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Where else around the world other than the UK and Ireland do they sell British style Return tickets? In the UK and Ireland all of our trains and most of our buses sell Return tickets which is a ticket valid for one outward journey and one return journey. It gives you a discount compared to...

Why does Bordesley have such a limited service and has had such a limited service for so many years? This one really baffles me so i wonder if there is a sepecific reason for this? It currently has one train a week in one direction only. The exception is on football match days when it gets a...

I am looking for some examples of trains were both portions call at the same stations after dividing or before attaching. There are still some of these. Some current examples i can think of are: • All of the current Aberystwyth and Pwllheli splitters have both portions calling at Dovey Junction...

I understand that once HS2 opens some sort of transit train people mover will be built to link the Airport with Birmingham Interchange station. However there seems to be very little information on what exactly this will be. Will it simply be an extension of the current cable hauled people mover...

With the 313s very likely being withdrawn in a few months at the May 2023 timetable change what will happen to Guards at Barnham and Brighton depots? Would i be correct to presume that they will all simply be converted to OBS or will some lose their jobs? If they get converted to OBS will they...

How many level crossings with bells are still remaining on the railway network today? I can think of all of the following ones which seem to still have bells: • Ashwell (Langham Road) Rutland • Brook (New Road) Surrey • Charlton (Charlton Lane) Greater London • Chilworth (Sampleoak Lane)...

There always seems to something in the news about Eurostar and passport control causing delays. There is a new thread about this in the international section that has just been posted. So i thought i would start a thread in the speculative section about what should done about this. I think what...

What is the reason why all Southern Rail 377s that go North of Clapham Junction towards Watford Junction and Milton Keynes Central still require a Guard onboard? Is there any reason why these services never went DOO when all of the other services did a few years ago? I know all the London North...

It has always baffled me why no ferry company has ever thought to start a ferry service between the UK and USA ever before. I have always thought this would be such a popular route. There has always been so much tourism of British tourists visiting the USA and American tourists visiting the UK...

I was under the impression that Irish Rail was 100% DOO except for the cross border Dublin to Belfast locomotive hauled trains and the once a day in each direction Newry stopper between Dundalk and Newry only. However i have just now seen this video on the youtube (between 01:18 and 01:58...

On the Electrostar trains (the 375/377/387 definitely all have this feature so i presume the 357/376/378/379 do too but i am not 100% sure) there is a feature where the driver can open (not release but actually open) all of the doors. There is a button that the driver can press to open all the...

I only ever travelled on the 707s once under Stagecoach SWT ownership which was on the 17th of August in 2017 which was just before the First SWR franchise started on the 20th of August in 2017 just a few days later. It was a ten coach train formed of 707 003 and 707 005 and i believe it was the...

I was just reading this thread and discovered that Lumo (which itself is a ridiculous name for a TOC) use the job title "Customer Driver" for their drivers: https://www.railforums.co.uk/threads/incident-on-20-27-lumo-train-28th-december.241308/ Customer Driver has to be the most ridiculous job...

Brighton & Hove still sell the scratchcard one day Network Saver bus tickets. These can be bought from the Brighton & Hove travel shop in Brighton and over 100 convenience shops all over Brighton and surrounding towns. There are even a couple of convenience shops in Tunbridge Wells and...

I am looking for some examples of platforms where you can only alight (ie all trains that call at that platform terminate there with no through calls and no originating trains) and examples of platforms where you can only board (ie all trains that call at that platform originate there with no...

Are there any countries that still issue Edmondson tickets on their railways? I know many heritage railways still issue them but i am only talking about normal public railways. I am not referring to heritage railways and museums etc. I believe that, Bangladesh, India, Myanmar, Pakistan, Sri...

So today is the first year when the shuttles from T123 to T4 and T123 to T5 have not run on Christmas Day (today there are rail replacement buses) as in all previous years these trains have still run. Also on previous Christmas Day there has been a few late trains on other routes arriving after...

This has been briefly bought up in the thread about councils that should have their name changed but i thought i would start a new thread to discuss this to avoid going off topic on that one. Does anyone else think that our whole council system is a complete and utter confusing mess with no...

Does anyone remember the Post Bus services? I would love to hear if anyone else used these buses and have any memories of it? I have used the Post Bus many times over the years. I grew up in a rural village and used the Post Bus multiple times a week when i was younger as it was the only bus...

According to the National Rail Enquiries app there is a Lumo train stopping at Arlesey tonight in the very early hours of tomorrow morning. It seems an incredibly random place for a Special Stop Order to be arranged. What is going on here? Why are Lumo calling at Arlesey tonight? Is this a...