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Would drivers also have to return the courtesy and visit the DfT occasionally to see the pressures government deal with?

I agree the rail industry shouldn’t be reliant on overtime working as heavily as it is. However, if the unions were genuinely interested in putting a stop to it they could do it right now. Have their members stop working the overtime requirements and the TOCs would soon start making...

If it walks like a duck and quacks like a duck..

Bring Sunday into the working week, spreading cancellations out across the entire week whilst additional staff are brought on. Or maybe the additional staff won’t be needed, must be some staffers out there who rely on the overtime to top-up their pay checks. The hold the unions have over this...

As someone who suffers from IBS and got stuck on a tube train for 70 minutes last year, I can tell you it’s not nice! We were sandwiched in a tunnel and were unable to move as a one under had occurred ahead of us and there were already several trains in the tunnel behind us. Fortunately for me...

Trainline accepts Apple Pay.

Have a gripe with XC about the toilets at the moment. Quite often they run out of toilet tissue, even on Sundays when a Voyager might only cover 300 miles or so. The CET tanks seem to fill a lot too resulting in toilets locking out of use. On a busy voyager it can be a pain to try and get...

Why would staff strike over the route they’re asked to operate, assuming all other conditions of work remained the same?

Source?

Can anyone tell me what worked 1S81 on Sunday, the 1710 Manchester Airport to Glasgow Central. http://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/train/Y00627/2019/06/02/advanced Thank you :)

So the set with slam doors is GWR01?

Forgive me if this is already covered. I’ve travelled on these short HST sets twice now and I’m wondering if they have any sort of unit number?

iPhones will accept the 12W iPad charger no problem, obviously it will charge faster. The iPhone 8 model and above will actually work with anything up to 87W. (See https://support.apple.com/en-gb/HT208137)

I’m using the XC app which is similar to others. Off peak return tickets remain under the active tab until the full month of validity has passed. The ticket can still be opened but reads “ticket used”. Tickets have to be activated prior to departure for them to be valid. In my opinion they are...

So for all intents and purposes the station is not open? Even if a reported went around (and they may have) and seen all the buses, they may still come to the conclusion the station is closed, which it is. EDIT: Is an image of the station sealed off with police tape on MEN at 7AM this morning.