More crap parking in Charlbury, on a junction. Luckily, nobody was parked on the junction opposite as they usually do. Otherwise, that would've been game over in terms of getting the bus through.

Problem solved! There's now a big sign on the A44 on the approach to Loop Farm Roundabout, telling motorists about the congestion charge and advising them to use the park & ride.

Bloody hell!

Excellent news! The Cowley branch line in Oxford will re-open to passengers. I am glad the government sees the obvious benefit in this, but railways across the Midlands and North badly need ambitious investment. It can't just be London and the South East. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

In the audience tonight is Charlotte Bennett, one of the 13 women that Andrew Cuomo is credibly alleged to have sexually harassed while they worked in his government. She can't speak for herself because Cuomo's lawyers have hounded her. So I confronted him.

Double decker trains coming to Eurostar as order placed https://www.railadvent.co.uk/2025/10/double-decker-trains-coming-to-eurostar-as-order-placed.html #alstom #eurostar

On my way into Oxford this morning, I didn't see a sign about the congestion being introduced next week until I got to St Giles. How about having some signs on the main routes into the city before the Park & Ride sites so as to encourage people to choose the buses?

The infrastructure is there and the trains are waiting in sidings. The fact trains aren't running on EWR is a choice made by someone within Chiltern Railways or the government.

I travelled all the way from York to Blackpool North.

Every time I pass this shop, I stop and have a look in the window. Model shops will never not be exciting.

After a visit to Scarborough, I found the Network Rail leaf buster in the platforms between trips. It was then onto a Northern train to my next stop for the day.

Good morning from a Transpennine Express train that's taking me on another adventure. 😎

Isle of Wight bus passengers urged to shine phone lights at unlit stops - BBC News share.google/AlnZfIFNyx6i... Very sensible advice, it's very difficult to spot people standing at bus stops in the dark. And in daylight, stand where you can be seen. Not behind a tree or a bus shelter or a wall.

Blyth Bebside ✅️ Britain's newest station opened this morning on the Northumberland Line between Newcastle and Ashington. Does anyone know why they've sprayed 'fake grass' on the muddy embankment?

The first train to Ashington this morning was at 07:57. Due to Tyne & Wear Metro cancellations, I got to Newcastle at 07:58. Good start to the day. 🤦🏻‍♂️

The Tyne & Wear Metro has already let me down. 🙄

I've made it to Tynemouth and thus travelled from coast to coast today. Tynemouth is easily the best station on the T&W Metro, lovely architecture!

After a trip to Morpeth, it's back down towards Newcastle, and I changed between National Rail and the T&W Metro at Manors. It makes a change from going to the main station, I suppose.

Nice visit to Hexham!

Workington (Main) station is still clinging on to a bygone era of rail travel.

The site of the former Workington Central station, which was closed to passengers in 1931. The line remained until the mid-1960s. The road, which now follows the old railway line, is rather fittingly called Central Way.

On my first train of the day, and it's a quiet one.

An important petition for Oxford better transport fans: a bus hub as part of the station redesign. Yes to more buses, no to more multi storey car parks. Do sign and share! c.org/pqTDg8jfjM

I had an enjoyable ride from Lancaster to Kendal on Stagecoach's 555 route. Comfy seats and lots of nice scenery.

Starting the day in Penrith, I'm looking forward to today. 🙂

🚂NEW VIDEO TIME!🚂 It's my last video exploring the Cambrian Coast by train! I go and take a look to see if Dovey Junction really is so isolated! youtu.be/h8vdu5LG2qY

Visits to Burnley and Accrington meant I got the worst and the best of the Northern fleet in one afternoon.

I just measured the time between button press and green man to cross the A679 in Burnley, and it took exactly a fortnight. This is the route between Central station and the town centre, keeping people waiting for ages at crossings doesn't encourage active travel.

Photograph normal, everyday things, because one day they'll be gone. In the case of Class 150s, they can't be gone soon enough!

Time to head north with Avanti. A Pendolino on the left and a Crewecumber on the right.

I'm not sure I like this butchering of classic postboxes? 😖

Time for me to check out Oxford Food & Drink Festival on Broad Street. 😋

The Stockholm-Hamburg/Berlin sleeper has been saved. RDC will take over when SJ pulls out. May not run on some winter nights in future though: www.berliner-zeitung.de/mensch-metro...

I've never seen the traffic into Oxford this bad. It took 72 minutes to get from the station to the Radcliffe Observatory Quarter, including about 45 minutes of being stuck on St Giles not moving. bustimes.org share.google/tFfHC1ATYI6A...

First trip of the day and it was a busy one, lots of participants for the Oxford Half Marathon travelling into thr city by bus. Good luck to everyone taking part in the half marathon today!

Breath in!

The culling of sleeper train services across Europe continues...

A little London branch which does survive as a heavy rail line is the Bromley North branch. Trains run between here and Grove Park, two stops along. Operated by Southeastern, but owing to its heritage it says 'Southern Railway' on the front of the station.

The branch line from Elmers End to Addiscombe, with an intermediate station at Woodside, closed in 1997. It was replaced 3 years later by Tramlink. The trams connect with mainline trains at Elmers End, and use the old platform for the branch line.

Even at a leafy suburban station, there were staff handing out leaflets summarising Southeastern's autumn timetable.

First time seeing one of these ADL Enviro100EVs out in the wild and in service. In Orpington on the B14 to Bexleyheath.

I don't have a plan for today, just going wherever the wind takes me. Starting off in south east London.

We have a few 'foreign' buses in Oxford at the moment. One of them is mine for the evening.

Great, more buses going to the station is the last thing we need! The station forecourt can't cope with what is there now, we don't need more! 🤦🏻‍♂️

I'm coming around to the idea that this area of Oxford city centre should be pedestrianised. It's simply not big enough for all the pedestrian, cyclist, and motor vehicle movements.

There were so many surprises throughout the weekend that it was so hard to include it all! youtu.be/stwBaXUaptM

Asking Lando and Oscar to swap places at Monza set a very bad precedent... #SingaporeGP

This. Is. Brilliant.

Some unhelpful parking in Oxford city centre tonight. 🤦🏻‍♂️ @badlyparkedox.bsky.social

My new favourite BTCC car. 😍