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An opportunity to ride one of the testing runs of the Class 230 on the Greenford branch. If you're interestred, you need an orange hi-vis, and a BLS membership (£12) to join the event. https://branchline.uk/fixture_set_id.php?id=503

Looks like GTR have advertised for what is presumably their talent pool of some kind given the "future" in the title. https://www.gtrailwaycareers.com/jobs/vacancy/future-trainee-train-driver-2688-train-crew-depot---horsham-/2706/description/ Applications close in 7 days.

I was lucky enough to bag a spot on a tour of these areas today with Branch Line Society, and thought it was only fair if I shared some of the pictures I captured. I've thrown all of the images of value into a Flickr album: https://www.flickr.com/photos/davwheat/albums/72177720322417816/...

On an Avanti service sat at Euston waiting to leave, and it's been reported a train has failed outside Euston which is why departures are being held at the moment.

From: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/10/19/tfl-e-scooter-speed-limit-lower-age-restriction/

I was browsing GWR's site to look at Night Riviera journeys, and noticed that it seems to be impossible to purchase a cabin supplement for the sleeper if you're buying an Advance. Is this an intentional decision to try to milk passengers who want a cabin for as much as possible? If I were to...

Looks like something has gone badly wrong this morning around Lovers Walk Depot. The down road into Brighton is blocked to electric traction, and GTR are suggesting everything is basically stuck at Brighton or in the depot. A few trains are starting short at Preston Park for northbound...

This is based off a scenario that's happened in the last 30 mins, but with some fare details changed* to make the topic more fun. I hold a Travel Agent Discounted ticket from Birmingham Stations to Burgess Hill, route via High Wycombe. I arrive at Coventry station, starting short, and wish to...

The ONS regularly review publicly owned organisations to classify institutional units within the UK to determine which funding and spending rules should apply to that organisation. LNER went through this process in August 2018, a few months after DfT OLR took over, in which they were found to...

I had this pop up on my Google News feed today and haven't been able to find it mentioned on the forum yet. https://www.yorkpress.co.uk/news/24235323.paul-king-jailed-defrauding-lner-rail-tickets/ It seems the jail sentence was for perverting the course of justice by way of faking a letter to...

When tickets (A-B) are routed as "via X", you are permitted to calculate permitted routes from A to X and X to B and combine them to find additional valid routes. This isn't mentioned in the routeing guide, but is done by journey planners and was confirmed by RDG (ATOC then) when they were asked...

CrossCountry seem to have started doing compulsory reservations on some services, but only between Birmingham New Street and Wolverhampton. This appears to be part of an attempt to prevent walk-ups from Birmingham to Wolverhampton from being issued on these services if there are no seats...

Seems like LNER are going to be launching a mascot for their services, similar to EMR Miles's introduction back in 2022. They have rather ominously tweeted that "Something's coming..." with a fuzzy puppet-style hand in the corner of the attached image...

Looks like 1S52 brought the OHEL down (either physically or just in a fault-causing sense) just before Wembley Central on the way out of Euston this morning, at least judging by the position of the blocks and the fact it's not moved for about 1½ hours.

Just seen this on Twitter: https://twitter.com/rupert_airbear/status/1712390167040753859 Eek!

I was looking on BRFares, for stations on the BML between Hassocks and (at least) Redhill to Portsmouth. There are fares routed both "via Barnham" and "Not via London", but the only possible valid route as per the Routeing Guide is via Barnham no matter what you choose. (Edit: as per post #2...

Just been sent this picture by someone I know of a very odd printing layout on their CCST. Anyone seen this before? It's almost like a strange hybrid between the old and not-so-new-anymore print formats. I assume it was printed at Paisley Gilmour Street

I'm due to get to Gatwick for an early morning flight on the 2nd Sept. For this, I booked a rail ticket for the last train of the day from my local station to Gatwick. An ASLEF strike has just been announced for the 1st Sept, meaning GTR won't run any services on that day. As I understand it...

I know you can't excess away a TOC restriction on a ticket, but can you get a zero-fare excess (or just use, since most staff won't issue this) a higher-priced ticket on a lower-priced TOC restricted route? For example, Birmingham Stations to Euston has a £24.00 super off-peak via High Wycombe...

I've just noticed some GTR fares seem to have been moved from Any Permitted to "." recently. Does anyone know when this happened? I'm pretty sure it was after the price increases. Some examples are Hassocks/Burgess Hill/Haywards Heath to Gatwick Airport.