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Many moons ago when I was about five years old, I remember watching part of this documentary series with my father, as I was already interested in trains at a young age. As far as I'm aware, Derail was only ever shown once on British television, probably as it was broadcast shortly before...

I've got a three day trip to the West Midlands planned later this month, using a variety of trains, trams and buses across the conurbation. I'm looking at obtaining a Swfit card but because I'm terribly thick, I'm not sure I understand how to use it. There's a £8.80 Daytripper which I'm planning...

Very interesting to see that self-proclaimed Brexit Hardman, Steve Baker, has come out swinging against the National Service proposal. I think we're less than a week away from Tory party discipline completely breaking down.

Jeff Morss is still going in Suffolk, quite a well known character on once-a-week services into places like Felixstowe, Ipswich and Stowmarket. As recently as 2019 he was running a 1988 Volvo B10M with a SETRIGHT ticket machine. Pretty sure it wasn't DDA compliant but hey ho. :lol...

One route which really needs a frequency boost is the N9, every time I've seen one it's been full to bursting, which is not surprising given how useful it is for Heathrow shift workers. At present the frequency is every 30 minutes every night, but it could easily justify the sort of frequency...

That's excellent, many thanks! :D

Ah, I wasn't aware there was a increased peak service on this branch.

I spent time earlier this week trying to get more Networker mileage under my belt, given its uncertain how much longer the fleet have in service. After a few frustrating moments where either 707s (not brilliant but at least they're bright and have charging points) or 376s (dingy, miserable, the...

I was wondering if there were any plans to improve the service on this branch of the Piccadilly, what with the 2024 Stock arriving soon and the potential resignalling of the line. At present there's 6tph off-peak between Acton Town and Rayners Lane, of which 3tph continue to Uxbridge. While an...

I'm sure this question has been asked dozens of times, but how did Wisconsin Central get permission from the competition authorities to buy all three of the BR railfreight franchises, plus Parcels and the remaining bit of Railfreight Distribution? Given how active the Monopolies and Mergers...

I assume the Felixstowe and Sudbury branches would have to remain with 3 cars at the absolute max.

I assume some of us here have had weird transport-related dreams from time to time (if not I should probably be sectioned!), so I thought I would start a thread for them. I had a particularly weird one last night, somehow a cross between the London Underground and Robot Wars. I was in London...

Having enjoyed several incredibly busy Greater Anglia trains between Cambridge and Norwich recently, it got me thinking about the future of this service. It's always been busy and I remember it being nightmarish in the days when it was operated by 170s (even worse when 156s or 153s ended up on...

Didn't feel unsafe at all, it was 8am in the morning and I had a tight connection to make at Stratford.

I know, but I wanted to have a pop at the big groups, even if it was on spurious grounds. If we can't do that then we've lost our way as a forum. :( Back to the topic in hand, was there any significant competition between Chester and Crosville/PMT/First?

Let me have this one please :lol: I know Arriva registered an entire set of competing services in early 2007, which felt a bit like Darlington 1994 all over. I'm not sure how that was resolved but it certainly was the beginning of the end for ChesterBus.

Does anyone have any memories or insight into the final days of this municipal, because their demise seems to be among the more sadder cases in UK transport history. A once-thriving municipal reduced to running superannuated buses and eventually being bullied out of existence by Arriva and First...

This morning I was at Blackwall DLR station with two heavy bags, so I thought about using the lift to get onto the Bank/Tower Gateway platform. However, when I went over to the lift, I spotted a tent and at least one homeless person asleep within it, so decided to leave it. It did get me...

I thought that might be the case, and I imagine there will likely never be a need for them to be cleared now the fleet is being concentrated at Northern. I don't suppose any have been dragged by locos through Greater London, maybe to Eastleigh or to depots like Hornsey or Ilford for any work...

I was wondering, has there been any instance of a Class 323 working a passenger service into Greater London? I know these units have likely never gone anywhere near the capital due to them being a Regional Railways fleet and not Network SouthEast prior to privatisation, but in the 30 years they...