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Running anything off the "triangle" (sorry! ;) ) through Leeds is probably not a great idea. The lines up towards Shipley and Harrogate should probably have services confined to the bays over on that side of the station (platforms 0-6) wherever possible, as this means they can be largely kept...

We've been over the "triangle" question a while back, and everyone knows which routes are being referred to when someone says "the triangle". There may be four "points", but there's no direct trains between two of them so it definitely isn't a "square". Back on topic, what I've heard (by...

Other regular work for 08s would include the subclass with the cut down cabs working that branch in South West Wales they were modified for. Though as I understand it that wasn't a particularly long working, being restricted to a 15mph max speed must have made it rather tedious work.

You can't have it both ways though. The 229 was diverted away from Batley a few years ago because of congestion, were the timings on the modified route updated? If the timetable is too conservative in one place and too optimistic further along the route, then it isn't fit for purpose. Yes...

Thanks all. Due to the angle it wasn't obvious from the photo that the now-demolished viaduct is at a lower level, but I should have realised it was based on the lie of the land between there and Batley Carr. I'd certainly travelled through there while the viaduct was still standing, albeit as a...

The bus is certainly quicker than the train at the moment, as Huddersfield is closed. Even outwith the current blockade the Bradford train isn't running due to the lack of useable platforms at Huddersfield! When things reopen fully, I agree that the journey times to both Halifax and Bradford...

Recently, my brother sent me this photo (I don't have a source for it beyond that, unfortunately) which shows the viaduct adjacent to Batley station with a second viaduct alongside. The presence of the refurbished class 141 means this photo cannot date from any earlier than 1988. This raises a...

Does that not suggest that timetables are unrealistic, and should be rewritten to better reflect real-world conditions? Most passengers know that buses have to run in amongst other traffic, so won't complain about a bus turning up a few minutes later than the timetable suggests- it's only when...

Or places where one team have put in raised kerbs to assist with level boarding onto buses, only for another team to come along and install a bus shelter with a solid panel blocking that raised kerb!

It would be quite amusing if it came up during the current blockade... but no luck so far!

If the railway can manage to get the "changeovers on the move" down to a fine art, there's maybe a case to permit 802s (and other bi-mode units such as the new Alstom sets) do depart westbound on electric rather than filling the trainshed up with diesel fumes... but that could be considered too...

Sonic seem to be a very competent and skilled manufacturer based on what I've seen from them, almost makes me wish I was into the steam era. I've been behaving myself in recent months, but I just had an email from Heljan (or as I've taken to calling them now, Heljascale ;) ) informing me that...

It's technically possible but vanishingly improbable. If we can't bring 58050 back from Spain considering that locomotive's historical importance (last loco built at Doncaster works) then there's pretty much no chance of repatriating the former DLR stock from Essen. It wouldn't be able to run at...

Saverstrips also didn't survive so well in kids' pockets. My junior school teachers each had a folder to store them for the kids who caught the service bus into school, to make sure they could get home at the end of the day. The TfL "Saver" Carnets from around the turn of the century were a...

Saverstrip was a very complicated system though. Different strips had to be printed for each individual fare value, including additional ones for child fares. If your regular commute involved two buses with different fares for each leg, you needed to buy a different strip for each one. Before he...

Saw an early, pre-facelift MK1 Pug 106 at the weekend, in a pale metallic green that I'm calling "spearmint" (no idea what the official name is). Looked in very good condition but not quite "concourse". Unfortunately I was driving so couldn't get a picture.

I had momentarily forgotten that the 180 replacement fleet was now confirmed. AIUI if the application for GC to run additional services to Grimsby is granted, then some 180s will be retained. Though I'm not sure of the timeline for when those services would begin, and how that ties into the new...

That wasn't my experience to be honest. Yorkshire Rider innovated with new routes, and expansion of minibus services which reduced many people's walk to their nearest bus. The decline in Huddersfield started when YR was absorbed into what became First. That's not to say that small operators are...

As I understand it just the active GC fleet- though fitting the rest will now be a known quantity, if the strategy hinted at above is what's happening.

Thanks.