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A listed company in which I invest is undertaking a capital raising exercise, so the forms arrived with a crash through the letter box this morning. All fine, it's a relatively small amount, albeit with a short turn around time to consider. But to invest, I need to send a cheque... So, having...

These days, few units are owned by the operator. It's pretty much the same whether airlines, coaches or the cars on our drives. With cash so short in the 80s at Sprinterisation, why did BR use capital on new units when it could have simply leased them from a bank? The result would probably...

Throughout the Network, there's little bits of recovery time padded through the timetables. The one I probably notice most often, as I mentioned in the XC thread, is the 15 minutes sat at Wolverhampton on the Edinburgh-Birmingham-Euston services. It comes immediately after the longish wait at...

So Benefit In Kind (BIK) on electric vehicles has been slashed to 0% for the tax year 2020/2021. Many electricity companies such as Scottish Power and Octopus are offering deals for up to 8000 miles of free electricity in a one year contract. As NHS Staff, my employer allows me to lease a...

My PCP car loan is due to expire at the end of September. Indeed, probably around 20% of people with this kind of finance will be in a similar position with a loan ageement due to end between now and October. It's at these moments that my thoughts normally turn to what I would like for a...

It would be helpful if the Westminster Government led by example with the state run companies. A relative buys LNER vouchers in bulk when they are on special offer through Amex, £250 worth are due to expire at the end of April and it's a firm "No" from LNER when asking for a Covid-19 extension.

Does a heritage steam loco or heritage diesel loco have to be powered by a fossil fuel for a family to enjoy an "authentic" day out on a preserved line? Looking at the thread concerning the abandoned Class 26s at Strathspey, I couldn't help but wonder if one would be better off being stripped...

The story has been evolving all day, but it rather looks like a brand new BMW X5 was stolen from the BMW Works at Cowley by driving 2 miles along Cowley branch line towards the GWML, before being struck by a freight train at Littlemore...

The Court Summaries in local newspapers always make interesting reading, the one detailed below captured my interest as it's a prosecution in Oxford for a journey that commenced in Scotland. From "The Oxford Mail":-...

Remind me, is the application of peak fares based on timetabled departures or actual departure time?

LVMH have acquired Belmond in a $3.2Bn deal. Time will tell what happens with the Belmond British Pullman & Belmond Royal Scotsman. The Stock Exchange Statement:-

This was posted in the last few days to the "Old Stirling" Facebook site, it may be of interest to railforums members. It's a route that elderly relatives remember taking with a pram in the 60s & 70s Apparently there were two separate tunnels... https://www.facebook.com/groups/oldstirling/...

A former Physics teacher is claiming that the noise from freight trains is shaking children out of their beds. It seems very unlikely. I appreciate, from my younger days, that a deep bass in a nightclub can set a glass sliding about a table - but surely freight noise isn't intense and...

An unusually clear statement from Thames Valley Police, as reported in The Oxford Mail this afternoon. http://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/16044789.Traveller_disruption__unacceptable__as_police_see_surge_in_crime_reports/ There have been considerable issues in the Oxford area over recent weeks...

Former East Lothian Courier, Edinburgh Evening News, Daily Record, Sunday Mirror, Evening Standard, The Sunday Times & Daily Mail journalist Isabel Oakeshott has attacked Chiltern for providing too many disabled spaces describing them as "a triumph of political correctness over common sense"...

Has Scotrail withdrawn as an American Express Merchant? Just tried to use my card at Edinburgh Park and the machine wouldn't accept it. I noticed that it only displays the Visa and MasterCard logos. A colleague tells me that Amex is no longer accepted at Stirling either. I prefer Amex for...

I've mentioned this a few times before, but buying an integrated ticket to Edinburgh Airport (EDA) via tram is a challenge. A colleague bought a ticket via the Scotrail website earlier this week to EDA. As has happened to me (and him) many times before the ticket machine only dispenses a...

On Saturday I travelled from station B to station C. The ticket machine had a "run out of tickets, buy on board" type message. Today I'm traveling from station C to station B. It's only possible to buy day returns or singles between the two stations. I know if I bought a ticket from A to C...

Earlier this week, TESLA revealed their LGV Tractor unit that can accelerate from 0-60 in 5 seconds unloaded or 0-60 in 20 seconds carrying an 36.3 Tonnes load (80,000lb) and can go on to haul said load for up to 500 miles on battery power. (TESLA use the technical term "BAMF" to promote the...

Just noticed earlier that Stirling Station's address, whilst being at the foot of Station Road, is on Goosecroft Road. Which other towns or cities have a "Station Road" but the railway station's official address isn't Station Road.