Matthew Somerville

And then is heard no more. It is a tale Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury Signifying nothing.

@elizabethalker @PetrocTrelawny @BBCRadio3 Looks like Petroc is sadly going to bypass Darlington and go straight to York (arriving about an hour late). HTH!

And a quick visit to see Locomotion 1 at Darlington before @PetrocTrelawny arrives here from Inverness @BBCRadio3

@OrdnanceSurvey Any news on the issues with the OS API? I see the status page but that doesn’t provide any explanation or resolution times.

@nationalrailenq Hi, looking up the next direct train from Kings Cross to Cambridge, I get an error trying to see the calling points, is this a known problem? Seems to happen a lot on this route.

@StagecoachHLand Thank you! I am potentially hoping to catch it this Friday so I hope it does run :-)

@dracos Hi Matthew - Having checked, tracking, I can see the 56 served Dunvegan to Portree at 16.48 on Friday past so it appears there is an error on the timetable. I shall email the depot as I can see we hadn't received response previously. Apologies for this. Bea

@StagecoachHLand Hi, the online timetables show a 16:48 departure from Dunvegan to Portree on a school holiday Friday (first screenshot), but the PDF timetable for the 56 says it’s not Friday / school days only (second screenshot)? Which is correct? Thanks.

@StagecoachHLand Did they ever get back to you? Really need to know if this bus exists or not this week!

@dracos Hi Matthew, I will need to contact the local depot to get confirmation as to which one is correct. As soon as they respond I'll get back in touch with you. Thanks Lia

@ScotRail Yes, thanks, but as I said it’s 10 weeks away. So can you give an indication as to when they go on sale? Is there some reason they are not on sale 12 weeks before travel as they “normally” are?

@dracos Hi, Advance fares aren’t here yet. They’re normally available 12 weeks before travel. If you search the journey on the website you will see this below and be able to Set up Ticket Alert.

@ScotRail Hi, do you know when Advance tickets will be added for e.g. Glasgow–Mallaig on 21st July (10 weeks away)?

@WoodinRivers Yes! I said as much at bsky.app/profile/dracos…

Early sinkhole I believe is forming on Cartland Rd, Stirchley. There's a small leak in the sewer/drain, I suspect a blockage, which will be drawing the surrounding earth away. Water here is welling up through road surface & can tell its not mains water from the sediment residue.

If you're a fan of urban sinkholes in South Brum the spot to watch is Cartland Rd. I think it might be a very slow one so may never get to point of a single big void & a proper urban sinkhole, but it might get there.

@TransportForWM @nxwestmidlands The bus was diverted on the day, with a known diversionary route in advance. So you and/or NXWM can and should upload new data to BODS with that information, everyone uses that for timetabled buses, nothing to do with live information.

@dracos @nxwestmidlands Hi Matthew, apologies for any inconvenience this has caused you. Neither us or NX West Midlands are responsible for the data used by Google Maps - from my understanding, they use traffic data to show whether buses are running as normal or delayed.

🏃 The annual AJ Bell Great Birmingham Run Half Marathon & 10k takes place TODAY in the #CityCentre ⛔ Road closures to be in place during the race 🚌 Some buses will be diverted as well as some bus stop changes ℹ️ More details can be found here: orlo.uk/1CZaO

@ScotRail Highland Rover, but doesn’t matter which, the whole pass site is down? Go to scotrail.co.uk/tickets/combin… and click "Buy your travel pass"

@dracos Hi Matthew, what ticket type are you looking to purchase? ^Ste

Happy #InternationalHarryPotterDay! ✨💫🧙‍♂️ The Glenfinnan Viaduct is famously featured in the Harry Potter films as the route taken by the Hogwarts Express on its journey to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. *Sound On*

@ugnich Thanks for tenbluelinks.org! You could link to gyford.com/phil/writing/2… for a sort of way to do it in Safari. And the last paragraph of your page should be “This website and its author” not “it’s”. Hope that’s helpful, thanks again!

@ohrockyrocky @MichaelMacLeod1 @climate_ben @TheLondonMinute Thanks! Yeah, been running them for 15 years now, happy to answer any questions :)

@MichaelMacLeod1 @climate_ben @TheLondonMinute Hi Michael - this is indeed a thing of beauty, but worth knowing that Matthew Somerville has has a somewhat lower-fi version for quite some time (along with live bus trackers)...traintimes.org.uk/map/tube/

🚇 A new live Tube map for Londoners Ben James (@climate_ben) has created something wonderful, so The London Minute (@TheLondonMinute) has sponsored it to help keep it going: londonunderground.live londonminute.substack.com/p/new-live-tub…

@mountain_ghosts Even better, one of those two flags does two different things!

@OldStationSt Bit ironic, as this sort of thing only happens when buildings are going to be demolished and rebuilt 🤣 Don’t think there’s anything to find on Station Street though.

I bloody love stories like this bbc.com/news/articles/…

@OldStationSt The Theatre Royal (also demolished in 1956) production in that photo I think could be this one: theatricalia.com/play/34w/the-c… :)

W. Wykes, who designed the original building the UK's oldest working cinema, The Electric, took on in 1909, also designed an incredible Grand Theatre on Corporation Street. Sadly his design wasn't built. A diff. design (pic 2) entertained up to 2k people until demolition in 1963

@CLondoner92 @GarethDennis @diamondgeezer @TheMurkyDepths It could, sure, but that’s not how I received either of those emails, I know the first did come from TfL, and as I say, have no reason to doubt the second given that.

@dracos @GarethDennis @diamondgeezer @TheMurkyDepths I suggest that the contact form on your website may allow someone to impersonate others to send these types of emails to you.

The miserable curmudgeons at @TfL's Trademark Enforcement Team have forced @dracos to take down his excellent live tube map and bus maps which have been running since 2010. Matthew explains more here: traintimes.org.uk/map/tube

@GarethDennis @CLondoner92 @diamondgeezer @TheMurkyDepths The person from TfL in email 1 confirmed in a further email that they have outsourced their trademark protection department to a third party provider. I didn’t see any reason to doubt it, given that, even though it was very badly written as you say.

@CLondoner92 @diamondgeezer @TheMurkyDepths @dracos Is this even real, then? Looks like impersonation. I'd be ignoring the email.