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Reported in The Times today. https://www.thetimes.com/uk/crime/article/palestine-action-high-court-ruling-n3c27nrsz Good. The arrest of protestors was stupid and silly. Another example of the law coming down on what people say rather than on what they do. It’s also an example of how our...

Today's Guardian has what appears to be an accurate report on the replacement of 1R19 07:00 Manchester-London with 3R19 without passengers, as reported here already in post 330 and onwards. It doesn't look good, whatever the reasons, especially if not running the train is supposed to improve...

It appears to be in the timetable - for example https://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/service/gb-nr:C87824/2024-02-09/detailed#allox_id=0 for today's 1H66 11:33 Euston-Piccadilly - that the down Euston-Manchester services have switched to using platform 6 at Crewe whereas the up Manchester-Cardiff...

The Public Accounts Committee reports that it's more concerned about HS2 than ever, following the recent significant cancellations, and will "achieve poor value for money for the taxpayer" with which I concur - I was a supporter until the Manchester part was cancelled and that's not really been...

Available now, mine was posted today. £21.65 from Amazon. I will post any observations and thoughts on receipt.

Split from this thread I don't go to Boots if I can avoid it, which I accomplish primarily by having my prescriptions delivered by post and any other potential purchases I buy online. I always found the pharmacy a miserable experience, lots of waiting around and then finding out they didn't...

I wondered if anyone else had shared my confusion, or was it just a senior moment on my part: I went to Liverpool yesterday and I thought I'd try out a TPE 802 for the first time, I went into Manchester from Wilmslow and then took 9M08 10:23 manchester Victoria to Liverpool Lime Street, calling...

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-manchester-64218024 I wasn't aware of this; National Rail Enquiries says Does anyone have more information on the work taking place at Manchester Piccadilly or is it just something like regular maintenance over the entire roof which affects all platforms...

I don't think I'm duplicating an existing post, and the information from Tfgm required a lot of clicks to find the details, so: 1. Until Monday 21 November, no service on the Piccadilly Gardens to Mosley Street west curve, because of a track fault (points at Piccadilly Gardens perhaps?)...

Today's Sunday Times reports (https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/the-bad-news-rail-fares-are-going-to-rise-the-good-news-it-wont-be-in-double-figures-2c27t5vqb) that fare rises in 2023 will take place in March and will be under 10%, which - by the formula used in previous years based on the...

Stockport platform 3, the down fast platform, has been closed for most or all of the day, Friday 5th. August. Problem appears to be a "points failure" which I think will be at the Stockport No. 2 end, the down end, because bay platform 3A is also showing up as blocked on Open Train Times maps...

Available for 21 & 23 June at https://www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/travel-information/plan-your-journey/strike Hourly to Manchester via Milton Keynes, Stafford, Crewe. Not calling at Wilmslow. Stockport will be closed so Styal line. Hourly to Liverpool "to be confirmed" after Crewe Hourly to...

The Times reports that First Group is "evaluating" a proposed takeover from a US private equity company. First Group runs services for Avanti West Coast Great Western Railway Hull Trains Lumo South Western Railway TransPennine Express London Trams If this were to go ahead, it would presumably...

RAIL 957 May 18 to May 31 pp. 12&13 1652702235 I'm sure I'll understand what this means when I have read it for the twenty-third time or so, and I definitely don't want to have any sort of "ticketing experience" thank you very much, but I'm sure it means something and there has been conjecture...

Given that the forum has some capability for post-processing of forum posts, for example the "automerge" capability, would it be possible to enable some kind of sensible expansion of the three-letter station codes which some people like to use? What I'm thinking is that some people like to...

The BBC is reporting that tram drivers have voted, and 97% of the 300-plus drivers have voted for, strike action. Initially 25-26 September, subsequently 10 October and 24 October. These dates apparently coincide with events in Manchester, but whether or not the dates have been chosen...

Reported in today's Wall Street Journal, the MTA faces financial disaster unless it receives $3.9 billion in bailout funds, having now almost exhausted the $4 billion it received in May. Unsurprisingly, the Republican-controlled Senate has so far rejected the bill which provides the funding. The...

Mod - split from this thread. 2F23 left Crewe at 07:32 and arrived at Piccadilly at 12:03 today, apparently, much ranting on the Manchester Evening News. Not sure if it was weather-related though! https://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/train/Y57971/2020-02-10/detailed "People trapped on broken down...

In today's Guardian, https://www.theguardian.com/money/2019/jun/29/passenger-threatened-with-court-for-using-screenshot-of-e-ticket, is a report of a passenger attempting to use a screenshot of an "e-ticket" with a perfectly readable bar code, but being effectively compelled to pay £161.30 to...