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This is what I remember. Maybe it was the 156’s that showed ‘Super sprinter’

I recall referring to 155’s and 156’s as ‘Super sprinters’ when frequently travelling with a friend in the 80’s and early 90’s In the later 90’s I remember a trip to Manchester where the tutor was expecting an ‘express’ (ie a transpennine express 158), yet thought our Metro WYPTE liveried 158...

Birmingham New Street originally had this and retains a right of way through the station

Depending on where you live your concessionary pass may be valid for use on local trains (and therefore RRB) or within a PTE area 1707054433 Leicester elderly get half fare and disabled get free fare between Leicestershire stations and between Leicester and Nuneaton, derby or Nottingham

Although his wife Elinor is also an announcer for London Underground, Phil Sayer was usually paired with Celia Drummond also now deceased(current announcer for Northern, Chiltern, Eurostar)

What about York or Crewe

Cliff- Scarborough and I think Bridlington (or filey I may be mistake ) Prague Brussels Does the monorail at birmingham international airport count?

Northern (mainly WYPTE) historically always ran a full service Monday to friday so you’d find New Years Day or Boxing Day with a peak time service offered, they did this in the 90’s when others didn’t

It’s one that stops at pilning , is it suspended currently or is it there just in case another one is cancelled?

Eurostar trains are announced 9 oh 4 oh , and 9141 etc 9141 should be 9 I 41, but should it be 9 oh 4 zero? Or 9 zero 4 zero?

The service bus in operation between Stoke on Trent and Stone ran (via Wedgwood and Barlaston) however this is a service bus which runs in lieu of the Wedgwood Barlaston (prev Norton bridge) train and has run for a number of years There was also the odd random rail replacement bus between...

Ironically Wedgwood and barlaston are getting a normal service - the Hanley - Stoke - Stone replacement bus is showing on the departure boards at sot

Was craven arms named after the pub then the town was named craven arms afterwards, or are there similar anomalies

In the 80’s to early 00’s In Leeds there was clockwise and anti clockwise circular routes 8/9, 58/60 and 61/62 , part of route 8 and 61 still exists Similar 601/602 in bradford Again I’m Leeds 80-00’s There was also differing frequencies/combinations of CB1-7 which were very convoluted thrice...

This happened across West Yorkshire 800s into North Yorkshire and beyond 700s Wharfedale 600 Bradford 500 Halifax 400 Pontefract 300 Huddersfield 200 Dewsbury 100 Wakefield 0-99 Leeds (every other area had its 0-99 prefixed and still exists) An interesting one is the Kingfisher Hanley to...