I do suspect they may be more common in the UK than one would initally suppose. Famous examples are of course Isle of Grain, Thorpeness and Leysdown. And I suspect the majority will be on the coast. Although I understand there are some...

Apologies if this had been covered in a thread before, but I was wondering about this. I can think of: Great Britain (obviously) Isle of Wight Portsea Island Isle of Sheppey Anglesey Holy Island Monicreiffe Island (in Perth) Any others?

Looking into staying in Worcester in the late spring with a friend. As it is a part of the country I'm completely unfamiliar with, I'm all ears to suggestions for a day out by bus. Either an out and back, or maybe a 'triangular' journey brining us back to Worcester. I guess our interests would...

I don't think anywhere is going to beat Chelmsford on this.. The only regular double decker operated routes are the 70, the X30 and various school routes, none of which go through the main city centre.

I'm looking at the 2013 edition of S.K.Baker's Rail Atlas and there is a bit of track I haven't done and I'm considering going to Kent tomorrow. It is the small section of single line which leaves the Maidstone line just before the junction with HS1 and rejoins the line just after it. Is it...

wa-hey! https://www.theguardian.com/science/2021/feb/18/nasa-perseverance-rover-mars-lands-life

I must admit to generally being in favour of the BBC Licence as a way of funding the Beeb, although it is admittedly a pain when the direct debit comes round. But from conversations with others, I have only fairly recently discovered just how much resentment there is among a lot of people in...

Anyone else buy a Brennan JB7? I think I bought mine in 2013. At first I was well chuffed, but I found it wasn't that great as a CD player, especially as it had no facility to programme tracks. And the CD playing function packed up on mine after about 4 years, and I realised rather than pay...

Just coming over the news. Aged 67. An absolute amazing drummer. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/amp/entertainment-arts-51072190

In June, myself and a friend are looking at staying a night in either of these towns. Having never been to either, I would welcome advice about which is the more interesting town to stay in. eg general ambience, interesting shops, pubs, etc.

I must admit to being a little surprised that Ive been unable to find any mention on the internet about someone seeking to do this mow quite substantial system in one day. Surely someone out there must have attempted it? I guess it is because its not as iconic as The London Underground or say...

On the recent First Essex discussion the general consensus of opinion was that Chelmsford's local bus services were in a bit of a mess, after various routes were being tweaked and had bits bolted on from withdrawn routes etc So I thought if anyone was to design a new, hopefully commercially...

It's occured to me that there doesn't seem to be a thread dedicated about how and when to do difficult or rare bits of track. (or if there is i can't find it) So I thought I'd create this one. The idea being advice about how to do the odd bit of line that either only has available to...

Not sure when this is likely to happen but I'm looking into spending a day track bashing around Manchester. It will probably be on a Friday for obvious reasons, as I'd like to to get the Stockport-Guide Bridge line in. So any information about odd working and bits of line that get very few...

Are tickets from/via Nuneaton to/via Coventry accepted via Rugby? This has come up because the Cross Country Trains from Stansted Airport to Birmingham are often late when they reach Nuneaton and so people miss the connection to Coventry.