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There is a massive difference. Merseytravel pays Merseyrail subsidies for the entirety of its system. The extensions of Saveaway. Trio etc to Ormskirk and Chester where as a result of them being so linked. To extend the Merseytravel area to Runcorn, Frodsham and Helsby would require money to be...

I think it would be an utterly unworkable. All of the areas you quoted are in Cheshire and pensioners in Cheshire do not get concessionary rail travel. To extend the Merseytravel area so deep into Cheshire would require a huge rise in Council taxes in Merseyside to pay for it and from what has...

Trios, Saveaways and Merseytravel passes ARE perfectly valid between Lime St and South Parkway and all the TFW retail staff have been briefed on this. If you have been wrongly charged for a ticket then you are entitled to 100% compensation. Have you complained to TFW?

This Saturday 25th is Chester Races. The first event day since services started. That will be a real test on capacity and customers boarding the wrong trains on their return home.

Was there a permit to travel machine in operation? Wellington is in the West Midlands Penalty fare zone and as such purchasing a ticket on board a train is a major no no. Showing a permit to the nearest ticket retailer, in this case RPI would avoid a penalty fare. Being unable to purchase a...

Chester. Update a decade ago was a vast improvement but a long way to go. Waiting room on main concourse is far too small, no 1st class lounge for the extremely popular Euston services and platform 2 looks like its hidden away from the station behind a wall that's serving no purpose.

Basically no. The new service will start in the new timetable and the only extra stock at TFW will be a 5 ex GWR Class 153s and 1 Class 37 and coaches (that will spend most of the day sitting idle) and all based in South Wales. There is 1 Class 150 diagram currently spare because of the probs on...

I think all TFW car parks are managed by NCP although ownership of the land may vary. You are correct though, it certainly is difficult to get right. Increasing the patronage on the railway also means increasing the ability for customers to use stations. And car parking is a major sticking...

The successor will hopefully do whatever Halton Borough Council tell them to do if parking in the local streets around the car park is a big issue? It was ok for Virgin to charge differently off peak until 3 years ago but not now. Why? Rail is a viable alternative to road if the cost is similar...

Nothing probably. Lol

When they used to have an off peak price after 10am i used to use Runcorn a lot going into Liverpool. But at £12 a day no matter what its cheaper to drive over the new bridge and park at a relatives in East Liverpool. That's Virgin Trains for you. Don't give a toss about Liverpool traffic cos...

I think the new tarmacked area by the old goods shed is probably considered as new additional parking, along with the similar smaller version at Helsby. Both filled almost immediately with Manchester/Chester commuters. Cheshire West and Chester is indeed advocating charging for car parking but i...

The 1121 Cardiff to Holyhead service is currently all request stops across Anglesey and a busy train for schoolkids travelling home from Bangor. That will be interesting to see how a rake of Mk 4s copes with one door only operation at Llanfair PG and Valley along with keeping to time.

I've read on Railway Herald this morning about Transport for Greater Manchester saying that there have been 68 incidents of tram surfing on Metrolink including children as young as 11. When will we stop putting fences around everything before we realise that if we touch an overhead wire or third...

The use of platform 10 for TFW services is as the result of a near miss. People in general nowadays have zero spacial awareness or regard for anything when they are listening to music or looking at phones. Not really very good when an inbound LNW service on platform 6 nearly takes their arm off...

Final branding will now have Wales and Borders in the title (On the orders of DfT). It will probably be applied to 826 at Canton or Mach.

Still 175107 but just without the centre car.

Try 826. Its due out soon.

Govia Thameslink Railway makes more money and carries more passengers. The 319s aren't long enough for the trains that run down South where as up North unfortunately a 2 car is more than adequate for most off peak journeys and also Northern itself requires a truck load of subsidy.

Class 319s where introduced between 1987 and 1990. So they are basically the same age as the Class 150s and about 2 years younger than Class 142s. As for more clapped out id say a Class 319 is streets ahead in terms of passenger comfort to a Class 142 and also much quieter than any Sprinter. If...