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    Swindon other island

    Having taken a jaunt along the Great Western recently I took a look at the NLS to look for explanations for a few unusual things I saw on my travels, one of which was the unusual layout of Swindon station, which being one of the major hubs of the GWR, I found a bit perplexing. I read about...
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    Network Railcard 10am

    More of a curiosity than anything else. I'm currently heading to London on an off-peak Thameslink service for a day out. I can use an off-peak ticket as my train reaches London Bridge at 9:45, despite starting much earlier. However, despite being shown I could use my network railcard discount...
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    Brighton mainline capacity proposal

    I spotted the other day that the Bluebell have begun a consultation on their westward extension to Haywards Heath, and it got me musing again. Dusting off my very old proposal, I though it'd make for an interesting conversation if I'd gathered some more recent thoughts and opinions here. Heading...
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    East-West Rail (EWR): Potential service patterns? Should there be an emphasis on through trains or good connections?

    Moderator note: Split from https://www.railforums.co.uk/threads/east-west-rail-ewr-progress-updates-not-speculation.99892/ The horrific mess that is the south London (and I guess, Manchester as well) rail network shows what happens if you try to run direct services from everywhere to everywhere...
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    Why were SWR's suburban routes not extended to support 12 car trains?

    Was there a particular reason they went with 5 & 10 rather than 8 & 4? Would give you more options (4/8/12 vs 5/10), and seems more "standard" across other lines I'm more familiar with? Surely given how busy the lines are sorting SDO or platform extensions to 12 car would make sense? Sorry if...
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    Stevenage: could we see a rebuild of the station, and could this lead to improved services?

    Moderator note: Split from https://www.railforums.co.uk/threads/stevenage-platform-5.146540/ On the upside, also means any temptation to sell off any excess land is effectively nipped in the bud, leaving more for any eventual full rebuild later.
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    Historical research for injured staff

    Trying to help my mum out with some family research and wondering if anyone has any suggestions for places to dig when looking for information on very old accidents? My 2nd great grandfather James George Fisher was a platelayer, and sometime before WW2 he lost both his legs in an accident and...
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    Signalman dismissed for taking break

    Just read this in the local rag: http://www.theargus.co.uk/news/16359961.sacked-after-44-yearsover-taking-a-break/ I was just curious if anyone could provide a bit more context to how this sort of situation would normally be handled and if anything was handled incorrectly here? Seems strange to...
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    Discussion of pros and cons of guided busways as Sadiq Kahn suggests London could get one.

    Sadiq Kahn has put the kibosh on the Metrolink Extension project and suggested a guided bus instead. http://www.watfordobserver.co.uk/news/15896867.mayor-sadiq-khan-says-tfl-will-not-pay-for-met-line/?ref=rss Very disappointing, to say the least. Moderators note: for discussion on the...
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    Watford Junction Redevlopment

    Apologies if this has a thread elsewhere, but I couldn't find one. Once again plans are afoot to redevelop Watford Junction, which in the usual form, means little to no improvement to the railway and building lots of very profitable buildings on former railway land. My main response for...
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    Amersham/Rickmansworth to Watford

    It's known that there is some interest from stakeholders to see a service using the north curve between Rickmansworth and Croxley once the Croxley Rail Link (CRL)/Metropolitan Line Extension (MLE) opens. There are also proposals to increase London Overground (LO) services on the DC line up to...
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    Barking station and Barking Riverside

    I've been having a think over the last day or two about how Barking station might be reconfigured once the GOBLin service is extended to Barking Riverside. It's just a bit of musing about how things could change - I'm clearly not being deadly serious here. Given the platform 1 bay will get...
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    Southern class 313 replacement?

    Does anyone know what the plan is with the class 313s? I have a couple of colleagues who use the west coastway services into Brighton and frequently the trains are so packed at times that apparently yesterday a train was sent out early from Brighton for safety reasons, (or so I'm told by my...
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    Notions for a GWML metro

    Over on London Reconnections I've been discussing an idea I had for implementing a metro service along the GWML. Obviously it's a bit blue-sky, but I thought I'd get some thoughts from posters over here about it. Basically, the premise is this: When Crossrail opens, the short platforms (13/14 -...
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    Clapham Junction platform 17 lengthening

    Random question...passing through CJ platform 17 earlier with time to kill and decided to see how much spare platform was available for when Southern move to 8 car services on the WLL. ...well. In a previous discussion I seem to recall suggesting 8 cars should be easy...and I couldn't have been...
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    Diesel loco providing full DC power to an EMU

    Reading the Voyager thread something popped back into my mind that also cropped up when thinking about the IEP concept. Just wondering if anyone more knowledgeable could chip in a few thoughts on the matter.
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    Brighton rail musings

    Was looking around at my local area and a couple of thoughts occurred to me that I figured I'd get some other opinions on. First up: I noticed a bit of an anomaly in the gap between Hove and Brighton stations, given the population density. Digging a little deeper I found there was originally...

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