My wife and I have threatened to go to Dublin for a while; we’ve both been to Ireland a few times both sightseeing and fishing, but remarkably never stopped off in the capital. Anyway, whilst browsing the web one day and revisiting the essential rail travel website www.seat61.com I stumble across the Ireland page and [...]
We hear from various sources, including Jen on this Blog that the Chester free buses from the railway station to the city centre end on 20 November. A new service starts the following day operated by Aintree Coachlines and registered as Route 40. (In the “old days”, route c40 was from the Town Hall to [...]
There were worrying words from Teresa Villiers, Rail Minister at Northern Rail’s Conference in Leeds on 20 October. It seems apart from the Ordsall Curve, that the rest of the Northern Hub may be cut back or postponed due to overspends elsewhere (South East England – where else!!) It’s apparently “an expensive package”, though it’s [...]
We’ve talked about the serious overcrowding in the Leeds and Manchester areas more than a few times since this Blog started. Last December we blogged about when we might see the overcrowding relieved, given the then further announcements that had been made. The cascade has started. Here’s 1986 built ex-London Midland class 150 150111 on [...]
Trains, stations and shops and pickpockets will be increasingly busy as Christmas approaches. You may not be a regular reader of the British Transport Police web site, so here is a link to some useful tips that they have to show you some common methods of losing your valuables. A few seconds watching these videos [...]
The Friends of Heaton Chapel Station are applying for a NatWest community grant to assist them in their work …. They’d very much appreciate your vote to help them towards the grant …. It would also set a good precedent for other station groups.
Twice a year Northern hold conferences at York for their engineers from their stations and depots around Northern England from Liverpool to Carlisle, and Newcastle to Sheffield. Around 100 attend each conference, each one being run twice to allow for shift patterns as well as making sure there are still engineers in place to keep [...]
Many of you will be aware of the proposals for a 9-storey modern car park to sit alongside Chester’s historic station building. Our committee member, Michael Ross has objected to the planning application. With his permission, we have reproduced his objection below …. *************************** Objection to planning application 11/03999/FUL Proposed 9 storey car park on the [...]
Going back to our blog of 23 May 2010, we were pleased to report the replacement of the windows in the waiting shelter at Mouldsworth. The station has suffered more than its fair share of vandalism since then, but not all the culprits were human! Some birds like linseed oil putty and have been pecking [...]
Those using and travelling through Lostock Gralam will have seen the new shelters, revised car park area and general tidying up all round. This has come about in a deal between Northern, Network Rail and the developer of the area of the old station building whereby a land swap was agreed to provide the developer [...]
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