Recent content by plannerman

Dunrobin Castle (DNO) and Doncaster (DON) are a bit of a contrast

Denbigh town centre is a bit of a bus route cul-de-sac, most routes run up Vale Street to Lenten Pool bus stops, then turn round and go back down Vale Street again. Crosville used to have a depot adjacent to Lenten Pool, and as a child in the 80's my grandad used to take me from Denbigh to Rhyl...

What concerns me about Llangollen is the major infrastructure they have - the Dee Bridge and the tunnel. Neither of those are cheap or easy to maintain, and any period of neglect could lead to costs mounting up to the point where the infrastructure is unusable.

I used to visit one of the terminals up at Seal Sands and the track around there is long disused, if not formally closed. There are sections where site fences have been built straight across the tracks, road crossing sections which have been concreted over etc.

Going back to my childhood, the section from Gobowen to Shrewsbury was terrible for this, especially southbound. This would be in the 80's.

Back when I was a student, I was drinking with some mates in a little village pub near Huddersfield when Kevin Lloyd walked in. There was nobody else in and after initially sitting alone at the bar he came and joined us, talking cricket and generally putting the world to rights. He was staying...

We sampled the OP's Line 5 (Bala Lake railway) the weekend before last and found the experience very pleasant. The minimum fare was no problem as we were two adults travelling together. We bought our tickets online and just read out the reference number to the guard when they came along the...

Ah that's a shame, I remember the old printed timetables from the 80's and 90's and it was always 110 shown on the front.

Assuming the OP is genuine, I'd cut the complaint right down and lose all the superfluous stuff about Stoke's 'beautiful Victorian edifice'. I can't see there's an issue around the OP being asked if they've got a mask, as it's a rule which is unfamiliar to the vast majority of the travelling...

We back on to the Merseyrail lines near Chester, with a much smaller garden and we got used to them very quickly. There was a great improvement when the track was changed from jointed to welded so maybe check what type of track is by your prospective house? The combination of welded track and...

Back in the early 90's (?) I remember several 2-car DMU's made up of one 156 car and one 158 car coupled. It was to do with brake issues with the 158's. There's a picture of one (not mine) at the top of this page http://www.penmorfa.com/Archive/sixteen.htm - the link is to an excellent site...

Long-term, things will smooth themselves out whatever type of deal we reach. But many companies, including mine, are planning for short-term supply chain disruption in the event of no-deal. If this happens, then literally every truck coming into the UK (and out, into the EU) will have to have...

It was parked outside Chester depot this afternoon, seen from the cycle path. It doesn't wow me, it's the same generic white with coloured bits as every other operator.

I think for these the word 'hire' is used loosely - they're repairers, so they'll effectively be courtesy vehicles being used while the operator's own vehicle is under repair, presumably 'free of charge' (the cost will be buried in with the repair cost)

Thanks for the link, I'd forgotten about those poor kids who died on the ship. Swansea-Cork has never flourished as a crossing, and probably the end of Duty Free was a nail in the coffin. Also I seem to remember there are serious draft issues in Swansea harbour?