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Fannybush Lane in Chopwell, Gateshead, was renamed to Whittonstall Road in the 1990s Can't imagine why!

St. Peters usually receives a couple of direct services from Kings Cross as a result of Sunderland closing at 19:00 on RMT strike days

It's little wonder there's been a need to re-record stations if they can't even manage to pronounce "to" correctly. "...Northern service tuh" - Absolutely hideous

There must be some flexibility with Drivers covering Guard shifts - The Guard of the afternoon Fort William shift was wearing an ASLEF red and white lanyard yesterday.

This might be a longshot, but does anybody have / able to point me in the direction of traincrew diagrams for any of the following countries: Benelux / France / Austria / Germany / Switzerland? Any timetable period would be welcome, current or historic - Purely for personal perusal.

Not directly related to the night train this thread is concerned with, but I notice in late March daytime RailJets from to / from Zurich do not call at Sargans. I don't have my atlas to hand, but would this suggest a diversion via St. Margrethen and therefore no reversal at Buchs?

Something I've always been curious about, is how is the area accessed for the pin to be inserted / removed? I've seen a few solo tenders with the drawbar exposed (theres one outside the NRM at the moment). Once the drawbar is pushed into the locomotive, then surely it will be directly below the...

For a short period in the noughties there was also a pair of St. James - Wallsend afternoon peak services.

Not a planned move at all, but this afternoon the 10-minute late 1A65 (14:12 Sunderland - London) overtook the on-time 1V64 (13:08 Edinburgh - Plymouth) at Darlington. 1V64 then overtook 1A65 on the racetrack approaching Thirsk. Just as well really as I'm intending to make that connection at York!

Brussels Luxembourg

I often used a the peak time Flying Scotsman service in First Class from Newcastle to London, when off on an Interrail adventure. Comparing the Interrail ticket price to that of a walk up, I was technically in profit without leaving the country! It's a massive benefit of the pass and long may...

Whenever I've arrived from Fort William, a member of staff has let me off the station, up the ramp onto Waverley Bridge - Sometimes after watching the shunt, other times at their request as soon as I alighted from the sleeper. Edit: This was when the train operated the "day service" - Hopefully...

Trois Ponts, in Belgium between Liege and Gouvy, is a direct translation of Three Bridges

Going by a selfie taken by Mr Hughes, and uploaded to the Metro Facebook page, it would seem 4001 has been in service this morning.

My thinking is that there would be more opportunities to work other SNCB services (moreso the crew, as you mention the standard interval timetable) once back in their own country, whereas there would be absolutely nothing for them to do whilst they sit in France.