Recent content by tommy2215

EMR are correct here but it would certainly help a lot if they added usb ports to the all of their 158s.

This bit is absurd. That is absolutely not why they withdrew. Its because of the huge entry fee in participating.

I see two early Sunday morning workings from Etches Park to Sheffield will be passenger services from May. This is great as it means the first Sunday train from Derby and Chesterfield to Sheffield is now more than two hours earlier than pre-covid!

E-tickets. They are more convenient in almost every way. Its good that the vast majority of rail users use them, and that the rail industry is continuing to encourage their use. Other industries that sell tickets have successfully become e-ticket only (like most major events are now e-ticket...

The Littlehampton and Ore trains have been separate ever since the start of the pandemic. Nothing to do with the works.

Tuesday until Friday is a pretty short window! Before we've had at least 2 weeks to buy the tickets. Its interesting that it was only a few months ago we had the last flash sale, and we had the Great British rail sale only a couple of months before that. These sales must be producing some good...

Well there's definitely going to be no strikes in the first week of the sale and even if there are strikes by Northern staff on your day of travel you'll probably be able to travel on a different day instead.

The opening ceremony is pretty good! In some ways quite like the London 2012 Olympics opening ceremony. Although that one comedian who said "the nation of Africa" was a bit cringey.

Avanti TSSA members will be striking on 27th July and GWR ones on 30th July.

Great news coming out of NATO, Turkey has finally dropped its objections to Finland and Sweden joining NATO! https://news.sky.com/story/nato-turkey-agrees-to-back-finland-and-swedens-bid-to-join-alliance-12642100 Hopefully they will now join relatively quickly. Putin invaded Ukraine intending...

Good to see the Tories lost both by elections. Not a huge fan of any party really but this current Government deserve every kicking they get. That and the Tories will only do things in the public interest if they are made too. Sir John Curtice had some pretty dire warnings for the Tories on...

That poll says the exact opposite of what you claimed? And of course no one wants the strikes, but clearly people place the blame on the government rather than the RMT. https://comresglobal.com/polls/transport-poll-21-june/

Interestingly a ComRes poll released today says 58% of people surveyed think the rail strikes are justified, with 34% saying unjustified. Only 55% of Tory 2019 voters say the strikes are unjustified. The Tories strategy of attacking the RMT may not win them as much support as they think...

https://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/service/gb-nr:Y57404/2022-07-10/detailed Its a Sunday only service that will run again from July.

That webpage is a bit misleading, Northallerton will still be served by LNER plus Middlesbrough and Thornaby by Northern so won't they won't be 'completely closed' as the webpage states.