Recent content by Solent&Wessex

Whilst all Heritage Railways will generally have the same maximum permitted speed of 25mph, it does not mean that they will run at that speed. Many heritage railways, especially shorter ones, or those without many stations or stops en route, do not regularly get to 25mph and trundle along at a...

Yes my sources suggest that may well have been the problem. They want it simplifying but at the same time don't want anyone paying any more than they currently do. And there was some mention of how seperate companies can't be seen to be colluding as that is anti competitive.

Incidentally there was an industry plan to simplify fares on that route in May to do just that - just have one ticket and do away with all the myriad complexities which catch everyone out. That simplification apparently got stopped because "stakeholders" objected and would not approve it. Yet...

As soon as possible! It developed some electrical wiring faults and a faulty sensor which have been attended to over recent weekends and I think is having a final check over this weekend. 1748979081 Green, Orange and Purple timetables all include a DMU diagram, which does mean that between...

It depends where you are travelling from. Northern on the East Side, including trains through Keighley, are largely unaffected by the traincrew issues on the West side and generally operate as normal on Sundays. It's buses which are a pain as they don't seem to start until around lunchtime in...

A foot passenger still needs to have a reservation and register their name etc as far as I am aware. Foot passengers with tickets purchased directly from Steam Packet would have provided their details when buying the ticket and will have an email with a QR code on. They simply scan that QR when...

Any reason why? Unless there is some suggestion it was a fault with the train which cause the incident, which would seem unusual looking at the albeit limited information available so far.

I can confirm that there is a TUPE process when transferring from one operator to another as it is legally a separate company with a different name, so the actual employer will change.

As someone who has transferred into DfTO, I can confirm: You loose your First Group (or other owning group) passes and boxes and other benefits such as Friends and Family tickets, on the date of transfer, and get a strict letter saying that if you use your passes or boxes, even if dated to...

I was on a Coastliner service from Whitby a few weeks ago and there was a driver, in Keighley Bus Company uniform, stood at the front with the normal Coastliner driver. I assumed he was route learning for this very situation.

There will be a farewell day for the Plaxton President B7TLs in Keighley on Saturday 26th April. A post on facebook from Paul Turner (Transdev) says:

Concession pass holders in Lancashire did (and may still do) get issued with a ticket on most, if not all, bus operators, as far as I can tell. Someone said it's a Lancashire County Council requirement.

Not many local authorities issue Companion cards, and where they do it would only apply in the area of the issuing authority only, i.e. the companion part is not valid outside West Yorkshire. For this reason the card may be encoded differently to other ENCTS cards and some areas might not have...

One of the big problems with any special trains or services that provide through trains on or off the mainline, or even entirely on the mainline such as the Settle Carlisle Covid services, is that unless the tickets are on sale via Trainline then average Joe Normal won't know about them or book...

If that is the case, then they should have dropped the bus link to Skye too! Citylink says reservations recommended. Anecdotal online commentary suggests that the 3 coaches per day are often oversubscribed in the main season. Yet there is no way to make a reservation on Citylink to use these...