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Before anyone discusses what to do with passengers with expired railcards that are entitled to purchase replacement railcards, perhaps what should be discussed first is how poor after-sales support is for current railcard holders. When I held a railcard, there was a period of a few weeks (and...

Well, the UK motorway network prior to 1967 was designed for a cruising speed of 90mph, for contemporary vehicles. Read into that as you wish. I wouldn't say they're that strict at all. You need to be really aggressive to be following a vehicle at less than 0.9 seconds separation distance and...

It depends, are you calling out police officers who regularly suffer from "blue mist" and often drive irresponsibly, usually in the guise of "saving lives"? If you are, then yes I agree. That road is good (in bits) for more than 60mph, but the unfortunate thing is that a lot of people tend to...

I don't quite understand why there would be an issue with using Calvert, it is most certainly available in TTF format amongst others - and from what I've figured out from watching the passenger information system reboot (thanks to YouTube) the PIS definitely is running what appears to be a...

You'd have a panic attack on some of the metro systems abroad, where doors sometimes are unlocked before the train comes to a stand.

I'd rather it worked similar to how the metrocars work - you can hold down the button and as soon as that particular door is unlocked by the driver, the door will open. Saves so much time.

You can find this information in the new Pop app.

I attempted pre-select earlier however it didn't work as expected. What I bitterly miss is the ability to prime the button - hold it as the door is unlocked and it opens automatically. I do this on the current stock and it saves easily 3 to 5 seconds, and if I time it right, it allows me to be...

I've attended tax tribunals virtually as a member of the public before. As long as the clerks of the court properly handle your request to attend a virtual session, then it most certainly is in public.

Don't let people know about Ashington's second best kept secret. Pretty sure it has by far the most competitively priced charity shops in the whole of the North East... (The best kept secret is for me to know and no one else to hopefully find out!) For those weird people like me who enjoy...

It depends. If someone (such as myself) is coming from west of Regent Centre, it may just be a case of whatever is scheduled first, metro then X20 or metro then rail from Northumberland Park. I honestly don't see much difference in timings. (X21 or X22 would basically be a useless service for...

Incorrect. Scottish legislation does not differ from E+W legislation on this specific matter, it's just that the practice of having 70 signs upon entrances to motorways has still continued in Scotland for unknown reasons, long after England stopped doing so. They are basically litter. It's a...

There's no point. If you're cycling around the toon, you're likely going in a direction that goes across the CME, and not along it.

We need more motorways, but naturally that's coming from someone who is a great admirer of the Autobahn (and how it's ran!) Widening motorways is something we shouldn't do, as it's very clear that the UK has little resilience when it comes to critical road infrastructure. UK rail and road...

I'd say so. Woodhorn isn't exactly a place to accidentally have ended up!

I suspect I was one of the very few legitimate passengers northbound on the first train! Not that many people actually left the station, as far as I remember.

I tried looking for any T&W all-zone tickets to Ashington and they're not available. Bit of a shame really, but kinda expected given the push to use Pop.

When your average metro journey is 11 stops, seats start to become less of a desire, and more of a need, especially after a long day working!

As opposed to possessing and using multiple times an open return for a journey between two points that hasn't yet been marked as used?