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All 6 Liverpool boroughs plus West Lancashire and Warrington are under local restrictions from Tuesday. Source https://theguideliverpool.com/full-list-of-merseyside-lockdown-measures-and-the-latest-advice-from-liverpool-city-council/ Along with the 40 million odd journeys on the Wirral and...

I had to use Liverpool's Merseyrail the other week (for the first time in a long time!). I was surprised by the amount of ground in grime on the platforms. On the tube, platforms will be mopped down top to bottom frequently, nightly in some cases. From being brand new a few years ago it...

Re the various rounds of tests and training that need to happen before a train is allowed to carry passengers on the UK network, I wonder how we compare to other countries in our regulatory burden? Which countries get stock rolling faster (or slower) than we do? Where do we, or they, miss a...

Which idiot thinks it's ok to route a long freight through during rush hour? Anyone know if the current broken down train now causing chaos is said absurdity? Can hardly complain about lack of capacity when that sort of thing is allowed

Sharp glass when broken (inc occassional spontaneous shattering), and mercury contents... Is it not terribly wrong for a moving mechanical vehicle to contain these with the bars exposed? A cover certainly gives more pleasant ambience, but surely safety ought to mandate them??

I have recently been on two trains where the air con had failed, and both where opening the windows was not possible resulting in pretty awful traveling conditions. In houses, permanent ventilation is a design standard. While air con should have windows closed to function and function...

Most TOCs have their own booking portal and apps and promote them heavily, even when they are clearly similar to others and based on licensed technology. Does the TOC get to keep a commission for the sales made through their apps and portals, on top of whatever they make had the ticket been...

I've been over the Chat Moss line a fair few times in recent weeks and, between Newton Le Willows and Manchester, it seems an incredibly rocky ride. It doesn't feel that the train is going anywhere near 90, either.

On way into Manchester from Liverpool this morning. The 0700 temporary replacement for the 0717 and 0720 Northern services operated by 319s and the 0715 TPEx have been collectively replaced by a single 156. An incoming 319 suggests that power is no issue. Predictably all seats already taken out...

Hello, I am interested in tickets barriers. There are two types I'd like more information about, if anyone is able to oblige. Type 1: locations spotted, Manchester Victoria, Salford Central http://s0.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/04/38/88/4388855_409cb01e.jpg...

I have had reason to use some of the newly electrified City Line in Liverpool for the past month or so. I have noticed each time after leaving Roby in east Liverpool the train seems to really struggle for juice. The first time it happened I thought it was a train fault, as the sound of the...

I'm considering getting a season ticket for London to Liverpool (full price, any permitted route, fourteen grand). Is this valid via Northampton? I ask because there are times when I have to go there too.

Journey is from station A to end station D. Bought a ticket to further station E (same price, and on same line) as unsure if returning from station D or E. Travelled from station A to station B to find connecting service to station C cancelled and an hour to wait for the next train, which in...

Not too interested in HS2 but surprised this hasn't already popped up on here: Liverpool offers £2bn to be included in HS2 network http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2016/feb/23/liverpool-offers-2bn-hs2-network City very much calling the government's bluff here over their not being on the HS2...

LM only fares offpeak restriction code LF & super offpeak code SK BoJ rule. I know BoJ itself is OK, but can anyone confirm that these codes are OK to do an overnight BoJ on a return portion with the above ticket types? Thanks

Mod Note: Split from this thread. Work out what it likely means for your own area (no, not more cash) and other areas of the north (although does anyone in Manchester actually give a hoot about that?) and then insert your smiley face. Oh, and: "they're". At some point a government is going to...

Carlisle to Newcastle What class or classes of train work this route, by TOC?

Colleague previously commuting to Manchester from Liverpool has been trans'd to the Liverpool office. Their current season is around three grand, going to down to around £500 a year with a Merseytravel Railpass ticket. Ordinarily with going to a cheaper season ticket it is more...

Hi all, Does anyone know how to tell which Virgin services out of Euston are to be 9 carriage or 11 carriages? (Aside from turning up and looking, that is).

Personally I'm sick and tired of reading on these forums worried messages from ordinary members of the public who have VERY obviously to any normal, reasonable person simply made a simple mistake in their purchase or non-purchase of ticket, yet who have been shown zero discretion or help from...