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Setting up a new thread, as feel it's for a wider discussion. Their has been a couple of threads recently including this one caught using a forged railcard https://www.railforums.co.uk/threads/forged-railcard-am-i-likely-to-be-able-to-settle-out-of-court.251415/ Plus another one a few months...

Seems another trespass incident between Crewe & Acton Bridge, services currently ground to a halt.

Thinking from the other thread of links being lost when a bus company takes over another bus company, got me thinking of links/through links lost after bus wars have ended, couple of examples. GM Buses operated the 34 Liverpool-Manchester & 320 Liverpool-Wigan, when MTL & GM Buses North & South...

Merseyside PTE had it's heart set on Atlanteans [seeing as it's predecessor had the first one] so never brought many Olympians, apart from the evaluation fleet, Merseybus bought a batch of 70 Olympians in 88/89 first 15 & last few of the batch went to Laird Street. GMPTE though, went with...

Merseyside PTE had it's heart set on Atlanteans [seeing as it's predecessor had the first one] so never brought many Olympians, apart from the evaluation fleet, Merseybus bought a batch of 70 Olympians in 88/89 first 15 & last few of the batch went to Laird Street. GMPTE though, went with...

Don't think there's a thread for this one, but what are the ugliest buses ever made, the Marshall deckers to name one then Willowbrook on the Atlantean & Dominator, but winner had to be Dublin Buses, both Bombardier, & Metsec Atlantean, Dublin Metsec Atlantean...

Looking on google earth, the former Northern General, Worswick Street bus station in Newcastle is still there, which i find quite amusing & also quite sad at the same time as it looks in a dreadful state, i think must be 1996 when buses last used Worswick Street, got me thinking, are there any...

Mine is i've never done Southport-Hunts Cross on one journey, i've always got off at some point, most of the time i've done Hunts Cross-Liverpool stations/Bootle or Waterloo or Liverpool Stations-Southport, nearest i've done to full route on one journey is Southport-Liverpool South Parkway. Any...

The National Rail Stations Within 10 Minutes Walk Of A Football Stadium thread got me thinking as to what are the Football Stadiums furthest away from the nearest National Rail Station Peterhead must be close to the winner of the main leagues, think the nearest station is Dyce, although the...

What are the best timetables published by TOCs on the network, for me London North Western/West Midlands Railway-Northern Rail, they include times from other TOCs in there timetables were it's relevant.

Started early caught the 06.15am 208 bus to Hamilton Square, as the bus arrived 5 minutes early enabled me to get the 06.36 to Liverpool Lime Street, which in turn got me on the 06.49 to MAN. Arrived in MAN 07.43 so made my way to Piccadilly Gardens & the TfGM Travelshop there where i brought a...

At Manchester Piccadilly last week on a 323 going to Glossop, in front of a 142, struck me then the variety of the passenger rolling stock that calls at the station, on any day you can see DMUs 142, 150, 156, 158, 175, 185, 220, 221 EMUs 319, 323, 350, 390

I have a Merseytravel issued disabled ENCTS pass, i had a day out in Sheffield, boarded a First SY bus, my pass didn't work on the ticket machine no problem, so showed the driver my pass only to be told by the driver they do not accept out of area disabled ENCTS passes, & that i have to get it...

http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/bridge-collapse-wigan-causes-chaos-12256746 Looking at Realtime trains, looks like it happened around 8.30am as 9M48 was the first train affected by it.

Merseytravel have mostly different numbers for there subsidised services for the main commercial service. The formula is Merseytravel services were/are between numbered between 100 & 250, such as such as the 19 becomes 119, although Sundays it becomes 244 when Merseytravel subsidise it, mainly...

I'm staying in Wolverhampton, but traveling to London on Saturday 4th May for the FA Vase final[fortunately Wolves to Euston route is not affected by rail works on the Saturday] been looking at the fares catching the 09:45am from Wolves but not sure on what train getting back so prefer flexible...

Got up 5am, caught the train just after 6:30am from my local station to Lverpool Lime Street where i brought my Cheshire Day Ranger then caught the 7:13 to Manchester Piccadilly arriving 8am. As i was early i had a ride on the new Metrolink line to Droylsden & back, i arrived back at Picc 9:15am...

Someone has uploaded a full 4 & a half hour video of a cab ride from Glasgow to Maillaig via Fort William on to Youtube. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EZi_MxaRz4c&feature=related EZi_MxaRz4c

I've had a look at National Rail site & there saying a normal Saturday service is operating Liverpool to St Helens Central on Friday, but other timetable's say's it's a Rail Replacement, so i'm not sure, so can any one confirm a normal Saturday service is running?

I had a look earlier Today on the National Rail Planner for a journey Widnes-Liverpool around for 8pm this Evening. One of the possible journeys was getting the 20:11 from Widnes & change at Warrington, for the 20:30pm to Liverpool, which means i'd be doubling back through Widnes, would this be...