Smoke and Mirrors

Travel & transport from BBC stories as at 08:35 20 Apr 2024
- Some Wales roads to revert to 30mph after backlash
- BBC presenter reports racist abuse on London train

Read about the forum [here].
Register [here] - it's free.
What do I gain from registering? [here]

[whole diary]

02/06/24 - Summer Timetable starts
17/08/24 - Bus to Imber
27/09/25 - 200 years of passenger trains

On this day
20th Apr (1789)

Opening of Sapperton Canal Tunnel

• • • • • • Site Style 1 2 3 4
Next departures • Bristol Temple Meads • Bath Spa • Chippenham • Swindon • Didcot Parkway • Reading • London Paddington • Melksham
Exeter St Davids • Taunton • Westbury • Trowbridge • Bristol Parkway • Cardiff Central • Oxford • Cheltenham Spa • Birmingham New Street

April 20, 2024, 08:54:44

Welcome, Guest. Please login or register.

Most recently liked subjects
[315] Somerset and Dorset Devonshire Tunnel flood
[250] Rail to refuge / Travel to refuge
[42] Rail delay compensation payments hit £100 million
[37] Problems with the Night Riviera sleeper - December 2014 onward...
[18] Difficult to argue with e-bike/scooter rules?
[17] Signage - not making it easy ...

News: A forum for passengers ... with input from rail professionals welcomed too

Subject	Started by	Replies	Views	Last post
Smoke and mirrors - circular referrals where everyone passed you on.	grahame	0	11632	July 29, 2018, 10:42:34 by grahame
[otd] 11th September 2001 - Nine Eleven. Meanwhile at the DfT ...	grahame	0	2680	September 11, 2023, 06:05:17 by grahame
Yes you can. You pay. Then no, you can't. « 1 2 3 »	grahame	30	19452	October 07, 2014, 14:49:02 by chrisr_75
Why would an extra platform cost 6 million pounds?	grahame	9	9289	September 25, 2013, 07:30:20 by ellendune
Whoosh	stuving	8	2570	June 27, 2023, 15:00:03 by eightonedee
Who's To Blame? You Decide	Lee	0	6809	February 02, 2007, 14:40:13 by Lee
Who makes it hard to claim compensation?	grahame	5	9637	May 10, 2019, 20:30:46 by IndustryInsider
Who is to blame?	CJ Harrison	3	5941	April 06, 2007, 07:02:56 by grahame
Who is responsible for station car park maintenance?	sanfrandragon	12	18451	July 17, 2014, 14:09:37 by BerkshireBugsy
When should we stop analysing and do some doing?	grahame	11	14654	November 27, 2020, 18:10:55 by Bmblbzzz
When is T-12 NOT T-12? When it suits the rail industry!!	grahame	7	3210	February 27, 2018, 09:48:45 by ChrisB
When is a national condition of travel not national?	grahame	8	6661	April 19, 2017, 14:07:08 by Tim
When is a cancellation not a cancellation?	grahame	6	4932	August 06, 2023, 07:45:49 by grahame
When can I contact customer services / book a ticket from FGW?	grahame	2	5180	October 06, 2011, 15:13:03 by inspector_blakey
When (semi)automated systems get a bit confused	grahame	0	2898	May 19, 2013, 08:55:47 by grahame
What level of real time information should be available.	grahame	3	13329	October 05, 2015, 22:19:23 by grahame
What is the DfT not allowing us to be told?	grahame	1	8696	April 08, 2019, 17:49:29 by bobm
What is the definition of 'fault'	PhilWakely	2	2589	March 09, 2018, 20:34:14 by SandTEngineer
What does "Passive Provision" mean?	grahame	7	10989	March 03, 2017, 18:46:39 by Tim
Was this even shorter that Stourbridge to Stourbridge?	grahame	6	7618	April 05, 2009, 08:17:57 by grahame