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    Edinburgh- Manchester Piccadilly 1st December 2023

    Hi all, I've just been made aware that I may have a claim for delay repay for the above journey. We were scheduled to leave Waverley at 12:12 on a direct TPE train to Piccadilly. The train was cancelled. We were however, allowed to travel on alternative TOC's to get to our destination. We...
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    Lumo Bookings

    Morning all, Trying to book Newcastle to Edinburgh for February 18th Looking for the 19:21 service. I normally book everything through the LNER website/ app (just to keep everything in the one place, I do also have Lumo, XC, GWR and TPE apps too) The train I want isn't listed when I do a...
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    Transpennine Express To Stop Using Loco Hauled Trains

    Seen on Google News last night. What a monumental waste of money that's been https://www.railwaygazette.com/uk/transpennine-express-to-stop-using-loco-hauled-push-pull-trains-in-december/64819.articleUK: TransPennine Express has confirmed that it will cease using its push-pull sets of Class 68...
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    Lumo Delay Repay Rejected

    I was on the scheduled 19:21 Lumo service Newcastle to Edinburgh on Sunday gone. Train was delayed by a broken down train between York and Northallerton and I arrived in Edinburgh 43 minutes late. I had bought two tickets for me and my partner Edinburgh to Newcastle and back but my partner...
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    Can Anyone Identify What Line These Tracks Were Part Of

    Afternoon all, myself and my o/h went to the Morrisons supermarket built on the land that Granton Gasworks in Edinburgh used to be. We walked down past the perimeter of where Granton Castle used to stand. While walking down the bank we spotted the lines that I've enclosed in a red box in the...
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    Market Street to Piccadilly Gardens Manchester Metrolink

    Anyone know why there are 2 lines to enable you to travel between the two stations in that direction? Is one of them a relief line? Apologies if this has been asked before.
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    TSW2020 East Coastway

    DLC'd this one recently, and am enjoying it immensely, if it had been the main route when I bought the game, I think I'd be much more proficient at the whole thing as I struggled in the beginning with locos on Transpennine and Tees Valley (opening the throttle to wide too quickly, the red zig...
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    Bristol Airbus

    Whatever happened to this ticket? I know it was 5 years ago the last time I had cause to use it. When did they withdraw it? Booked as per a normal train journey from Bristol Airport through Temple Meads to your destination and wasn't that much extra on top of what your train ticket would be...
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    Station Building

    There are 2 of these at Newcastle Central Station. One between platforms 1 & 2 and one between 3 & 4. Am I right in assuming that they were shunting/ dispatching boxes in steam days?
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    Unbelievable, Entitlement at its worst... (couple refuse to move out of clearly reserved seats)

    Not sure if this is in the right section, apologies if not. https://twitter.com/Manda_like_wine/status/1186574340541825024
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    802 207

    Spotted in Heaton yard as I approached Newcastle this afternoon. It's got no livery and was in plain silver/ grey. Wikipedia suggests to me that it may be the new trains TPE will be using on their new route to Edinburgh from Newcastle. Is that the case with this unit?
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    Future of LNER diversions via Carlisle between Newcastle and Edinburgh with Class 800/801s?

    Having just done my latest journey between Edinburgh and Newcastle diverted via Carlisle last weekend, I just had a thought, what is to happen when the Azuma comes online and LNER lose the HST? Forgive my ignorance of the Azuma, is it bi-modal (is that the correct term, diesel and electric), and...
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    LNER service still announced as Virgin Trains

    I was going to put this in the long VTEC thread, but it's been locked since this happened. I Was at Newcastle last night, travelling back to Edinburgh. Waiting for my train, the following announcement came over the tannoy: 'The next train to arrive at platform 3 will be the 20:33 Virgin Trains...
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    Recent Timetable Changes

    I'm puzzled (it happens often, so no surprises), what was so different about the timetable changes this time from the one that usually happens around this time of year? For the last two weekends I have managed to get on a train at Newcastle that wasn't stopping at Chester le Street. I always...
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    Barriers at Durham station

    Apologies if this has been covered before, I got off a train at Durham for the first time in years last weekend and the barriers had gone. Anyone know when they were removed? They were always one of the strictest stations for having the barriers on and manned
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    Changing platforms at Wolverhampton Station

    Not sure if I've put this in the correct subforum but here goes. Going on holiday to Weymouth in July. Partner's daughter has a newborn, he'll be 5 months old when we go, she wants to avoid London and the tube, or else we'd have gone Edinburgh to Kings Cross and Waterloo to Weymouth. Were...
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    Reversing formation for Damage

    I was on the 16:30 Edinburgh to Kings Cross today. We struck something just north of Morpeth and the nearside windscreen was damaged (it was a Class 93/DVT unit). We arrived into Newcastle about 7 minutes late. The train was then reversed and it continued south via the High Level bridge...
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    Class 68

    Just seen my first 2 Class 68 loco, my god, how ugly are they
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    South West Trains Delay Repay/ Compensation

    A week gone Saturday, Waterloo to Weymouth. Arrived into Bournemouth and 5 minutes later, with no prior indication we were told to get off the train as it was now cancelled. Turned out there was no crew (driver specifically) to take us on the hour to Weymouth. We had to wait for the next...
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    White Rails at Glasgow Central

    Coming into and out of Glasgow Central yesterday, I saw them again and since I always wondered why the sides of the rails on the bridge over the Clyde are painted white, I though it an appropriate question to ask here. Is it so they can be seen, since there are so many of them, but then I do...

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