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Merseyside, Greater Manchester, West Yorkshire, and South Yorkshire all have zonal fare systems that either already cover rail travel, or in Manchester's case will likely do so very soon. These zonal fare systems currently abut one another without overlap, allowing simplified travel within...

To quote myself from the HS2 delay thread: Perhaps an extended termination at OOC will spur TfL (and any sponsor with alternative funding and borrowing arrangements to HS2) to deliver an expanded connectivity solution there than would otherwise have been built? I'm not necessarily referring to...

If one looks at the London rail and tube map, Zone 5 appears to be a bit of a waste of space. Compared with both zones 4 and 6, there are far fewer opportunities for single-zone travel as there are very few radial routes at this distance from the center of London. The only principal local...

mods note - split from here It's less about the suspension being "foreign" and more to do with the ultra light bogies used on new stock. It massively reduces the maintenance burden on both the TOC and NR, at a cost to passenger comfort.

Following on from the Mk1 discussion, which preserved railways currently have serviceable steam locomotives other than those which were designed and built to British Rail standards? BR standard designs have lasted extraordinarily well into preservation due to their relative youth and large...

I have purchased two Advance tickets from Dalmuir to York dated 5th March 2022 with a 16-25 railcard, at a very reasonable £17.25 each, restriction code GC. My published itinerary has me take the 11:21 service to Haymarket - wait for 4h29m at Haymarket - and then board the 17:21 LNER service. I...

I was delayed for 2 hours at Taunton due to a short formed (4 car 22x vice HST) at Taunton last month not being able to board myself, my partner, and our weekend's worth of luggage (a suitcase each). From my reading of the National Rail Conditions of Carriage, I don't believe we're actually...

For those unaware, the RSSB regularly put out challenges for Research and Innovation in the railway sector. Although not present on their latest updates (https://rssb.wavecast.io/), Eversholt seem to have published their "Revolution" Very Light Rail project, which is now doing the rounds in the...

Unless I missed any, the following areas in the network are (or are soon to be) covered by zonal fare systems provided either by Passenger Transport Executives or local authorities: Glasgow and surrounding areas Newcastle, Sunderland, and surrounding areas West Yorkshire South Yorkshire Greater...

This one gets kicked around every now and again, but I haven't found much on it from the past few years. The south side of Ossett and Horbury alone have a large population that would benefit greatly from a good fixed link towards Wakefield and Manchester. The site of the old station definitely...

Moderator note: Split from https://www.railforums.co.uk/threads/rssb-looking-at-possible-extension-of-3rd-rail-electrification.205175/ A really good way of making [3rd rail] lot safer would be to convert it to OHLE...

As per the title, the additional four 331s for the east side (giving the east all 12 of them) mean that there is a bit of a surplus over there now. We have had no confirmation from the Transpennine Route Upgrade work that Neville Hill to Church Fenton will be wired (hence the Speculative Idea)...

This regulation no longer applies, as more recent acts have redefined the rules for minimum service provision. Having said that... The "Railway Regulation Act 1844" (source) defines a minimum provision of service as follows: One train with provision for carrying third-class passengers, should...

Couldn't find much of any information about the disused rail bridge at Horbury here: https://goo.gl/maps/VPNbKeBapieJyG6f6 Does anybody know anything about its structural state, who owns it (I notice there is no contact information for bridge strikes on it), or the land either side of it?

This seems to have been mentioned over in the class 707 thread. Is adding 20m trailer carriages from class 365/465s even possible, and what impact would it have on performance? The class 165s 166s don't exactly seem sprightly off the line, so would the work require engine modifications, such as...

Hello all, Today I was travelling on the outward portion of an off peak return fare between Loughborough and Wakefield Stations (Westgate) with a 16-25 Railcard. On 1S45 between Sheffield and Wakefield Westgate, the train manager erroneously determined that my Railcard was a fake and...

https://www.railbusinessdaily.com/northern-grant-shapps-speech-in-full/ Transport Secretary Grant Shapps, in his statement announcing the transfer of the northern franchise to the Operator of Last Resort, also announced a collaboration between Network Rail and the OLR designed to address issues...

Over on the Abellio ScotRail thread it was suggested that smart ticketing as a paper ticket replacement for the majority of regular rail users. Has this suggestion ever been formally put forward by the DfT, RDG, or any other official body? At present we have a variety of identical but...

Presumably in direct response to the RAIB advice given for the tragic incident on board a 442 amongst others, combined with the fact that more HSTs are due to arrive onto the MML, East Midlands Railway appear to have begun a campaign urging passengers to keep windows closed at all times while...

I posess an EMT era smartcard on which I purchase weekly season tickets between Leicester and Loughborough, which works just fine for me at both EMR gatelines, and increasingly the TMs and RPOs have been able to check it on their smartphones. My overall commute, however, includes lengthy walks...