Recent content by rugbymidland

Rugby up from £6 to £9 , and off-peak scrapped. Local MP on the case

please follow the link on my original post,this confirms the location as being adjacent to the old masts site where 6200 homes are planned. Proposed station site is 4.3 kilometres south-east of Rugby Station. Funding is proposed from the governments New Stations Fund plus Coventry &...

Plans for new station on outskirts of the town were approved by Warwickshire County Council last night. Read Rugby Observer article here http://rugbyobserver.co.uk/news/second-train-station-for-rugby-proposed-8034/

can I get away with sleet at Fleet ? Not to mention its pouring in Goring !

follow link below (October 2014 copy of The Rail Engineer) ,article entitled " National Operating Strategy Unveiled" starting on page 32 makes interesting reading (ROC Strategy, including the use of RIF(remote interface equipment etc)) http://issuu.com/railmedia/docs/tre-october-14

Article (link below) stating that Rugby ROC has now been handed over to Network Rail. Does anybody know if an official opening ceremony involving local dignitaries etc is planned similar to those at Three Bridges , Manchester and York? Or is Rugby still "the one they dont talk about" ? !:wink...

This article in Rail Professional Magazine makes interesting reading re ROC strategy and how it is progressing: http://www.railpro.co.uk/magazine/?idArticles=2123

The document I referred to had only just appeared on the net and has 2014/6 in its web address so I think it is pretty new

Fairly recently Network Rail confirmed that the number of proposed Rail Operating Centres (ROCs) would be reduced to 12, by the dropping of Saltley and Ashford. In a recent Railway Magazine article, it appears that Ashford was to be reprieved and Gillingham was being dropped instead! However...

building update today, any comments on the rather strange cladding?

Platform 1 gates would no doubt go at platform level where the existing doors between waiting room and platform are. Platforms 2,3 and 4 could be served by gates at top of the 2 existing ramps. Platform 5 and 6 tricky because of lift exit from platforms as well as stairs

I have just read that, as part of their Franchise extension, Virgin plan a couple of improvements at Rugby. (Free wi-fi and provision of ticket gates ) I'm not sure that enthusiasts will call ticket gates an improvement. details here...

Lymington Pier ?

And why do some stations have a platform 0 ?