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National Girobank were excellent, I had my first bank account with them as a teenager. It's a shame the government flogged them off.

Service from Liverpool Lime Street to Wigan/ Manchester. Helsby to Ellesmere Port, Ormskirk to Preston. Blackpool South services.

My grandad was in this accident , he survived it.

These curious little branch lines all seem to have swept away these days, I know that the modern offerings are normally much improved, but something is lost.

This is the photo I had in the bus book as a lad...just found it. The 67 outside Wapping tube. Didn't look the safest place to walk, and the left pram, gets me. Any ideas when apx ?

I remember walking out of Wapping Station in the 80s, it had a very forgotten feel. The number 67 bus terminated there too. There is a very atmospheric night scene photo of that bus in a bus book I once had, with a pram in the street and a street lamp.

Wow, from signal box, never heard of that. Did Waddon Marsh, have a Marsh ?

Yes to me it felt like a country branch, wish I went on it back then.

Unfortunately I never got to ride on this line, particularly during the days of Southern Region slam doors. Has anyone any memories of it ? What were the stations like, passenger usage and service available. The nearest I got to in the area was Elmers end to Adiscombe and once to Sanderstead...

I used the East London Line a number of time in the past. I had a friend in Wapping so I used to change at New X to get there. I remember the damp smell and continuous dripping you heard while stood at Wapping. Other times I'd take the East London Line just out of its curious nature, somewhat...

Levelling up.comes to mind ??!

How we are paying for it now.

I never understood why the electric service to Crossens closed when it was well patronaged. How handy would that be now for commuters to Liverpool.

I think I developed an interest in railways as a kid, simply because I did not travel by train very often. It seemed much more exciting than by bus or car. As got a little older and could go to places without my parents, I was only aloud to use the bus. One day going for a trip to Dartford, I...

Yes that would be good.

Its appalling to think there is no direct service from Liverpool to anywhere in Wales...North of South, apart from the occasional Wrexham service. The Liverpool to Birmingham is like a local service doing a long distance. The stops between Runcorn and Crewe should be a local Liverpool to...

I'm sure they do, but its not good for passengers, particularly if the hourly only service gets cancelled.

Why,.its.a puzzling question . Particularly when you consider that back then Liverpool wasn't anything like it is.today with large visitors from all over . I mean why is there only one train an hour to London and one to Birmingham, both should have been double that a long time ago. You mentioned...

I used this service a few times years ago, it was a curious little service which I think many didn't know of. If you wanted to get from London Bridge to Victoria and didn't fancy going up and down to the underground plus a change, it was actually quite a relaxing option. Particularly with...

Oh yes, forgot they added Charlton 1677604007 I remember the off peak service up to CX from Bexleyheath was xx53, xx13 and xx33 . It was at some point reduced along with the other Dartford lines to twice an hour.