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For this thread, "Sprinter" excludes classes 158 and 159. Probably not technically correct, but they are a rather different beast from the earlier 15x so my question doesn't really apply to them. A common criticism (with which I agree!) of Pacers and Sprinters is that the underfloor engines...

Not a critique specifically of the quoted post. This sort of thing is said quite often on this forum, and it does make sense. But I'm not sure it's particularly helpful, because IMO the current facilities to do it are really quite poor. Trainline, which is used by a huge number of passengers...

I will be travelling from Ilkley to Bradford next week. Looking on Realtime Trains it looks like these services are a mixture of 331s and 333s. Is there a way of telling before the day of travel which services are likely to be 331s and which are 333s, or is it just pot luck on the day? If...

Just a random thought I had. Most routing guide easements, and all I have personally seen, are followed by the sentence "This easement applies in both directions". Are there, or have there been, any easements that apply in only one direction (and if so why)?

Sat on a train I find myself idly reading the neat stack of orange credit-card-sized tickets I have just been given by the ticket office. I notice there are a few different messages that appear on the back of the tickets, above the magstripe. I can upload scans of any of these at some point if...

I'm looking at tickets from Birmingham New Street to Doncaster on Saturday 8th August. Direct trains leave Birmingham at 3 minutes past each hour. The forum's site refuses to make me seat reservations on either the 12:03 or 13:03 departures. Availability on the 11:03 and 14:03 is good (in both...

This is an interesting point that I thought merited further discussion, so here is a new thread to avoid dragging the quoted one off topic. I do feel that in many places, bus companies seem complacent providing poor service, basically serving only those with no alternative whose business they...

This small business seems to have picked up a few Travel South Yorkshire contracts, including the short-term 195 service which is covering part of the 95 route due to a road closure, and a few local circular routes from Crystal Peaks formerly operated by TM Travel. Does anyone know anything...

My Great Western Railway Delay Repay account has an old email address that I rarely use, which is quite annoying. When I log in and try to change it, the text box for the email is greyed out and I can't edit it. I can edit all the other personal information fields. So a two-part question...

Hopefully a quick one. If I buy an off peak return from Congleton to Doncaster, it comes a "Not valid before 09:00" time restriction. Could I use this fare on the 09:25 from Stockport to Doncaster - even though to make that connection I would ordinarily have to leave Congleton before 09:00 -...

Has anyone found a way to get the Trainsplit mobile app let you book multiple journeys in the same transaction? The other day I wanted to book advance tickets for a return journey, but travelling outbound to one station and returning a few days later from a different (nearby) station. I had to...

A fairly common road layout involves a bus lane with its own set of traffic lights; when a bus is detected the lights turn red for the main traffic lane and green for the bus lane allowing buses to bypass the queue. An example is here, on Mansfield Road, Sheffield (screenshot from Google Street...

I was on a late running train earlier, and the guard announced that to claim compensation passengers should "use the delay repay form on [TOC] website, or if you purchased your tickets through Trainline, look for the refund option, however please do not activate the refund until your journey has...

Why does the St Pancras trainshed lack any general seating at all at the southern end of the upper level concourse (opposite end to EMR's gateline)? It makes the space seem strangely barren, and means passengers waiting for EMR trains all cram into the seats immediately in front of the...

Are there any examples in the UK or abroad of multi-storey bus stations? Past, present and future examples welcome, but I'm specifically thinking of a situation where buses themselves can drive between the levels - not a bus station with other facilities built on top of it, nor a situation...

What taglines have appeared in public transport marketing materials, on the sides of vehicles etc. that are actually awful and at risk of putting passengers off using them? I'm putting this in the buses section as all the initial examples I can think of are buses but I'm sure there are examples...

You used to be able to get from stations small plastic wallets, usually with a National Rail or TOC logo on them, just the right size to hold credit card sized ticket (CCST) stock. I think the idea was that season ticket holders could keep their ticket and their photocard conveniently together...

Sorry for the slightly cryptic title, I couldn't think of a better way to describe succintly! The question is - are there any examples of suffix-lettered bus routes where the corresponding un-suffixed number doesn't exist? e.g. a route 1A where route 1 doesn't exist (or is a completely...

Someone the other day was telling me about how it was difficult to remember the train times from their local station because they weren't "round numbers". What they actually meant was that the times didn't repeat on the clockface, which is a fairly reasonable complaint. But this did give me an...

I was just reminded of the time a few months ago when about a 5 metre section of Crookes Road in Broomhill, Sheffield was closed in one direction only. Inconsequential in the grand scheme of things, but it sent the 52 bus route on an enormous detour, which missed out, by my count, 16 of the...