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lt’s all so uninspiring for transport isn’t it? A series of relatively cheap wins to improve transport in outer London rather than another network of slow buses would be to build new platforms at locations where existing rail lines cross, but where there is no interchange.

Red lines indicate no stopping. The exceptions being a bus at a bus stop, or a blue badge holder / taxi for the purpose of dropping off or picking up authorised passengers. Local authorities (including TfL) may also issue permits allowing vehicles to stop and/or park for other reasons. Yellow...

Solihull has also had “red routes” for at least 20 years.

Sharing tracks with Network Rail is not a barrier, as the Tyne and Wear Metro proves, which has hexagonal signs suffixed with "kmh" alongside the usual round signs displaying the limit in miles per hour. Picture of an example from Wikipedia...

Yes the passenger operated ticket machines can issue refunds in cash for remaining credit (and deposit, if the card was sold with one) subject to a maximum credit value of £10. However this does not require staff intervention and can be done by the customer directly. From the extract in the...

Singapore accepts UK passports at their eGates. Similarly Indonesia also worked fine if you have applied for an eVisa on Arrival in advance. Mexico also allows the UK, but you don’t get a stamp, but instead a little ticket which you *must* hold on to. If you go to a manned desk you do get...

lve never heard this before. Sounds like something someone has just made up.

Just water them with water from your water butt as opposed to tap water. You can also buy soil testing kits or devices to check the acidity levels of your soil to determine if it’s appropriate for acid loving plants.

Link to RAIB report https://www.gov.uk/government/news/report-022024-derailment-of-a-tram-at-bulwell

Merseyrail have now been “community noted.” Comments added and voted upon by Twitter members in the Community Notes panel: -

You can’t I’m afraid. As per my post that you quoted, you have to redeem it as a promo code and not as Uber Money.

That always used to creep me out as a child how she would say the station name twice when there was an interchange announcement.

Filton Abbey Wood has had schedule 17 hours for a ticket booth staffed during the evening peak for as long as I can remember. During Wessex Trains days this was a man in the hut with an Avantix machine like many other stations in the area such as Yate and Keynsham. When the Greater Western...

FWIW, in 2005 the 73 stock wouldn’t have had automated announcements as most would understand it; these did not come until later (I believe 2006). During the mid-1990s refurbishment announcements were fitted with a male voice (a staff member from the east end of the line) but these were reliant...

You may be interested in a thread from last time this topic came up, which also includes a link to the time before when someone asked this. https://www.railforums.co.uk/threads/trivia-busiest-unstaffed-station.240448/ This refers to numbers from pre-Covid so things may have changed since then...

Whilst Easter and Christmas are fundamentally religious festivals I would argue that in practice in the present day they are no longer considered religious festivals but exist as a time for family to get together, decorations and lights, gifts / chocolates and so on. Without having seen what...

Amazon is currently selling Uber gift cards for a 10% discount. I’m not sure if you can stack this to get the 10% Cashback as Uber credits as well, but given it’s the same discount I suppose it avoids the risk that Uber terminate the deal. You have to add the gift cards to your account as a...

When are religious quotes put up on the screens at Christmas time?

It’s strange how all throughout the day Network Rail doubled down and were running with a statement that all was fine, and then changed their mind during the late evening.

Never heard of them.