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One of my early jobs involved taking the "control sheet" to the Control Office. This was the list of required moves that had arrived too late for us to arrange in train planning. I very quickly learnt to put it on their table and exit as quickly as possible before they had time to check how...

It's like how Royal Mail keeps making stamps more expensive. Just reduce the size of the stamps! Half the size, half the paper and printing costs! 1715106808 Plenty. If staff are unavailable the facility is unavailable.

Or, maybe, a reopened railway would mean some extra visitors (who do not wish or are unable to drive there) while the current visitors continue to come by car. I note, for example, that Betws-y-Coed retains a rail service, but the contribution made to the local economy by those who use that...

The advice given by @Hadders is important and you should follow it. But can I ask what the section highlighted above means? In what way were you using the railcards interchangeably?

My recollection whenever I used it was that the York Mail was always a Class 40 when leaving York, and yes 21.50 was the departure time I recall. 1714907273 The mind boggles at how route and traction knowledge were matched up for a Class 50 to Fraserburgh ! (Though there were some ambitious...

The mails would have left York before the 2000 off the Cross reached York, surely? On the main point I certainly recall being hauled by a 50 from Crewe to Inverness overnight in the early 1970s.

But they are not the regulatory authority so are not relevant to the matter of DBS

Can anyone id what worked today's 0M42 1320 Leeds - Crewe Basford Hall move?

Good point.

North Staffs will be busy!

Also important to note that some drivers (a very small number) are not members of ASLEF so will work normally. Also that some TOCs and freight operators are not involved. Freight trains will run normally; in fact in the absence of (many of) those pesky passenger trains they may well run better...

Saltley Seagulls would be first into the gaffer's office. "I could do that job boss. I sign York, went to Darlington last year and once met a man from Hartlepool."

This might work on a Euston-Glasgow (first stop Warrington) but is the guard on a Crewe-Manchester stopper, picking up passengers eovery few minutes and with station But it has been ever thus in many cases. Plenty of smaller stations where barriers never existed; plenty of trains where onboard...

"Are supposed to be 8" according to whom?

Vegetation obstructing progress or signal sighting?

Setting aside the legal position* the postcode is very useful to the member of staff as a quick google will establish whether the address given matches. Have seen it used - ended with the BTP meeting the train at the next stop! * I wonder if there is case law on what constitutes an "address"?

When you say "He asked for my ID numerous times but I honestly didn't have it" do you mean: A. He asked for your name and address which you declined to supply, or B. You gave your name and address which he asked you to confirm but you had no means to confirm, or C. He never asked for your name...

I believe this is correct. The OP seems to have confused two different issues of Gift Aid and VAT. As stated by @Krokodil Gift Aid can only apply to donations, and VAT exemption only applies to a fare paid to another location. Many years ago I remember discussing this with someone involved at...

Hotel chains do not expand to meet every peak demand.

I am reminded of a poem that appeared in a bus industry staff magazine at the time (late 1960s ?) when fashions changed from miniskirts to maxiskirts (i.e. ankle length). Conductor, glumly taking fares, Watching girls going up the stairs. "Now that they are wearing 'maxi' Might as well drive a...