Our booking engine at tickets.railforums.co.uk (powered by TrainSplit) helps support the running of the forum with every ticket purchase! Find out more and ask any questions/give us feedback in this thread!
Are there any timings yet for this Private Charter which will be starting from Crewe on 9th September and returning on the 11th?
Also who will be providing the motive power? LSL?
I'm not sure if this has been asked earlier but I can't find it. The loco numbers for Locomotive Services and the number of carriages is not showing. Anyone know why this is happening?
https://settle-carlisle.co.uk/staycation-express/
1625557205
https://settle-carlisle.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/SCR_N7A_M21-D21-Timetable-DIGITAL-MASTERFILE_May21-V4.pdf
The timetable here.
From the RTT schedules it looks like it is being stabled at Carlisle this year.
Also RTT shows the...
I was wondering what the situation regarding heritage train drivers was. For example LSL run trains all over the network. Do their drivers have any dispensation or would they have to sign just for specific routes?
I have seen this in RTT when a train stops at a station especially on heritage trains. Is this to change drivers?
Also are drivers able to swap when on the move?
I have a couple of questions regarding heritage train drivers. Yesterday LSL had 2 excursions, the Midland Pullman from St Pancras to Crewe and an electric from London to Glasgow.
My questions are, do LSL have their own drivers or do they use drivers from various other companies? And if they do...
So it appears that although TfW purchased the Valley Lines for, I think, £590m earlier this year from Network Rail, Network Rail will be carrying out the work for them.
Linking to this story on the BBC website yesterday. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-53360092?intlink_from_url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/topics/c52ew8q50z2t/wales-business&link_location=live-reporting-story
It's exactly what works are being carried out from August.
Let me get this off my chest.
Cil-y-Coed is a made up name. Caldicot has NEVER, until recently, had a Welsh name. The only ones promoting this name are the town council.
The derivation of Caldicot is a translation of the Saxon word for cold cottage, that is a traveler's resting place.
There are...