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66 moved to Starr Gate in April I believe. I assume it’s still there with 717 and 736. They are the 3 with the new safety devices fitted,so most likely to be the ones used when services re commence.

66 did the trip for the Americans on Friday, the new "safety device " is a white box and could be seen on the front by the driver, Its only on one end so the tram had to turn at Bispham loop and then had to run round the loop at the depot before re entering the shed , to ensure the end with...

Yes it was out I saw it, went to Bispham then back 11 am -1300 hrs, they were testing the new speed limiter , its doing a private trip next Friday morning for some American enthusiasts according to the mechanic who was there.

I had a similar e mail a few months back, traveling on a complementary ticket, the only way they knew I travelled that day was via my onboard wifi log on.

"As an Asian traveler just visiting friend and sightseeing in the UK" Not many people sightseeing in the UK buy a 12 month railcard? You seem to have a good knowledge of the barriers being open regularly, given that you are "just sightseeing" Are you telling us the whole story?

Given the mess you are in it might be best to be truthful about the above, If you caught the 3 pm XC train from Manchester to Bristol, you would have arrived within a few minutes of your second ticket purchase of the day(18.13). As for getting off at Stockport an catching the coach (a) there...

What happened on 10/1/21? You bought a ticket from Manchester to Stockport at 14.27 then at 18.13 bought a ticket from Bedminster to Bristol , so how did you get from Stockport to Bedminster in the intermediate 4 hours. Were you on the cross country train from Manchester to Bristol and...

showing as rail replacement bus every day on the northern app

The Bolton -Blackburn line has no service at all today and no bus replacements (same as last Sunday), the only train which ran on the line last Sunday was the Glasgow-Derby Intercity charter.

Why not get the coastliner bus from York to Whitby, £2 each way.

I travelled on that service a lot in the 70s, If i remember correctly it was Liverpool-Preston which then joined the Manchester to Preston, the 2 diesels were removed and an electric loco added, At Carstairs the rear half of the train was detached , and hauled backwards to Edinburgh by a 47...

Would Man Vic- Blackburn work ?, out via Todmorden, return via Bolton

Myself and some friends used Northern a couple of weeks ago, The outbound train was on time. The return trip was cancelled, the station has an hourly service, no major issue as we were in no rush home, we should have left at 1915 , arriving home 2010, The next train departed at 20.15 , we...

http://www.railwaydata.co.uk/mileages/blackpool/?origin=&destination=&via= Starr Gate - North Pier 3.11 miles | 3m 09ch | 5.01 km

A good overview on this site: https://www.aronline.co.uk/ar-cars/rail-projects-the-bre-leyand-pacers-the-dream-becomes-a-nightmare/ More detailed site: http://www.traintesting.com/LEVs.htm

My local preserved tramway has the option of being either a ride or a railway, the main point to consider is the boarding and alighting points, If you can only get on and off at the same station/stop then its a fairground ride, if you can board at point A then get off at stop B or C before...

Have you considered an ex Blackpool tram, mostly built 1930s, shorter than a rail carrage, also avaliable as double deckers, Theres a few beyond restoration, but cosmetically intact currently avaliable for conversion to other uses,

Fishwick's at Leyland had a lot of one-off vehicles. As they were next door to Leyland Motors they were used to test new ideas and often bought prototypes from Leyland Bus. A462LFV was a left-hand drive Atlantean AN69 (export) built 1978, converted to right-hand drive in 1983 and bodied by ECW...

1617792301 Ralph Bennet, the General Manager of Bolton in the 1960s was responsible for the East Lancs Bolton Atlanteans with slanted non opening windows and fibreglass "sunroofs",which were unique to the town (OBN300H) is now the only one of 15 preserved, He then went to Manchester and...