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The circular numbering always confused me, I'd have just done it linear like any other station to be honest. And having 8/9 East and West is just silly, nowhere else uses that, just have A and B. And if it's one continuous face just split it A and B, don't have the confusion of different...

I usually wait for either a receipt to be printed or to be asked if I want one. But it not being 100% clear when the payment has worked is a symptom of not just giving a receipt by default - when one was always issued you knew you'd paid when either a machine or the till operator gave you a...

I've created this thread off the back of this one: https://www.railforums.co.uk/threads/proposal-to-change-the-name-of-glenrothes-with-thornton.306993/#post-7938727 Which is about renaming Glenrothes-with-Thornton to just Thornton, as it's confusing people, not only because it isn't in...

I think it's potentially contractually easier post nationalisation. The initial set of DfTO members maybe wasn't that useful in that sense - you aren't going to get many cases where Southeastern drivers could conduct LNER ones as there's no even vague overlap in their operations, for instance...

On the DayFlex thread I talk about the complexity of Liverpool-Manchester in terms of Permitted Routes and TOCs involved and why it's a challenging one for TPE's trial. But what is the most complex flow in the UK? I mean in terms of TOC validity and in terms of Permitted Routes (these may not...

They may do compared to the mostly airline seated middle section, but there are far fewer of those seats in a 350 than a 730. So it may be true that a 730's tightest seat is more spacious than a 350's, but your chance of needing to sit in such a seat on a 350 is much, much lower. This is how a...

Another odd one today. The 0139 Euston to MKC appears to be cancelled and replaced by a bus this evening but departing at 0155 and with impossible timings that appear to be based on timings by rail. An error, or are they just putting the tiny number of passengers it's likely to carry in a taxi...

I'm presently sat on a Southern "Brighton Express" of the sort that operated traditionally before GatEx started running through. A half hourly GatEx is running just to Gatwick. This, judging by how busy the train was both ways, is quite popular. Why is this pattern operating today? Is it to...

Continuing the non-bus part of the discussion from here: https://www.railforums.co.uk/threads/free-bus-travel-for-young-people-soon-to-be-in-england.302597/page-3#post-7907912 One of the issues here is that the system in a way is contributory. That is, if you haven't paid in NICs you don't...

So every year, this being no exception, we have lots of staffing issues and thus cancellations. What is the cause of this? Is it that the railway is so reliant on overtime and nobody will volunteer? Or is it that they aren't competent at planning the correct number of people to be on holiday...

Noting the sale of DB Cargo UK being mooted, should GBR also have a freight business as a means of generating additional income? Would purchasing DB Cargo UK into DfT Operator Ltd be a good plan to acquire one rather than starting one from scratch? Or would expanding Direct Rail Services...

Seems a bit late in the privatisation day... surely a simpler "you scan it, you get it" approach would work for allocating between GBR and TfW/ScotRail/Lumo/GC? Doesn't seem to be any likelihood of fully DOO (without other on board staff to scan tickets) open access any time soon, and that sort...

Separating this out as I think it's a worthwhile discussion. To me it would make sense to move towards having a "GBR account" which would hold your ticket and reservations together (and could be interfaced with by third parties). So if you wanted to change your reservation on a walk up ticket...

Splitting this one out too... This is the main issue with the Oxford-Bedford X5. It doesn't help that they're using a mishmash of used ex-urban double deckers with seats not designed for the long journey, but even if they fitted coach seats (like say the Transdev 36 or the new Trawscymru...

If those on the Wolves-Cov corridor insist on using intercity services then them having to stand is not unfair. There is a local service on both parts of that route (albeit not a through one) on which they will get a seat if that is their priority. See also XC, where lengthening on runs that...

That's active, not passive. Active is not considered good enough for most fire escape related matters, I struggle to understand why it should be seen as acceptable here. Push bars are alarmed, but generally open mechanically if pushed. Sometimes there are ones with electrical locks - I half...

With all the gateline talk on other threads the fairly big gap of Preston station springs to mind. However gating this station is very difficult because of its curious layout. At present the functionally main (by far the busiest) entrance is the narrow bridge from the entrance opposite the...

This year it looks like I'll be able to go and ride "Imberbus", the once a year bus service to the village of Imber on Salisbury Plain which was taken from its occupants by the army in World War 2 and never returned. Has anyone here done this before and if so do you have any suggestions as to...

From https://www.railforums.co.uk/threads/denied-boarding-hovertravel-portsmouth-to-ryde.303979/page-2#post-7843908 with regard to the Solent hovercraft, but there are larger issues such as Caledonian MacBrayne. So should it be possible for the booking system (Rail Availability and Reservation...

To the mods, I'm not sure if this is best in here, in Other Transport or in General so feel free to move accordingly (as I'm sure you will :) ). I have wondered if transport safety should really be looked at as a whole, and in what way spending might be different if it was? For instance...