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24 March 2025

Hulleys’ Closure - My Thoughts

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Ever since purchasing my first Peak District timetable book—produced by Derbyshire County Council and covering the summer of 1992—I’ve been ...
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23 March 2025

Capacity Matters: Short Formations & Excessive Standing

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The UK rail industry is often portrayed as heavily regulated, yet when it comes to train capacity—the simple matter of having enough space t...
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19 March 2025

The Creep of Misinformation & Why Buses & Trains Get It Right

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It started with a text. A chirpy little message from an unknown number, claiming to be EE, asking me to reply “DOUBLE” to activate double mi...
14 February 2025

We Buy Any Bus Dot Com

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I recently had the dubious pleasure of engaging with the modern-day automotive juggernaut that has single-handedly revolutionised the second...
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30 January 2025

Kettering and Back by Bus

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My local garage was unable to rectify the gearbox faults my car had developed and recommended an automatic transmission specialist in Ketter...
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13 October 2021

Grimsby and Back

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Recently I was nominated to collect the LEYTR magazines from the printer and so decided to make the journey by public transport. This was an...
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14 August 2021

Isle of Wight, Summer 2021

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I last visited the Isle of Wight during a Railrover in 2005. It was a fleeting visit, involving a trip along the full length of the Island L...
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01 August 2021

To the NRM at York

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The following post was intended for publication in the latest magazine but was ousted due to a lack of space. During the last fifteen month...
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