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Did you have to wait for the 1217 Transpennine to MIA, or did Avanti let you catch the 1058 9M54 to EUS via BHM and the Northern from Preston to MIA? I had a £1 Transpennine Preston 0800--Penrith 0856 advance ticket. Arrived at Chorley to find the 0711 Blackpool cancelled (30 mins connection at...

Trains cancelled between Manchester Oxford Road, Bolton and Preston 0700 this morning. Electric wires down near Oxford Road is what they are saying. Does anyone have further details? Several trains held or cancelled at Manchester Airport. Trains being turned back at Bolton, MCV (Saltburn or...

We have Adlington (Lancs) and Adlington (Cheshire). Both have stations, but this is not a train story, but one day I was just walking from my house to the chippy in Adlington (Lancs) when a car drew up and a fairly posh lady asked me directions to Poynton. I realised that there is a Poynton only...

What about Moscow/St Petersburg flights to and from Kaliningrad. Are they banned from overflying Lithuania or Poland. Do they therefore have to fly round over the Baltic Sea?

Anybody know what was the cause of this, around 0900 Friday 10th December? Seemed to start with the 0630 Glasgow to Euston which was delayed 30 mins between Wigan and Warrington. The 0747 from Barrow to MC Airport lost 84 mins between Boars Head and North Western. And 20 mins more to...

I remember arriving at Piccadilly on this train from South Wales. It was timed to take 16 minutes in from Stockport, which must have included a chunk of recovery time. Piccadilly-Stockport is usually timed at what? 8-9 minutes? Anyway, we terminated at Piccadilly, final stop, due 2214 I think...

SPT should also have taken into account the tourist trade which the Daytripper brought to Glasgow. Numerous times I have travelled up from Preston (to the benefit of TPE or Avanti Scottish services), either on a day trip or staying overnight in a Glasgow hotel, and then had a day out using the...

If you want to photograph trains at Balshaw Lane Jc, there is a footbridge carrying a public footpath off Germans Lane, (off the A49 1/3 mile south of the A581 junction). It starts just where another track comes up from crossing the River Yarrow. Possible to park carefully nearby then just...

Here's a few more for your amusement. Some I guess have already been mentioned. Woolfardisworthy in Devon is pronounced Woolsery. Norfolk is notorious for erratic, shortened pronunciations: Hunstanton in Norfolk is usually Hunston. Wymondham Norfolk is Windham. Garboldisham is Garblesum...

Doveridge, by the A50 south of Ashbourne is a typical example of how uncertain English pronunciation is. I've often wondered, is it two syllables - Dove-ridge (as the bird) or Dove-ridge (as he plunged into a swimming bath)? Or three; Dovv-er-idge or Doe-ver - idge? At least Welsh...

Can't see any link on the web page, and if you put in Flash Sale where it says Promotion, it just gives a Promotion not valid message! Very encouraging to the customer!

Same problem. I tried just after midnight and at 0700 and 0800. This is evidently a flash sale severely delayed by shortage of staff or a broken down train website. To give Northern their due, they haven't actually issued a timetable for the arrival of the Flash Sale. Just some time today.

All these old pieces of equipment and oddities have actually done a decent job for many years before being taken out of service. Grayling never has, and regrettably is still in service.

The V1 times from Leigh bus station to Manchester Albert Square vary considerably. In the morning peak it is 55 mins or 60 mins according to the timetable. The maximum is 62 mins for the 08.20. However if you go at 04.00 you'll be there in 35 mins. These are the timetable figures if it runs to...

Very nice pic. Where is it? Hants or Dorset at a guess.

It's astonishing that Epsom and Ewell Man MP found his way so far north as Colne. No doubt he's hurried back to leafy Surrey, traumatized by the experience.

How do the Russians manage every winter running the Trans-Siberian through Novosibirsk and Irkutsk at -40 C? We get down to -2 C and a centimetre of snow and everyone panics.

I notice that among the various projects listed there is absolutely no mention of the largest town in Greater Manchester unconnected to either rail or Metrolink: Leigh pop 43,000. They spent £15 m on a busway following part of the old rail track from the A580 at Ellenbrook through Tyldesley and...

The 07.00 Wigan North Western to Lime St 2F17 is scheduled as a Class 319 emu. It runs via and calls at Newton-le-Willows, Earlestown and all shacks to Lime St.

Depends how strong your Lancashire accent is. I can imagine locals saying Bessis u't' Barn and Awlithwud.