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I'm very confused by this event and how it is becoming a but of a "thing" (this one is tied up with 200 years but I'm sure there was something similar under Shapps' stewardship). What does it aim to achieve? To draw attention to people that trains are now only affordable when there is a...

I got off the Northern York - Leeds shuttle on platform 7 the other evening, which then involves a bit of a schlep down Platform 8 to get to the ticket gates. Platform 8, as usual, had all sorts of bins, electric buggies, benches, people, etc. and so most people were walking on the train-side...

I know that Bradford Crossrail is essentially Godwin's Law on this forum (other nominations include Edinburgh South Sub and Skipton-Colne), but one question I have never seen answered when digging through the archives (although correct me if I missed it) is what the proponents of such a through...

Hello all, Myself and the good Lady Allwinter are hoping to travel to St Ives in Cornwall in September. We're not too precious about dates right now, but we are interested to see whether the train journey is even vaguely feasible / affordable or if we should just drive. A couple of issues with...

Was on the 10:56 Leeds to Skipton service (unrefurbed 333 if any one wants to know) and after a relatively short stay in a field to the south of Shipley, we were re-routed upto Guiseley, the idea being that we'll reverse there and then head back on our merry way to Skipton. Wondered if anyone...

Obviously the wider shift in timetables means that fast services from Leeds to Manchester are switching from Piccadilly to Victoria. I knew this to be the case but I didn't realise quite what an impact it would have on commuters - suddenly Leeds to Piccadilly is now always a minimum of an hour...

I was walking through Leeds yesterday afternoon and was struck by how every platform is fully wired and yet every train bar 1 (a 333 in P3) was belching diesel fumes, including the 185 I'd just got off.* This struck me - are there any other stations fully wired with such a great proportion of...

I've been wondering for a while how this seemingly random commuter route came to be a (relatively) isolated little pocket of electrified railway. Why was it wired - does anyone know? I had a search through various threads and I couldn't find either the answer or an appropriate thread to ask...