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    Any loco-hauled still at Berlin Hbf?

    More accurately, those locomotives are RSL locomotives in ČD livery as they're leased, with D-RAILL registration.
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    Stations rebranded to Great British Railways design / Rail Alphabet 2

    Bletchley has its passenger display boards now in RA2.
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    When was the long-distance business commute morning peak?

    You'd also have the sleepers serve this purpose. The original Yes, Minister has an episode involving a sleeper trip to Scotland.
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    SNCF Cancelled Sleeper Refusing Overnight Accommodation as Notice Given

    Not sure if you can claim the extra expenses off them, like with airlines. Who is the SNCF ombudsman equivalent?
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    HSTs in Mexico - news and progress updates

    Sliding door Mark 3s? Where are those from?
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    Countries with annual all line rover train or all public transport season tickets.

    Luxembourg is at, the end of the day, a tax haven.
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    Best and most predictable place I can find a Class 37 operating near London in July.

    Stratford is good for freight stuff, such as Class 66s and 86s. The Suffragette and Goblin Lines have a lot of freight on them in general.
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    Introduction of SNCF Corail stock

    I know that the Corail stock out of Nord in 2022 had 1990s-era network maps on the train, but I can't exactly say much about the introduction as it was before my time.
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    Thoughts on an overnight stopping place between Mulhouse and Venice

    Basel is quite good, although rather pricey.
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    Proposed new Channel Tunnel services discussion

    They're planning to do that more generally, I think. In any event, the PBAs and e300s are getting rather old now.
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    New night train start-up - Nox

    We already had Midnight Trains come and go without ever running a service.
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    Any loco-hauled still at Berlin Hbf?

    European Sleeper goes through there, but not on a Friday morning.
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    Proposed new Channel Tunnel services discussion

    Thurrock is the wrong side of the tunnel mouth you would have issues with the marshes on the western side. Dagenham is more of a possibility.
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    Proposed new Channel Tunnel services discussion

    Jon Worth's article on this is relevant: https://crossborderrail.trainsforeurope.eu/preliminary-conclusions-from-my-crosschannelrail-project/ Geneva is undergoing major work anyway. He thinks Frankfurt is doable, Köln cannot be done at the Hbf.
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    New night train start-up - Nox

    CIWL did that with the Type P back in the 1950s. Many were converted into the more conventional AB30 in the 1990s and are still around; European Sleeper has three. 1749586271 Well, the Nox did revive SG-1 after they got killed.
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    European Sleeper experience

    With those vintage carriages, ES services are Closely Watched Trains.
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    New seasonal Night Train to Croatia: PKP IC Warsaw-Vienna-Rijeka

    Sounds cheap, but remember wages are a good deal lower in Poland.
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    D Day 1944

    Don't forget the role of SNCF employees in sabotage operations, for which some paid the ultimate price.
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    Rail Riders club situation

    What is the current situation with this club? I've not had my membership renewal come through and their socials haven't been active since 8 March.
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    European Sleeper experience

    Aren't some of their couchettes originally from ČSD?

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