Recent content by Magicake

Well some of them are strategic spares of course, not scrap. Then there is the cost of removing the rails to take into account - not much of an issue for a thief in a transit van. Finally scrap rail is not made of copper

The weird thing about all these mandatory reservations is that from my experiences on Avanti, trains are marked as sold out, but then due to people not turning up for their reservations the trains are half full. It's bizarre to force people to drive instead of travelling by train, and then run...

The old-style netlon fencing with the stakes is still a permitted option but also has to be blue now. You're quite right to say it's all but gone because of the issue of hitting a service with the stakes.

Appears from some of the latest videos that the police have satisfied themselves that the disputed land does belong to NR and that they have been in attendance during the construction to prevent them from being stopped from their works (as that would be aggravated trespass by the homeowner)...

I understand that some of the masts on the NR section of line from Deansgate to Trafford Park are also from the original 1500V DC electrification of the Manchester South Junction and Altrincham Railway which would date them back to the 1930s..

This is actually covered specifically in the Conditions of Carriage: So in short - you can have your ticket refunded if you don't travel, but otherwise fend for yourself. Although as noted above TOC customer service might offer something more generous

I was mildly concerned by the amount of vegetation growing out of the viaduct in Stockport the other day. Has anyone seen it? I know it's fairly inaccessible but it looked to my untrained eye like exactly the sort of thing that is going to cause more problems down the line.

I thought it was for night tube actually, so the underground could be open when the station was closed

For those asking what this means here is my attempt at a summary, hopefully not too patronising: You can think of this as being about dust. Normal dust in a house varies from around 1 micrometre to 400 micrometres in size. A micrometre is 1000 times smaller than a millimetre, to give an idea a...

Looks like the last Manchester train got caught behind it 2 hours ago and has been stuck since

I understand from the conductor of our train that this is a nationwide restriction

Any ticket acceptance on MML for AWC passengers?

My understanding is the new substation is a way off still. I know some work was carried out but seems to have fairly ground to a halt and not restarting imminently?

I've heard a similar story of the Humber Ferry being particularly popular during the afternoon with locals who rode backwards and forwards drinking until the pubs reopened

I would expect that a lot of people have one change already in most journeys due to having to change from bus / tube / tram / car / very local train service at the station. That means that a single change rail journey could often be a two change overall journey which is a lot less appealing...