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    Barmouth / Y Bermo bridge

    It's just a bit of lazy journalism. 'Trigger's Broom' used to be William the Conquerer's broom when I was a lad. In any case, things ger renewed from time to time on most things. Perhaps Flying Scotsman should be known as 'Bruce's Broom'.
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    Trivia - New railway station architecture: The good, the bad, the ugly

    I couldn't agree more. It is awful and, as you say, the rain it raineth on the platform. 1626113370 I would add Barry to that list of 50s re-builds. As built it had a well appointed Refreshment Room and excellent suite of toilets. The station is still in one piece but some of the facilities are...
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    UK Stations with Foreign Place Names

    A Chapel.
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    Stations unsure of their name

    Ewenny Road.
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    Great British Railways: Is this an admission that rail privatisation was a failure?

    Well fancy that. 'Privatisation' has been a failure. Who would have thought it? Countless millions wasted to satisfy Tory backwoodsmen, the problem being that those who hailed the break up of British Rail will now be shouting how GBR is the way forward. It would be nice to hear some of the...
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    South Wales 'Metro' updates

    The population of Maesteg alone is 21,000. That doesn't include other places on the line; Tondu, Sarn or Wildmill. The line also attracts passengers from Nantyffyllon and Caerau which had dedicated bus links lost to the 'Austerity' forced onto local government. It's amazing that the 'Magic...
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    Trivia: Smallest towns with more than one station

    No they are seperate stations. Penrhyndeudraeth also has two seperate stations.
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    Ex LNER (and Grand Central) Mark 4 sets for TfW

    I have just gone through a few of the latest posts and it seems that people are more keen on pushing their political points than discussing the subject of the thread.
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    Trivia: Stations where a platform has been built on the actual site of a ex running line (e.g. fom previous rationalisation/singling)

    Llantwit Major.
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    Signal boxes called "cabins". Was this just an L&Y habit?

    Barry Signal Box was always referred to as Barry Cabin by the local staff.
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    Why do Wikipedia articles refer to UK rolling stock as "British Rail"?

    Everyone that I know still refers to the 'Gas Board', 'Electricity Board' and 'Water Board'. I never heard anyone say that they had been to Cardiff on an Arriva Train. They just went by train.
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    Suffixes added to station names on grouping or nationalisation

    Well into the 1950s Cardiff Corporation buses could be seen with 'GWR Station' on their destination blinds.
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    Trivia: Closest stations to each other as the crow flies

    If closed stations are allowed, I would suggest Cogan and Penarth Dock stations. Cogan, of course, is still open. Just a few yards away.
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    Transport for Wales 769's

    Well if it's temporary, what's the hurry? It's not needed urgently in traffic.
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    Transport for Wales 769's

    It reminds me of the old song by Joe Brown. 'What a crazy world we're living in.'
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