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    Metrolink station usage

    A few weeks old now, but a someone has done a freedom of information request for usage of the tram stops in Manchester. The full data is in the table in the newspaper report, or you can download it as a CSV file by clicking the "Get the data" link at the bottom of the table ( it won't let me...
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    Warrington to Burnley Manchester Road permitted routes

    Is there a reason why Warrington Bank Quay-Manchester Victoria-Burnley Manchester Road isn't a permitted route for this journey? You can book itineraries from Bank Quay via Preston, and from Warrington Central via Manchester Piccadilly and Victoria, but not Bank Quay via Victoria, which would...
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    Question about bus service registration

    East Lancashire Hospitals Trust currently fund a free shuttle bus between Burnley and Blackburn Hospitals, operated I believe by Holmeswood Coaches. This service is to be withdrawn in March due to budget cuts. The trust have said they cannot attempt to reduce the costs by charging fares as to do...
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    Accrington Town Buses

    Lancashire County Council have decided to step in to fund the network of town buses in Accrington after local operator Pilkington Bus have decided they can no longer sustain these routes commercially. https://news.lancashire.gov.uk/news/vital-bus-services-around-accrington-are-set-to-be-saved...
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    Additional services running during Commonwealth Games 2022

    So next year the Commonwealth Games will take place in Birmingham. Are there any plans anyone knows of for increased rail services to any of the venues? The published transport plan is all very vague, they're "encouraging" you to use public transport but say nothing at all about specific routes...
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    Canadian network partly closed by protestors

    https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/cn-rail-shutdown-1.5463266 So to protest against a pipeline they've shut down the least environmentally damaging form of transport*? *There is however one obvious case in which rail transport is worse for the environment, and that's when oil trains crash -...
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    RAIB report on incident on Romney, Hythe and Dymchurch Railway

    https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/safety-digest-082019-romney-sands/serious-operating-irregularity-at-romney-sands-28-august-2019 I thought things like this were supposed to be in the past, even away from the national network?

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