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Fairly simple question really....does anyone know why a class 20 loco is currently on the back of a lorry going up Western Bank in Sheffield?

Where in the UK outside London has high frequency bus routes operated on the basis of regulating the gap between buses rather than instructing drivers to run to a fixed timetable? Are there any examples of this being coordinated between multiple depots / operators? Anecdotally it seems quite...

I've spoken before about how far behind the UK is when it comes to on-board information systems. It has been standard for years in the likes of Germany and the Netherlands, as well is in London, that buses are capable of automatically announcing upcoming stops. Some operators in the UK have made...

Having a slightly bizarre delay repay issue here. Planned journey was a short leg on a Northern train and then travelling onwards with Cross Country. Our planned Northern train was cancelled, but this didn't affect us as we had already decided we'd prefer to walk that short leg (the tickets...

We're all familiar with mainline railways carrying services from more than one operating company. But which tramways have multiple operators covering the same track? To start the thread off: there is a tramway in Vienna, Austria, served by two different transport companies (albeit both...

Replying to a post in https://www.railforums.co.uk/threads/manchester-piccadilly-planters-block-crossing.272803/ I'd support this. I think there's even enough space that they could build a big interchange there and mostly get rid of the rather grim Piccadilly Gardens bus stops and Chorlton...

Spotted a notice in the driving cab (but visible to passengers as well as the driver) on a bus earlier which said "Please remove your hi-vis while driving". Why is it likely to be important that drivers do this?

What is the the longest run of consecutively numbered routes serving the same corridor? Note I'm not expecting a single conclusive answer here as I don't have a fixed idea of what counts or a fixed definition of the "same corridor". more just hoping to stimulate some discussion. The inspiration...

Mod Note: Posts #1 - #2 originally in this thread. I was just going to is a nightmare for the volumes of traffic it attracts. I think the reason the park and ride shuttle never took off is because parking in the grounds remained free for National Trust members, who are probably a significant...

Replying here to avoid derailing the EMR new stock thread Is Eurostar actually using all of its platform capacity at the moment? The passenger capacity restriction for Eurostar at the moment is the passport control process, not the actual number of seats available, so it seems unlikely that...

A relative recently tried to make a journey which would usually be doable by direct train, but on this occasion rail replacement buses were running for the first part of it. They purchased a ticket at the intermediate station where they changed from RRB to train. For the outbound journey...

This has changed somewhat in the last year or two, but it was for a long time the case that Stagecoach ordered the large majority of their buses from Alexander Dennis Limited, and when they went elsewhere it was usually because the ADL range didn't offer anything suitable. I was a little...

As much as opinions differ on the merits or otherwise of the privatisation of train operations in the 1990s, and as much as we can speculate about what ulterior motives there could have been, and bemoan that what was promised is not necessarily what materialised in reality, the public-facing...

I know this is extremely minor in the grand scheme of things, but it's a bit irritating that for all the harmonisation of branding and information provision, nobody has thought to standardise the route/destination displays on the outside of the buses. It appears that each operator is currently...

I know that on the new (well, not really that new any more) Alexander Dennis MMC series buses, the stop buttons just trigger an audio recording played through speakers; there isn't a real bell in the bus. Is that the case on any other buses currently in service? Particularly curious about...

The fare cap has resulted, perhaps predictably, in most bus companies now effectively having a flat fare system, even where some of their fares used to be less than the cap. This may be either a matter of official policy or simply because drivers are in the habit of issuing all tickets to the...

If I buy through Stagecoach's website a "Megarider" ticket that has to be loaded onto a smartcard, when does the validity period start? Is it when I buy it, when the smartcard is delivered (I don't have a Stagecoach Smart card already so presumably will have to order one), or do I have to...

This thread is to discuss how the deregulation of the bus network in most of the country is to the benefit or (in my opinion) the disbenefit of bus passengers. I thought it best to reply in a new thread, rather than clutter up the "Stagecoach disowning the past" thread. I find the suggestion...

Thought it was worth creating a thread dedicated to the discussion of a potential Manchester Metrolink extension to Stockport. From the BBC (https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-manchester-67801843) I'm particularly intrigued by the underlined section (my underline, for what it's worth)...

On Manchester Metrolink, it's looking like it will be four years or more from completion of the Trafford Park line and the bay platform at Crumspall before the intended Crumpsall-Trafford Centre service starts. I suppose we have the pandemic to thank for that. What other examples are there of...