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Lots of disruption on west anglia today, 1K81 1427 Norwich Stansted Airport according to RTT is 755407 and has just arrived in platform 2 (the bay) at Stansted Airport. Didnt realise you could squeeze a 4 car 755 in there?

1709820123 This was from the 2021? consultation. Not sure how much it has moved on since then

yes, that is that decided then, and rail industry needs to get with the government programme: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/65e8581eea2f36001a3c8970/E03057752_HMT_Spring_Budget_Mar_24_TEXT_20pt_LP_PRINT__2_.pdf: 4.14 At Spring Budget, the government is giving the green light...

during Ipswich tunnel closure in 2004 there were two 47 hauled trains each way on weekdays Norwich - Liv St via Camb (some via Tott Hale some Seven Sisters IIRC), see this thread https://www.railforums.co.uk/threads/geml-closure-31-01-to-22-03.111161/ 0630 Norwich - Liverpool Street 1212...

0900 till end of day yesterday only about 6 trains ran through to Stansted Airport, today hourly from LivSt, nothing from Cambridge. Anyone know what has caused such a major/ lengthy failure?

anyone any info on what 0Z99 is, what it is rescuing (1B65 is 1345 Stansted Apt - Liv St) and where it is going now thanks

indeed - on 720s the absence in the bays of even small 365 style tables to put a coffee on is very poor

Well fact of potential recast might be public info, but in the case of WAML no proposals have been made public or consulted on. Interested to see whether timetable will be speeded-up taking into account the much better performance of 720s/745s v 317s Do you know if/when the decision will be...

In a non-siloed world Stansted, Cambridge, Ipswich and Norwich would all have direct services alternating to Birmingham and Liverpool (Ipswich is just as large a destination as the others and could equally justify through services beyond Peterborough). The Ipswich service could join/split at...

saw a tweet the other day from a marshlink regular saying the old peak extras Rye - Ashford are never coming back as no longer justified post covid, and proposals for battery units are not being progressed as all too difficult/expensive. If those things are not worth bothering with, prospects...

If this project progresses there will be a small amount of additional capacity https://www.railforums.co.uk/threads/ponders-end-loop.229914/

cancelled per email this AM

thanks

https://inter-city.co.uk/trips-tours/ was redated to 22-24 Sept 2023 re difficulty passengers had booking accommodation in Edinburgh in festival period anyone know if expected to go ahead, no times in RTT yet

footex i imagine https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/334296122669