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    PSBs not near a station

    Tyne Yard?
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    Trivia: Slowest and fastest services on UK rail network

    I thought I was in with a chance with Bishop Auckland -Darlington 11.77 miles in 27 minutes, 26.2mph. Let the service continue to destination at Saltburn and a sparkling 28mph is achieved.
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    Closure of Teesside Airport station

    There was an announcement recently about a new access road to facilitate industrial growth on the south side of the airfield. https://www.teessideinternational.com/news/huge-step-forward-as-plans-for-airport-business-park-unveiled/ There was also talk of moving the station a few hundred metres...
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    List your 3 most interesting and most boring parts of your local line

    My local line is Darlington to Eaglescliffe. Going in this direction, interesting features include my house on the left(!) then later what appears to be secure accommodation for young people on the Teesside International Airport Northside Estate, followed by extensive views of the airport itself...
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    Back in the day...

    "A little peace"...I see what you did there.
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    Back in the day...

    "There was a lot of rocking going on that night..." is this an oblique reference to the 27th Eurovision Song Contest?
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    Penmanship tunnel collapse anniversary

    There is a small memorial on the hillside above the collapsed tunnel. I've visited it, it is easily found, just off the A1. At the time of the line closure I was 14. I remember having a Northumbrian Ranger ticket valid to Berwick, and seeing all those for Edinburgh trudging off to the buses. My...
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    Riccarton Junction amd Alston areas

    My wife and I walked to Riccarton Junction from the Whitrope end having parked in the car park at the "heritage railway". Nice easy four mile round trip on good walking with artefacts to watch out for. In the deep cuttings out of the sun it can be very cold at this time of year. Don't forget the...
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    longitudinal bench seats.

    Of course thanks to TWPS and similar the risk has changed. Trains are less likely to be involved in heavy end-on collision and an accident is more likely to involve a derailment where the mechanism of injury is the train toppling over and passengers falling through broken windows onto the...
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    A Tube train can make its station call within 20 seconds at a National Rail station. Why is the dispatch procedure of some other trains so long?

    Why guards check the platform before departure in the way they do is down to the well known case of Georgia Varley at James Street whose fair and considered RAIB report has been mentioned many times on this forum before...
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    Stations not near their names

    Is the winner in this category the (closed) station at Gatehouse? According to Sustrans it is 6 miles from Gatehouse of Fleet for which it was the station.
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    Rail decarbonisation: What are the solutions?

    Will your passenger stock end up as filthy as RHTTs?
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    Yorkshire's railways - a map

    Excellent work. That's the rest of my evening sorted. Have you thought of protecting the map in case someone tries to monetise it? And may I enquire after Eaglescliffe which should be between Yarm and Thornaby? It is a mapmaking nuisance being north of the Tees but so close to two stations you...
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    How do you know which platform to go to?

    I can't speak for Barnsley but certainly at Leeds, Newcastle and Aberdeen there will be uniformed staff on platforms and concourses who will be only too happy to help
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    Is it true that cats can tell that conductor rails are live but dogs can't?

    Yes there is a black cat at Dinsdale which actively prefers the rail head over the ballast or sleepers to stroll along at least while proceeding east-west. Presumably more comfortable on the paws...

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