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The BBC is reporting a "nationwide" failure of the Ticket on Departure system this morning: The usual failures in railway information dissemination are, of course, shown in the article (e.g. the LNWR poster about "advanced" tickets; the issue seems to apply to all ToD tickets, not just Advance...

The official advice given on dby2018.co.uk for passengers affected by the Derby works are rather lacking; it forces you to choose whether you're travelling via XC or EMT, with no provision for passengers who would normally use both with a change at Derby. If you select an EMT "home station"...

Apologies if there's a better thread/section for this... As a regular commuter on East Midlands Trains, it seems to be that they're having severe problems fielding enough rolling stock to maintain their sevices (particularly, but not exclusively, HST services) and have been since at least the...

So, I recently downloaded the fares databse from ATOC (available here for anyone interested; account required, comes as a set of flat text files) and have been running some analysis based on calculating the per-unit-distance price of standard-class single fares. The ORR's "Estimates of Station...

I saw the following poster at Leicester station the other day: (For those who cannot view imaages; the poster contains the large text "KIDS TRAVEL FREE", subtext "Under 5s travel free on all our trains", the East Midlands Trains logo and a "#LightBulbMoments Book now" line.) As we all know...

In reference to this week's bad weather (and previously in other disruption, such as the Nottingham fire), East Midlands Trains' information page states, multiple times in reference to routes that are closed: and However, the National Rail Conditions of Travel, section 30.1 clearly states...

In a couple of weeks, a friend and I will be travelling the country on an ALR. As part of this, we plan to catch the 08:00 Euston-Manchester Virgin Trains service on a Tuesday. As this is before 10:00, we believe an additional ticket will be required. Would this be: Not requried, as 16-25...

On Tuesday, I purchased a railcard discounted Zones 1-6 travelcard from Kensington (Olympia) station; a manned London Overground managed station, at about 09:40. However, this highlighted some issues with the "No minimum fare in July/August" rule. I initially tried to purchase from the TVM...

Currently on board the 1735 stuck at Leicester, due to sigal failure at Sileby apparently. EMT's site is reporting delays of "up to 45 minutes", but nothing seems to have moved since at least 1730. Anyone know more?

With all the re-thinking going on with rail franchising at the moment, what new requirements/changes would you like to see in the new franchises? A few I can think of: A change to the PPI to include punctuality at all stations along the route, e.g. % station calls on time. A requirement...

Why do Class 170, 171 and 172 Turbostars have so much of their underframe equipment "exposed" and not covered by housings, etc. as on other DMUs? Classes 175, 180 and 185 all have most of their equipment "boxed in", as do 22xs, yet on a 170, even the engine block is exposed. Even the 16x...

There are a few things about these systems that I find a little silly. First, they insist on displaying insignificant delays that are almost always made up by the time the train arrives. If it last reported 1 minute late 20 miles away, it probably won't be late by the time it arrives...

At some point, I would like to make a journey from Lougborough to Norwich and back. However, I would like to travel via London (and the GEML) in one direction and via Peterborough/Ely in the other. From Loughborough, the only available fares are "NOT LONDON". Looking at other local stations...

I am planning to travel from Loughborough to Rugeley and back on Friday. Due to the poor timings of the services between Trent Valley and Town (leaving 1 minute before the Crewe service!), I intend to end my journey at Trent Valley on the outward leg, but would travel from Town on the return...

Restriction code CI, used by some EMT "Super Off-Peak" tickets to London (e.g. Nottingham) only deals directly with journeys to St. Pancras, but includes to following text for journeys to other terminals: The problem is, that according to the routing guide, it appears that Nottigham to...

I'm talking about the carriages used to convey lorry drivers on Shuttle trains, not Eurostar. Does anybody know much about these carriages, internal/external pictures, design details, manufacturer, etc?

Has anybody else noticed that HS2 press reports seem to be progressively lowering the speed of the proposed line? When it was first announced, it was 250MPH, then 225MPH, now it seems to be reported as 200MPH... Is this the result of cost-cutting or changes in planned alignment or something...

I work at a company based on the British Gypsum site in East Leake, Leicestershire, next to Rushcliffe Halt on the former GCML, the British Gypsum part of the site is rail connected, with a single loading siding. As I finished work today at about 5pm, I saw 66405 in the siding, presumably...

A pair of Cl67s hauling a rake of East Coast Mk4 stock (including DVT) passed through Grantham at about 16:30 today, anybody know what it was? Ah, probably related to this: http://www.railforums.co.uk/showthread.php?t=32320, but what was it doing on a weekday?

In my recent studies of the NR routing guide, I have discovered that it seems to permit some truly absurd routes for some journeys. These routes usually involve large "loops" that allow you to pass your destination on a different line and then approach from the "wrong" direction, without...