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My query was coincidental and unrelated to that linked post in the Disputes forum. But it does sound like the booking office at Daisy Hill is pretty much out of action at the moment. Possibly there is still an operational TVM there (I'm interested more in TOD collection at DSY for split ticket...

That footbridge certainly used to be much longer than it is today. It used to continue all the way across to North Western station, adjacent to Platform 1, but turned 90° and dropped down to street level; it did not actually lead onto Wigan NW station. These links show the longer...

Should be little doubt about the elevation of the railway at this benchmark ... Source: Veronica B. at Wigan World Album. Why did I come up with this particular one? The lower-level line with the goods wagons is the ex-LNWR 'Springs Branch'.

Do those ~half-a-dozen masts installed 'down the hill' from Wigan Station Junction towards Wallgate go beyond the metal footbridge which crosses the Wallgate lines? The footbridge is a shortcut for pedestrians between the North Western car park and King Street (via a nasty litter and vomit...

Has anyone travelled from Daisy Hill station in the past month - or more specifically been able to buy a ticket from there? Reason for asking is that both Northern and Network Rail websites have similar info regarding the installation of a lift at Daisy Hill. Apparently the new lift is being...

An example of artistically depicted rolling stock which never came to fruition was the Class 316 EMU for the Manchester Picc-Vic tunnel. To be fair, the example below is not a bad rendition of a PEP-family suburban unit - although the carriage sides do look to be more influenced by LU sub...

I'm no expert on intricacies of routing but, rather than a bug in the booking engine, is the 'change at Salford Crescent' thing a result of the 'permitted within 3 miles of shortest route' rule (considering your actual origin or final destination station in Manchester)? Another example in...

Wigan Council's website for advance notification of roadworks now includes replacing the Ince Green Lane overbridge at Ince station under its Major Schemes section. The road closure at the bridge will start Monday 22nd April for 31 weeks (= end of November 2024)...

Another thread on the RMWeb site from about 12 years ago covered aspects of the OP's question (but no mention of Woodford Halse) Here are some extracts of relevant posts from that thread .... Here: https://www.rmweb.co.uk/forums/topic/66167-br-1500v-dc-electrification-schemes/ Here...

No one has mentioned living near pubs yet! A mate once moved into a house a few doors down from a popular pub, with much swagger about how convenient it would be getting to and from a good night out. A few weeks later, cue lots of moaning about loud late-night conversations and shouting in the...

I'd be interested in hearing more about this too - it's a new one for me. March and Woodford Halse sound like a lot of wires, gantries and electricity substations beyond Sheffield. It's not an area I know much about, but I thought the next on the LNER's main-line electrification hit list after...

By chance, I was just perusing some old Working Timetables - looking at the eclectic range of destinations served by petrochemical trains from the Stanlow / Ellesmere Port area in the 1970s & 80s. Back in the day, I loved seeing those lumbering oil trains, plus the (generally much cleaner...

That's a good call. Mostly I'll have good coverage with all networks during my trip, but there are a couple of places I'll be visiting in rural Lancashire and North Wales which seem to have very poor / nil coverage on O2 (= GiffGaff) and Vodafone (ASDA Mobile - my other option), but adequate...

Thanks for the suggestions. Sounds like I can get what I need for around £20 for the month, easily and with minimal risks. GiffGaff sounds like a front runner. I actually tried entering a dummy order for a free SIM from GiffGaff using a randomly dreamed-up postcode as my UK address. Their...