Recent content by Kite159

Agreed, especially when some ticket buying websites don't make it crystal clear that advance tickets are for the booked train only, and you will end up with Uncle Bert getting into trouble for travelling on the 11;43 train rather than the 12;13 train. Or if a group are heading out for a walk...

19/4: 66749 Always a bonus to get a winning loco on a Railtour.

It's a bit like how the 16X units were replaced with 387s on Great Western stoppers between Reading & Paddington, only to get replaced with the 345s when TfL took over the stopping services ready for the Elizabeth line. The key difference between TfL stations and many of the TfW stations which...

I remember the first time seeing the viaduct at Glenfinnan when arriving on foot from the station (via a path which comes over the hill) very impressive. I remember staying in a hostel near Banavie when I first did the line, using a pub close to the station for dinner one night Mallaig...

Especially at some of the costs of anything half reasonable. Not the best looks for Chiltern, but as they are getting paid regardless they don't care, as I presume it would have been stamped by a clueless civil servant at the DfT.

I think the Edinburgh - Inverness trains got sent via Stirling was so the Edinburgh - Perth services could be more uniform hourly service calling at many stations in Fife when ScotRail axed the Edinburgh - Glenrothes with Thornton via Kirkcaldy trains during the post Covid timetable of a...

In a crayonist world, keep the Gatwick Express trains but ditch any sort of premium fare to use them (maybe at the same time as getting rid of any 'Thameslink only' fares to keep the lawyers happy). Have the trains call at Clapham Junction (pick up only on down trains) but not at East Croydon...

No different to when GWR gets asked to call the Reading - Gatwick trains additionally at the likes of Wanborough or Winnersh if SWR has fallen over. Or on a Sunday SWR is requested to call the Salisbury - Reading trains at the stations between Basingstoke & Reading if GWR are having a bad day...

Not that unusual, other rolling stock have similar individually labelled windows. Helps maintenance when it comes to logging faults as it can be 'small crack on W04 on coach 'XY101'.

Not the best day nor location for something like that to happen considering it's the great Easter weekend getaway.

17/4: Glasgow Subway 311 Is it just me or has the subway slowed right down since it's 4 sets in both directions offpeak. Felt like it was dwelling at stations for ages, especially the quieter ones south of the river.

.... I know in the past the last train of the day used to terminate at Hednesford before running back south empty, but these days everything runs to Rugeley Trent Valley as far as I can see.

8th – 10th April & 12th April Trips 8th April – Rural Lancashire on the Leeds & Liverpool Today was another trip towards the North West to continue my coverage of the Leeds & Liverpool canal, having multiple options in terms of which part to head to (Rufford Branch, Burscough – Maghull or a...

Isn't the 18;33 to Llanelli then ECS to Cardiff?

The Wrexham Central bound platform at Shotton (4?) to the Chester bound platform (1?) probably comes into a shout at being a long interchange between platforms.