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Moderator note: split from https://www.railforums.co.uk/threads/broad-green-station-liverpool-refurbishment.248746/ Just demonstrates the lack of urgency for projects of a specific local importance by a regional TOC. The state of Northern's stations in Greater Manchester quite literally...

I was wondering whether, under a privatised railway, which policy seems to have worked better? Larger geographic franchises operating solely as regional or inter-city focused (e.g. VT, EC as well as possibly Midland Mainline and Transpennine), or; Smaller and more defined franchise areas...

I'm trying to find a thread on this but I haven't so far... Liverpool Central's Wirral Line platform re-opened yesterday, has anyone had a chance to go see? All I can find is: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-merseyside-19373512 Can sort of get a jist of it here...

I came accross this picture of 508123 at Eastleigh: http://album.atomic-systems.com/showPic.php/68947/Merseyrail07.jpg Did this actually happen or is this some kind of manipulation, since it's linked on UK Train Sim?

I noticed that bus replacement services running on 16/17 January on the Borderlands line are continuing to Birkenhead North over Bidston. It seems about time that ATW recognised that chucking off passengers at Bidston in the middle of engineering works is as much use as sticking them in a...

I noticed today that these devices to hold electronic departure boards have been fitted at each station between Gwersyllt and Hawarden (Wrexham General, Shotton and Bidston already have them). I don't know about Wrexham Central yet, but there was a new PA system installed there last year which...

I've seen a few of these "translator vehicles" top and tailing EMUs during Merseyrail stock movements through the Wrexham-Bidston line. e.g. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nqt0604mbc8 How do these things work? I assume they "translate" diesel traction into electrical power, but during...

http://arrivatrainswales.co.uk/010311StrikeAction/ Arriva tweeted that their easement policy for advance tickets for the upcoming Sunday strike will be published on Friday. I've bought an advance from Wrexham to Cardiff some weeks ago for this Sunday. Their replacement bus timetables...

Not that I'm a fan of reservations in the first place... I've noticed on the last few long-distance journeys between Cardiff and Wrexham there has been no seat reservation printed on the reservation ticket, and on boarding the trains, there have been no reservation slips on seats. So far I've...

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Probably barely even news, but I've never known ATW to do this so... I have noticed that twice in the last week ATW have had two guards on the 150s on the Wrexham-Bidston line. Its probably the worst line I know of for fare dodging; there aren't any ticket barriers and no ticket buying...

Today I saw a Silverlink-liveried class 150/1 at Cardiff Central... unbranded but I presume it was operated by FGW. Are these from the promised LO/LM cascade for 2010? :)

I can't remember the rules exactly, I know you can exchange an Advance for £10 or Anytime for an excess, but what are the rules for exchanging an Off-Peak ticket (pre-bought) for a different date? The silly auto-fill on the Arriva website strikes again...

Although it has been a long time since privatisation in my lifetime, one of my distant family members, who emigrated to Australia back in the early 90's, recently flew over, and having used trains recently around the North West, was surprised of how privatisation hasn't had much effect on the...

Just an enquiry! How much does the usage of jointed track affect the speed, and type of trains that can ride upon it? I know my local line, Borderlands line, is primarily still jointed, which took 142's off it a good few years back, because of their rickety-racketyness which was intensified by...

Living in ATW land, most of their 80's stock has been refurbished to remove the former 2+3 seating arrangement in their Pacers and Sprinters. Having not had much experience of the stock before W&B's refurbishment scheme, I often sit and wonder how the hell does a 3+2 arrangement actually fit...