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http://www.rica.org.uk/content/mobility For those with limited mobility, particularly wheelchair and scooter users this a most useful site. It details the provisions by each TOC, tram and bus company. Which companies provide free access, through those requiring pre-obtained permits to...

Petitioning European Parliament: Save the Freedom of Photography! #saveFoP

Railways of the Great War with Michael Portillo The impact railways had on the First World War Looks like a very instructive series but on at various times Even how Belgian train spotters helped the war effort (probably putting themselves in great danger) Series 1 - 1. A Railway War Begins...

Fred Dibnah would have loved this. Historic vehicles steam through hills

You'll now find Wirksworth and Idridgehay on National Rail Enquiries, though you cant look up a fare as yet. This was the CIS at Belper this morning. (It was like this last year but Ive only just got round to photographing it) Also a reminder when Belper had porters and they were...

Do you remember all the jokes about British Railways food? We really didnt know when we were well off, did we?

A Team from Network Rail’s Derby depot will be attempting to pull a train at the Ecclesbourne Valley Railway to raise money for Sport Relief. The fundraising challenge is the brainchild of Michael Nicoll from Derby who is a member of Network Rail’s Rapid Response Team. Michael came up with...

SUNDERLAND ECHO: Transgender woman abused by drunk men on train NORTHERN ECHO: Expert claims public transport is no-go for transgender people as woman abused on train

I've just read two very thought-provoking articles: This year, I will wear a poppy for the last time The White Poppy I was however struck by one comment in the Guardian "Surely it is not the British Legion’s fault if the poppy gets hijacked by pro-war/interventionist politicians." It...

DAILY TELEGRAPH: There's a trainspotter inside every man

So what do you think of Russell Brand? In general I find hm extremely offensive but he seems to be hitting to be hitting the nail on the head. Or has he like Katie Hopkins (as in the Huffington Post 18/10/2013) at the opposite extreme found a lucrative band wagon?

General discussion thread Switzerland Will Vote to Give All Adults a Guaranteed $2,800 Monthly Income Can it work? Well here's someone who thinks so: What is..... Universal Basic Income?

What's wrong with Europe according to J.P Morgan, encapsulated in this quotation: Nothing about the mess that banks have created, the financial instability caused by countless recklessly over-leveraged financial institutions gambling on toxic property loans and financial derivates, and nothing...

I've just checked the Ecclesbourne Valley Railways page for their Classic Bus Rally on the 6th and 7th of July http://www.e-v-r.com/busrally/ Every one of the exhibits (except possibly one mystery entrant) is younger than I am. :shock:

Around where I live we have for long been used to the problems from mining. Contaminated land and rivers. Subsidence of houses roads and railways. So you'd think we'd be fairly blasé about the subject. No doubt you've heard of fracking, (which from last weeks's BBC Horizon is coming to the...

spotted this on the East Midlands Trains timetable at Belper, the addition of a plug for the Ecclesbourne Valley Railway: (Sorry its not very clear)

The newspapers were in an uproar this week over an interview the former Conservative Party chairman Lord Norman Tebbit gave to Big Issue, describing it as foul-mouthed and making a big issue (to coin a phrase) of some slightly tongue-in-cheek comments about gay marriage. In essence they were to...

Sky News Only because the Government is running the NHS down. Safe in their hands. Yeah:p I guess most members of this forum dont yet have to worry about their health, but when the time comes it may be too late. Im now too old to be marching to Parliament Square (even if I was allowed to) All...

Costco's Profit Soars To $537 Million Just Days After CEO Endorses Minimum Wage Increase

Ticket inspector left with cracked cheekbone in train attack between Faversham and Herne Bay British Transport Police have released CCTV images of a man they would like to speak to after the attack which took place at around 4.30pm on Monday, February 18 on the Victoria to Ramsgate service.