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Does anyone know what the issue is in the Manchester area. I’ve been stuck in Preston since 5pm having been booted off a service from Windermere, and nothing seems to departed or arrived from the Manchester direction for a few hours There is no information as there as few staff about and...

Does anyone have any experience of luggage storage in London (ideally near Kings Cross) where I can leave a bag during the day before checking in to my hotel in the evening (and the reverse when I check out) I know the official Excess Baggage Company storage at the station can be expensive, it...

mods note - split from this thread https://www.railforums.co.uk/threads/ecml-major-disruption-91107-fails-at-knebworth.301508/unread Every year we hear reports of failed trains with unbearable conditions being left stranded for hours on end, people taking matters into their own hands etc. Its...

Here are two old West Yorkshire MetroTrain maps from 1989 & 1990 for your interest In 1989 Wakefield Line trains are shown as running to Scunthorpe (did they?) Swinton, Dodworth, Berry Brow, Steeton and Silsden shown as opening in 1989. Altofts still open as were Park, Miles Platting...

It’s reported on the Metro website that Yorkshire Travel Group trading as Yorkshire Buses are shutting up shop as of today https://www.wymetro.com/plan-a-journey/travel-news/bus-travel-alerts/yorkshire-buses/ They’ve operated a small ever changing fleet and ever changing network of services...

Does the closure of York station this weekend (and on various dates to come) restrict the usage of class 802s on the main North Transpennine core between Leeds and Manchester? Most if not all services today seemed to be in the hands of 185s, many of which were short formed operating with single...

Is it known what sort of time of year LOTS produce the London Bus Review? On their website http://www.lots.org.uk/ they are still talking about the 2023 review on the publications page despite it now being almost October

I’m going to be travelling from Reading to Grays in Essex and are trying to work out the cheapest way to do it. The whole journey would be in the off peak except for the Grays to London part which would be in the afternoon peak An off peak return is £48.40 although isn’t suitable as it doesn’t...

Does anyone know what works are happening tomorrow as there seems to be more disruption than I expected The only Transpennine Express crossing the Pennines seems to be Manchester Victoria to Brighouse running once an hour only. There are no other services at Brighouse and nothing at all at...

mods note, split from this thread https://www.railforums.co.uk/threads/transpennine-route-upgrade-and-electrification-updates.88054/ Is it known what the service pattern will be therefore in October with no bays or platform 4 to terminate stoppers in?

How many under cover indoor bus stations are there in the UK? For the benefit of the doubt, this is where if a bus is parked on the stand and it starts raining, the bus will stay dry, so bus stations where its nose sticks under an overhanging roof don’t count First ones that spring to mind are...

A new report has been published today by Lord Blunkett in conjunction with Yorkshire’s 3 Labour mayors detailing a plan to improve Yorkshire’s rail network The News article is here...

Does anyone know if the organisation that used to produce The Londoner bus magazine/newsletter has ceased trading? It used to be published every other month but suddenly stopped at the start of the year. There was a one off ‘summer’ edition but then it has stopped once again The company was...

Since about 14:45 this afternoon, services have been at a stand at Manchester Piccadilly due to trespassers on the railway The overhead electricity has been switched off

In regards to Go North West, what are they running from Heywood, is it just service 163?

The previous Bee Network thread seems to have been closed, so I’ve had to create this new one TfGM have announced various frequency increases on the services that will join the Bee Network in Phase 2 from 24th March https://tfgm.com/the-bee-network/bus-service-changes

I travelled from Guide Bridge to Wigan on Saturday. Due to engineering work there was only one train per hour between Manchester and Wigan North Western, so some itineraries I was being offered included going via Warrington and using TFW and Avanti Would this have been valid with the normal...

Since start of service on Friday 5th January, Bradford Interchange bus station has been closed This is due to ‘damage thought to be caused by recent severe weather’ The railway station is unaffected but is only accessible from the outside footpath, the entire lower concourse where the shops...

The West Yorkshire Mayor Tracey Brabin and the West Yorkshire Combined Authority have today launched a consultation on bus reform in the county https://www.yourvoice.westyorks-ca.gov.uk/busreform There are many documents to get your teeth into about proposals of how services would be grouped...

I wasn’t entirely sure what forum to put this in as it’s a publication but not a railway one. Has anyone noticed how since the new editor took over it seems to have repositioned more towards the industry market rather than the enthusiasts end it used to be, presumably competing with the...