• Our new ticketing site is now live! Using either this or the original site (both powered by TrainSplit) helps support the running of the forum with every ticket purchase! Find out more and ask any questions/give us feedback in this thread!

Search results

  1. G

    Coventry Park & Ride- What a nightmare today!!

    Hello All I today had the dis-pleasure of using the Park and Ride at the War Memorial Park in Coventry today, I have used it many a time, and the last time I used it was early last year and at the time, the service that was operated from there was pretty good. Clean (and green) punctual buses...
  2. G

    What did I just see? :)

    Hello all Iam not too sure if this is in the right place or not but I was wondering if someone can tell me what I just witnessed :) Iam currently on my lunch break sitting near to hillmorton junction on the wcml near rugby, and around 11.54 a coupled up 2-4 car (what might be desiro's) emu...
  3. G

    XC (and maybe general)Cancellations

    Hello all Not too sure if this thread is posted in the right section or not (sorry in advance if it's wrong!) just wondering about something, I was waiting at leamington for the 1822 CH service to Kidderminster and I heard on the tannoy that the XC service to Manchester that originally...
  4. G

    Promotions for toc employees

    Hello all This might sound like a stupid question with a obvious answer to those who work for various toc's across the UK but I was wondering if I or anybody else applied for a job that was advertised for a station role or ticket/ train manager role what are the chances of gaining potential...
  5. G

    Travelling from euston to Waterloo

    Hello all I'm travelling today through London, and I was wondering what is the quickest route is between euston and Waterloo? I have an hour and 5 minutes to get from euston (where my vt arrives) to catch my (swt) train from Waterloo will that give enough time to travel on the tube between...
  6. G

    A Deltic in Leicester!

    Hello again all This another thread about a brief sighting :) On Tuesday I was working over in Leicester and just approaching a bridge in North Leicester I saw a wonderful sight that was a Deltic pulling a class 37,class 47 and the HST prototype. Now I checked its route on real time...
  7. G

    A southern unit in the midlands!

    Hello all Not too sure if this is the right place to post this, a few weeks ago I saw a "southern" emu briefly on the rugby to Northampton branch-I thought I was dreaming!, I don't know if it was coupled up to a 380 LM unit if it wasn't,do Southern have any units that can do Ac & Dc? And also...
  8. G

    Invitation for an trainee bus drivers assessment!

    Hello all A few months ago i created a thread in this section (which is now locked) in regards to myself applying for a position as a trainee bus driver for National express Travel west midlands, and after 4 months or so i've been invited for an written assessment for this saturday, i...
  9. G

    Being a Trainee bus driver.

    Just wondering if any of you fellow forumers are bus drivers, who have started at a trainee level especially with Nxbus (or any other big company). Just would like to know how it was when you started and how easy/hard it is to go through the whole training process? Also :) Are there any other...
  10. G

    Applying for a job at Virgin trains

    Hello folks Iam looking to apply for two positions at virgin trains, both situated at different stations but I was wondering can I only apply for one position at a time or both?The job applications close tomorrow so a bit of help would be great :)

Top