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Does that mean 2024? If it does then surely the hand back will need to be postponed/renegotiated? EMR couldn't possibly continue to function if any number of 222s have to be handed back in December?

Surely EMR and XC trains no longer have any capability of producing hot food? In fact hasn't even microwaved stuff been withdrawn now too?

It is. - A peculiarly British thing, it would seem!

Well, I left Skegness on the 1300 bus, service 56, which arrived in Lincoln at 1445. I then got the 1524 train to Nottingham, arriving at 1617. I did actually see the 1624 arrival from Sleaford at Nottingham, there were very few people on it.

I have no problem with the existing seats in XC 170s they're comfortable enough, the headrests are very good, so are the arm rests. If the Modern Railways mock up is an accurate representation, the replacement seats look pretty horrible, the arm rests look very cheap and nasty!

Until fairly recently, the cafe on Pl.6 had a hot drinks machine from which you could get a decent cup of coffee for just £1. I noted recently it's gone now, it was probably abstracting too much custom from the £3.50 coffees sold at the counter!

I've decided! I'm going to get the Stagecoach bus 56 from Skegness to Lincoln, then the train from Lincoln to Nottingham. There's a bit of a wait in Lincoln but at least it's only one bus and one train to get!

The line to Skegness is closed this weekend (27/28 Apr) between Sleaford and Boston for engineering work, buses replace trains between those points. I have the misfortune to be returning from Skeggy on Sunday and in my experience the 1215 service to Nottingham is usually a popular departure. On...

The amount of day-to-day maintenance has been reduced considerably in recent years because Network Rail don't want staff on the track in the daytime whilst trains are running. Virtually all of the track renewals and heavy maintenance is done by private contractors and the lines being worked on...

Tuesday evening in Derby one of the Harlequin Solos was being used on The Mickleover. At least the livery was broadly similar!

Had a good look at 810001 on Etches Park as I passed by on a Nottingham train yesterday, it doesn't have any seats in, just empty body shells.

The idea of rail privatisation was suggested to Mrs Thatcher when she was PM but she dismissed it, saying she didn't think there was any appetite for it. It was the awful John Major who did it, originally wanting privatisation based on the old 'Big Four' model, as they were before...

Aren't there still a lot of quite old coaches with manual transmission still around? Many of which carry Irish registrations to disguise their true age?

I've seen the 15.20 departure from Derby on 'The Swift' these past two days (Tuesday and Wednesday) Both days it was standing room only on a Solo, Tuesday it managed to show the destination, Wednesday it was showing 'Sorry, Not in Service' It's sad to see the image descending into something...

I noticed this at Crewe on Wednesday, it was a TfW 197 on Platform 6 which is straight with no camber. The two parts of the ramp were used and the smaller. top section seems to just an extension piece for the main ramp. One thing which really surprised me was that two parts appear to be stowed...

Two Premiership football matches on Saturday could swell the numbers on EMR quite a bit: Crystal Palace are travelling up to Nottingham Forest and Fulham are travelling up to Sheffield United.

The Hope Valley Stopper should be quite a bit quicker running via Stockport. Wonder if it will pass through without stopping?

It seems that next week, Monday 25 - Friday 29, XC have taken most of the Newcastle/York - Reading via Doncaster services out of the timetable but I can't find an explanation anywhere for this. Does anyone know why this has been done?

Since it was stated that a retaining wall would be necessary alongside the Dore Loop. has that now become just some concrete pumped into the ground?

When I travelled from Derby to Sheffield yesterday, I noticed that one of EMR's departures was shown on the screens as having 'No accessible toilet in Standard' I took that to mean non-accessible toilets were available but the only accessible toilet would be in First. Presumably anyone who...