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Over the weekend I noticed this from Tracy Brabin who is the Mayor of West Yorkshire and is running for reelection. While a West Yorkshire Tram Network would be nice I think she is being a bit optimistic about promising spades in the ground by 2028. Also given the plans for the Leeds...

Recently I saw this leaflet by the Westmorland and Lonsdale Liberal Democrats, it contains what the local MP Tim Farron would like to happen. Looking at the article though it contains a lot of politician who knows nothing about the railways talk and I found it very tedious and frustrating to...

Saw this earlier on GB News (yes I know it's GB News but other media outlets have also covered it). Here is a link to it being featured on GB News TV. https://twitter.com/GBNEWS/status/1770223564089676199 According to GB News there is going to be an internal investigation by Network Rail as...

With an election happening just a couple of months time I was wondering what the party policies are for each party? So far Labour seem to be interested in completely nationalising the railways although not as much as in 2019 which makes me think that it may not be a policy that makes it into...

Have seen this story doing the rounds on social media and now the Daily Mail has reported on it. Apparently as well the Met Police investigated and has passed it onto BTP to investigate. Not sure it requires a police investigation however as it's a very controversial political issue I imagine...

After watching an old episode of Railcops I noticed that someone was stopped for going up an escalator the wrong way. The officer involved mentioned it was against railway bylaws to which I checked and it indeed is "No person shall use any escalator except by standing or walking on it in the...

Earlier this week I was having a discussion with someone about the "do not flush while the train is in a station" sings in train toilets as they came across one recently. I was wondering though which rolling stock still releases toilet waste directly onto the tracks? Also when were the last...

Just seen this on BBC News Are they still singling the line through the Meir tunnel to increase the loading gauge or will it still be double track?

Earlier to day I was discussing services that haven't returned to the levels they were at before covid. Some of the ones we thought of were Crewe-Newark Castle which has a lot of 2 hour gaps. Newcastle-Reading/Southampton. Most Manchester-Bristol services. 2 of the Cross-City Line trains each...

Seen this in the local paper. Would be nice to have a tram in Stoke-on-Trent but I doubt it will ever be built. Also with the fragmented nature of Stoke-on-Trent and it's 6 towns I suppose it's much harder to create a tramway as there is not a center like in most cities.

Seen this doing the rounds. Not the brightest MP and why it's always important to check facts first. Seems we have traingate II though were a hard left Labour MP is attacking the railways without checking the facts. She is being ripped for it on twitter though.

Last month I got a train from Grange-over-Sands to Uttoxeter, it was the last train of the day and it was cancelled so they sent me Grange-Preston Preston-Manchester Manchester-Stoke then provided a taxi for me to get home from Stoke. I arrived in Uttoxeter about 2 and a half hours late. I was...

Twice in the past month I have got the train from Cumbria to Staffordshire and cancellations en route mean I miss the last connection so the railway company has to pay for a taxi to take me home which I think costs them about £40. I then claim delay repay as I normally arrive 2 hours late...

We are now around the 18 months mark since Joe Biden become President. So far how would you rate him within those 18 months? I am aware in this country it's very hard to discuss the Biden Administration without people mentioning/comparing it to the Trump Administration. This is rather annoying...

Earlier today I was getting a train from Cumbria to Staffordshire getting the Barrow to Lancaster train then at Lancaster getting the 19:39 Euston train to Crewe where I was going to change onto the Nottingham Train. Unfortunately though my train from Lancaster to Crewe terminated at Preston...

Earlier today someone mentioned I was very 1980s as I still have a personal DAB radio that I listen to on the train (I am aware that DAB launched in 1995). When asked why I mentioned that it's more stable compared to streaming radio via a mobile phone as trains where I am have an annoying habit...

Ever since the recent strikes it seems the RMT General Secretary Mick Lynch has shot to fame and is becoming increasingly popular with the public. His appearance on Question Time made him very popular and since then he has appeared on many other news related things and become even more popular...

Looking at the timetables I have noticed that the amount of trains stopping at Spondon has dramatically decreased in recent years from the previous hourly service it was getting to just 10 trains per day with the rest being provided by the odd replacement busses during the daytime. Most of the...

At the moment there is a lot of talk from the Conservatives about the current rail strikes being "Labour Strikes". While at the same time Starmer is denying it and asking his MPs not to attend/support the strikes although he doesn't seem to be having much luck with stopping them? I was...

With the talk of withdraws of stock from the late 1990s and possibly the early 2000s I was wondering what to you would you describe as an old train? For me it's always been anything built before privatisation as there was a noticeable difference (or to me there was) of the trains after...