Bath Jay

@RMcCarthy86 @GWRHelp @tfwrail How likely is the TfW train to offer dining on a given day? I thought there was a decent chance of rolling stock substitution or has that issue passed now?

In the mood for a restaurant car on Monday. 🚂 🍽 🍷 Genuinely can't decide which one, though: @GWRHelp's gorgeous Pullman, or @tfwrail's amazing First Class Dining? Menus, and poll, below:

@UKMondoMan @RMcCarthy86 @GWRHelp @tfwrail Don’t you need a first class ticket for TfW dining? GWR is accessible to standard class ticket holders, I think.

@RMcCarthy86 @GWRHelp @tfwrail TfW v GWR for pricing - TfW win hands down… 3 courses and a bottle of plonk for £7 less than GWR (and that’s just food with no wine) - I’d have Beef with Horseradish cream to start, the Lamb Rump for main and the strawberry and honey trifle for pudding… along with a nice red 🍷

@richardwyatt Which bridge was that?

Pix of the day. Tuesday, May 5th bathnewseum.com/2026/05/05/pix… via @bathnewseum

@TristanCorkPost @Glutenfreescone Yeah, it’s a definite improvement. Let’s just hope it’ll be rolled out wider soon.

@bathjay78 @Glutenfreescone Nice for Bishopston, but not seen this anywhere else.

Saw one of the City Leap lamppost chargers actually being used for the first time in Bristol. This EV car driver lucked out finding a lamppost that didn’t already have another car parked next to it…

@TristanCorkPost @Glutenfreescone I found details: travelwest.info/news/bristol-w…

@TristanCorkPost @Glutenfreescone To be fair to them, there seem to be a lot of on-street “scooter / e-bike hire” parking bays around the Bishopston area now. I don’t know if that’s the case city-wide.

@TristanCorkPost I know it’s a pilot / trial but it seems doomed to fail. I actually think it could be a good idea if it were implemented competently.

@TristanCorkPost I’m aware of two such lampposts: #1 is between a drop kerb to a ‘drive’ and a disabled bay. #2 is at the start of double yellows. So, from four possible spaces, three are immediately eliminated. A cursory glance on Google Streetview would have told them these were poor choices.

@DaveF63 @TheRoadPadrone I’m hoping but daren’t presume!

@bathjay78 @TheRoadPadrone I'm presuming/hoping it'll be something like this:

@TheRoadPadrone @DaveF63 I’ve seen this but will it be segregated with kerbs to prevent them loading or will it be signs and yellow ‘paint’?

@bathjay78 @DaveF63 2 way cycle lane, with no stopping or loading

@TheRoadPadrone @DaveF63 Does it though? I’ve not found any real detail and worry that delivery drivers will still be able to park over the bike lanes.

@DaveF63 Hoping the new scheme through here stops all this

@landatthebottom And giving people vaguely offensive nicknames is pleasant?

What a thoroughly unpleasant thing for the Fluffer to say. Telling women to "shut up" has a loathsome history.

@GWRHelp Sent in DM

@bathjay78 Hi there, thank you for your message. Please could I have your smartcard number so that I can raise this with the PAYG/Contactless team for you? Thank you - Emma

@GWRHelp My Bristol PAYG smartcard seems to be dead after whatever changes you’ve made recently. I thought I did what your email told me to do in advance of the change . How do I fix it?

@TheRoadPadrone That’s about to be rebuilt as two way segregated cycle lanes, fingers crossed it works better than currently…

@GWRHelp What’s actually wrong with the lifts at Ashley Down? They seem to be broke more often than not. Not good enough for an almost brand new station. Our family includes toddlers in buggies and elderly at different times. CC @FOSBR

@techtoby__ @WhiskeyPeaky Is O2 your physical network? They have a terrible reputation in Bath. Personally, I’m on Three and it’s great in the centre…

@WhiskeyPeaky It was Bath, on a quiet day

Britain has got to fix 5G internet as an absolute priority How can I be in the centre of a city and I’m unable to get internet?

@sp_jimbob @GWRHelp @travelling_wolf UNLESS one of the two tickets is a season in which case the train merely needs to pass through the station, not stop. Mornington Crescent!

@sp_jimbob @GWRHelp @travelling_wolf Yes, it’s been like that for years. In order to use split ticketing, the service has to actually stop at the split station. I remember falling foul of this 10+ years ago when my train didn’t stop at DID. I guess splitting is way more common now, hence the announcements.

Is this a new thing? I’ve never heard it announced before, but @GWRHelp just announced that certain split tickets aren’t valid on this train (London to Weston). Does your train have to stop at the station where the split is to be valid? @travelling_wolf ?

@TbeamService Scam, you’re not @BootsUK