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Hi all, I've been looking at the route between Nottingham and West Yorkshire and noted that tickets between Nottingham and Huddersfield (Off Peak Return, restriction BT) are valid on 'peak' services from Nottingham to Sheffield and Leeds, offering a considerable saving on Anytime fares. Is my...

Thanks for the responses on this and the ensuing debate! Just a observation regarding the usefulness of the through service of which people are discussing - there is a significant penalty to through journeys presently at Nottingham with the coupling and uncoupling of the units (which seems to...

Apologies if this has been covered previously - has the decision to split the Liverpool to Norwich services at Nottingham been dropped for the foreseeable future, or is it likely to be re-examined when the East Midlands franchise comes up for tender?

The layout is down to the residents of Hyson Green who wanted inbound trams to call at Radford Road causing a late changed to the designs.

Amongst original plans for the Victoria shopping centre was a Multiplex cinema and provision for a box tunnel underneath the shopping centre where the bottom layer of the car park now stands, however the covered tunnel from Weekday Cross to Sherwood Rise was a particular concern for diesel fumes...

It's still around as Leeds East Parkway.

Fuel tends to be inelastic as does the demand for rail fares. Additionally rail users do not pay the full marginal costs of their journey. Literature by Glaister and also by Oum will shed light on this.

It appears at least someone can give me an answer without having a need to get personal. Bold and ambitious ideas of thinking outside the box are the reason Metrolink exists, luckily it wasn't suggested on an internet forum with the purpose of encouraging debate.

Low floor tram infrastructure merges into the public realm far easier creating better aesthetics and also low floor trams have numerous benefits for those with heavy shopping, push chairs or those who suffer from disabilities. Low floor trams also allow a far larger tram within the clearence...

Very little cost for a 33mm high platform at about 50m long, you could do as they are doing on the tram-train trials and place it at the end of the already existing platform to reduce removal costs. You seem to have missed my point with your comments of bold, TFGM have purchased a brand new...

In fairness the poor passenger levels leading to a concession taking over operation haven't helped Sheffield's image for light rail efficiency, nor did the poor regeneration effects and lack of coherent planning across stakeholders, equally some of the original route choices were questionable as...

Check EU Regulation 1370/2007

TrentBarton had a policy on the Rainbow 4 of not picking up school passengers on Derby Road toward Nottingham so it's not unique. http://www.thisisnottingham.co.uk/Bus-company-resume-normal-service-A52-Bramcote/story-12234516-detail/story.html

The concept of liberalism depends on whether it is interpreted as a classic/traditional liberal or a modern liberal. Modern and traditional liberals often share the same approach to social issues of limited government involvement in people's lives. However, and this is evident within the Liberal...

Its a nice idea which I wish Cross Country would adopt, many a time I have been on Cross Country (both peak and off-peak ) finding nearly half the train booked out in advanced, given the already noted issues with walk-on capacity on the trains it's fustrating to see Cross Country selling so much...