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I went to the Greggs in the station today for a meal deal but quickly changed my mind when I saw the price was 20% more expensive than a normal Greggs! (I just walked to the Boar Lane one instead!) I’m more than happy to pay slightly more for convenience but a 20% uplift on top of the ‘normal’...

Just on a York - Manchester via Wakefield Transpenine Express service and they seem to have updated the on board announcements! They no longer seem to insist on starting a new. sentence every 3. words although I think the announcer is the same male voice? One curiosity is instead of ‘This is...

Something I’ve noticed during my week in London (mainly on Southeastern) is if the service comes to a halt even for less than a couple of minutes the driver will be straight on the tannoy to apologise and explain what’s causing the hold up (usually a red signal!) In Northern land I find it...

I’ll be travelling from King’s Cross to Sidcup tomorrow and just noticed engineering works are taking place tomorrow so the route is King’s Cross - Victoria (underground) - Lewisham (rail) - Sidcup (rail replacement bus) As I’ll be using contactless after touching out at Lewisham what is the...

I was on the 0558 York - Manchester Piccadilly service this morning (unit 185146) and shortly after boarding I could smell 'burning' - the best way to describe the smell was similar to burnt toast! I thought it might have been coming from the heating but that was obviously turned off in the...

I have been working in Rotherham a lot recently (for my sins!) and even though it only runs 3 times a day in each direction the direct service from/to Pontefract Baghill is rather convenient for me as it only takes half an hour compared to at least double that The not so convenient thing is the...

I have a York - Manchester off peak return Outward portion was just straight through Return I have broken the journey at Leeds today Can I use the ticket on a Leeds - Castleford journey then break again before completing the journey via the Castleford - York direct Transpenine Express service...

Just seen at Leeds LNER services have a luggage message…on the departures screen of all places! ‘Place small and medium sized bags overhead or under seats’ It seems a little unrelated to departures unless placing a bag anywhere other than overhead or under seats will stop the train moving :D

I was in Sheffield yesterday and planned to visit Manchester afterwards, totally forgetting the works at Piccadilly rather than catch a service to Stockport or wherever then a rail replacement bus to Piccadilly journey planner suggested I could catch the 22:27 Northern service to Wakefield...

Does anyone know the cause of the emergency closure of Victoria Underground station last night (around 11pm when I was looking to get a tube) Automated emergency announcement playing at one of the entrances, some staff closing up others, seemed to be sone police presence at others too Not...

I am travelling to Manchester later today from Castleford but need to pop to Doncaster first Returning Manchester to Castleford tomorrow but that'll either be direct (or rather rail to Wakefield then rail replacement to Castleford) or via Leeds Will the £29.60 Castleford - Manchester Off Peak...

Does anyone know if you can obtain a promise to pay for an advance single type of ticket? As in you can select the advance ticket on a TVM and then obtain a promise to pay for the advance price I've been getting a bit of cash as general Christmas gifts and would find good use to purchase my...

I noticed an odd thing in the departures today at Castleford/Normanton/Wakefield Transpenine Express had some rail replacement bus services running... Castleford - Normanton Normanton - Wakefield and vice versa (Seperate to each other for some reason!) However the York - Manchester rail...

I wasn't affected by this directly but was just having a random look at departures this morning and noticed the 08:04 Sheffield - Leeds via Castleford departed Sheffield on time (well 1 minute late but close enough!) For some reason (Railboard said 'This train has been cancelled because of...

I've been travelling on the Manchester - York via Wakefield route recently and noticed today in particular that at some sections of the route (can't remember specific locations off the top of my head) the ride becomes slightly white knuckle...all of a sudden a jerk to one side or the other, if...

Just had an email from Northern... Although I'm sure I've tried around 5 minutes before departure in the past myself a couple of times and it never actually worked!

I noticed by chance the other day the apps for West Yorkshire Metro (MCard Mobile) and Transport South Yorkshire (TSY Mobile) are both developed by 'Yorcard Limited' Why did I notice this...well after a whole year with zero updates they randomly seem to have decided to release an update for the...

Not a rejection (yet!) just checking I've done things right :) Decided to use a Northern return complimentary ticket today, Sheffield to Starbeck Got to Leeds, had breakfast, then found out the Harrogate line was knackered so my intended 10:29 cancelled, 10:59 cancelled, caught the 11:29 Just...

I applied for a job with Northern (in the corporate department) around 3 weeks ago, heard nothing until today when I received the following update :- "We’re contacting you to let you know that unfortunately the role is no longer available and has been withdrawn from our hiring plans." Is that...

I'm curious about the 18:06 service that starts at Harrogate, goes to Leeds then back out to form a Sheffield via Rotherham service https://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/service/gb-nr:W31570/2024-03-25/detailed https://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/service/gb-nr:W32936/2024-03-25/detailed Generally...