Chairmans Blog

Our railtour yesterday to Oxford, Bath & Bristol, with an optional add on to the East Somerset Railway ran very well (apart from dull, cold weather!) We left Piccadilly just before 6.30am behind Wrexham & Shropshire-liveried 67010 – it having substitued at the last minute for 67025 which had failed – with 67021 on the [...]

For years people have been complaining that railway timetables are difficult to understand. But the industry doesn’t seem to do anything about it. Notable exceptions are GMPTE with their clear station posters and also Merseyrail, though they confuse by using the 12 hour clock that the rest of the UK travel industry gave up in [...]

We are pleased to see Cheshire East Council is this year sponsoring a free bus service from Knutsford, Northwich & Hartford stations to the Cheshire Show. Some of the connections at Knutsford are good. For the full timetable, click here.

Here’s an offer spotted by our friend, Community Rail Officer for the Crewe to Manchester Line, Robert Morton. Register with the Daily Mail by midnight on 7 May, and get a free Family & Friends Railcard until 11 July. Here’s the link.