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    Another National Rail Enquiries Journey Planning Oddity

    This weekend there is a complete blockade at Huddersfield though strike action means there will be trains only on Sunday. So I tried to plan a journey using NRE to various local destinations around Leeds from various points in western Greater Manchester. All fine and dandy, routes and fares...
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    Historic football bus services in Manchester

    Mod note: split from https://www.railforums.co.uk/threads/manchester-city-and-tfgm-to-introduce-trial-services-to-etihad-stadium.262499/ Those with long memories will know that this is not a completely new idea. Prior to Deregulation GMT used to operate various football buses for both clubs'...
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    UK ATC failure Monday 28 August 2023

    Ongoing for a couple of hours or so when typing this. NATS has suffered a nationwide failure in its automatic data processing system. Immediate impact is a massive reduction in flow rate to maintain safety leading to many flights being either held on the ground or simply cancelled. Evidently...
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    Person hit by train @ Leyland 5/8/16

    Sadly yet another one of these at this location though precise location not yet confirmed. Fate of the victim also not yet known. Thoughts to all involved. On the faintly positive side Network Rail appear to have done well to hold passenger services at suitable locations ie last Manchester...

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