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So for a while now I've thought that it would be a good idea for some lightly used lines to be converted to a light rail system, like the Tyne and Wear Metro, the Manchester Metrolink or maybe even a busway. There was a thread made recently "Have trains had thier day?" where someone suggested...

So the preservation of the pacer units (class 141, 142, 143 and 144) (as well as 2nd generation DMU’s in general) is quite controversial. Supporters say that preservation must move on, that pacers are a part of railway history and so deserve to be preserved. They are also cheap to run, which in...

What’s the best and worst train journey you’ve had? For me probably the worst was travelling home from holiday in Barmouth (west coast of Wales) in August 2019. It was a class 158 (cant remember what station I got off at) on a hot sunny day, the air con was not working and there was barely any...

For me: Journey 1 Colne to Ashchurch for Tewkesbury Colne to Preston - Northern Class 156 Sprinter Preston to Birmingham New Street - Avanti Class 390 Pendilino Birmingham New Street to Cheltenham Spa - Cross Country Class 170 Turbostar Cheltenham Spa to Ashchurch for Tewkesbury - Great...

If you could decide what train services ran in the UK - where they started and finished, what rolling stock was used, how frequent and what stations they called it, what services would you wish to have? Here are some of mine: Preston to Carlisle on the WCML, calling at all stops along the way...

So I had last travelled with northern before the pandemic. I know that during the pandemic they replaced thier pacers and refurbished the rest of their trains, as well as implementing their new class 195’s. Recently I got a train between Hebden Bridge and Burnley Manchester Road - it was a...

So I don’t know if this has been discussed before but for the last few years there have been no direct services from Colne/Burnley/Blackburn to Blackpool South. For some reason Northern decided to split the service in two so that passengers travelling from East Lancashire to Blackpool (who don’t...

The pacers on my local line were withdrawn in December 2019 and it’s been nearly four years since I’ve been on one, and I really want to go on one again.. I know East Lancs Railway runs a class 144 pacer but not very often, KWVR also runs a 144 but much more frequently, although not every day...

I don't know if this question has been asked before, but it's something that I think needs to be discussed. For those that don't know, in the 1950's/60's, rail use was in decline. British Railways gave a man called Beeching the job of evaluating the use of stations/sections of track across...

hello everyone. :) So I’m travelling down to Wales from Manchester. Booked seat reservations and was expecting a nice comfortable journey on a fast, quiet, smooth inter-city train to fly me into Wales. But instead, what do I find? A 2 car 150 sitting there at man Piccadilly. No seat...

Our European friends say thank you to British Rail Privatisation for all their rail savings. We should go back to the days of nationalisation when BR built all the trains like the awesome pacer and sprinter trains not like the modern air conditioned rubbish you see today.

Was looking out the bathroom window when suddenly I hear this thudding noise and a sprinter train (a 150 I think) suddenly comes grinding to a halt. I live right next to the Colne-Preston route between Colne and Nelson and so I see trains passing (quite fast) every day. I have lived there for...

So a new Series of Great British Railway Journeys has started recently and he's been doing a lot of travelling over Northern England and that only means one thing - at one point he's going to inevitably have to travel on... The Pacer! :lol: Throughout this week and the last he's been travelling...