Recent content by oddiesjack

I have bought Wayfarers on the train for several years, without any trouble. Also, the £14 full price ticket allows one child (or dog, I think) as well as the adult. The £7 discounted wayfarer ticket for Chinley-Sheffield journeys compares very favourably to the senior railcard discounted off...

I have tried to renew my railcard today, and was failing miserably, due to some unknown issue with uploading the unnecessary photo for the physical card. The error message was totally unhelpful , just saying "try again" and again and again. . Fortunately I checked on here and discovered the go...

i was quite surprised to see that Northern ran a couple of ECS workings on Sheffield to Cleethorpes and returns this Saturday just gone. https://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/search/detailed/gb-nr:BGG/2022-06-11/0000-2359?stp=WVS&show=all&order=wtt&toc=NT Are these route refreshers with a view to...

Buxworth, which had its own station on the Midland line between Chinley and New Mills South Jcn until 1959 (ish) lies pretty much equidistant betwwen Chinley (Hope Valley) and Whaley Bridge (Wessie route to Buxton) Going back to the earlier discussion on Hayfield, the milepost on Hayfield...

Conversely, even when Buxton still had 2 seperate stations, albeit facing each other either side of a common concourse, neither had a suffix. both stations were just called "Buxton" without any suffixes . Is or was there anywhere else like this?

I would suggest stockport - stalybridge as the ultimate unsatisfactory shuttle!

i don't think its possible to access the Midland line towards Peak Forest directly from the "wessie" line through Whaley Bridge at Buxton, you can only take the Hindlow branch off the "wessie" .

I was surprised that they didn't hold it on the curve between Dore South and West to let the TPE into the Hope Valley first. That ended up 20 mins late as a consequence. They also allowed the Hindlow-Ashbury's stone train along Ashwood Dale ahead of the excursion, holding that at Great Rocks...

If preserved lines are allowed, what about Ripley and Ropley? In addition, the two railway locations (though not stations) that I never remember which is which are Tapton and Tupton on opposite sides of Chesterfielld station.

Chinley station is quite a popular railhead for residents of the nearby town of Chapel-en-le-Frith. Obviously for anyone heading towards Sheffield it makes sense, but quite a lot of people go for the two morning EMR fasts to Manchester. Also, for parts of Chapel, Chinley station is closer than...

On Saturday, we had a choice of railtours, 1. A fully steam hauled trip from Stockport and back to Carlisle (the RTC trip) 2, A diesel hauled trip from Chinley or Stockport to Workington and back (the Retro Railtours trip) As we like steam haulage, we chose RTC Bizarrely, those on the diesel...

Is the EMR ECS service that overtakes a Northern Manchester to Sheffield service at New Mills South Junction around 2200 now cancelled? Each time I have been on that Northern stopper recently we have sailed through the junction and arrived at Chinley 10-12 minutes early. Great for us who get off...

For stations like Ryder Brow and Brinnington, usage is probably quite a bit higher than ticket sales either from or to these stations might indicate. It is unusual to see a conductor guard doing ticket checks until after Marple outbound in the evening.

I noticed a small "banner" in red along the top of the screen of the TVM at Chinley saying that it currently cannot print TOD tickets. Is this peculiar to Chinley, or is it more widespread? It is not a very obvious notice, to be honest.

I am hoping that somebody from Raileasy/Trainsplit is looking at this site. I have tried to book myself some tickets via Trainsplit, but it seems to be stuck at one of the last stages, the one where a pop up tells me they are creating my tickets and to wait for a minute. I am assuming they do...