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Hi, Just a quick one - Been using a Northern branded smartcard for sometime and haven’t had any issues with it. Got pulled by a person on the manned entrances at Man Piccadilly asking where I’ve come from this morning. I Explained it got scanned by staff this morning at Piccadilly this morning...

Hi, Just checking if you can buy season tickets with rail travel vouchers? They are issued by West Coast Trains Ltd/Virgin Trains. I think they can be used to buy tickets for any operators right? I did ask National Rail in twitter but it seems they weren’t sure: “that is a good question. I...

About 10 minutes ago I walked passed a staff member at Manchester Piccadilly and the baby shark do do song (Google it if you aren’t aware of what it is) started playing through their radio. Then I could also hear it through other staff members. So just wondering, is the radio comms they use...

Hi all, First of, sorry if this is not the right area to post such a thread. Feel free to move it if necessary. Basically I have this memory, not a great one of that of boarding some sort of sleeper train. It had a compartment type area with beds for sure. Unfortunately I don't remember the...

Sorry if this is the wrong area but a bit of an observation this week. Every day this week so far the train which is normally two units coupled together (Liverpool to Manchester Airport via Warrington Central) in the mornings always seems to stop short when it reaches Manchester Oxford Road. The...

Hi all, Got a bit of a question as this morning I was travelling on the 6:45 Warrington Central to Scarborough. Operated by TransPennine Express with a Class 185. Today we came to an immediate stop by Trafford Park station and the staff announced that someone pulled/activated an alarm by...

Hi all, Sorry if this is the wrong forum for this, I normally just read rather than post on here but I have a question. This morning I used the trainline app and bought tickets to travel from Manchester Piccadilly to Sankey for this afternoon. Then the return journey would be made on...