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William Hague wrote in his Times column last week that it's a false economy as the cost of defending NATO members's lands against a buoyant R:ussia would far exceed the cost of supporting Ukraine.

Yes, I can fully understand the officer wanting to attend the the man, but...

Of course!

Maybe Hull Paragon 1912?

Yes, there's something of Foxcote in there as well. Utterly horrifying that such basic mistakes have been made on a mainline route.

No, I meant in terms of staff who were not signallers being responsible for allowing trains to enter sections. 1677795925 Indeed.

It sounds as though, sadly, certain regional sterotypes have been shown in this tragic case to have been fulfilled. 1677776408 I'm also amazed that Abermule practice is still common in Europe.

I thought of that as well, being a local. R.I.P to those lost.

Agreed. I'm expecting missiles hitting Ukranian cities, not an ICBM.

Agreed.

I see reports on Twitter that the Russian rail authority claims that trains are now running over the rail bridge.

I've read that a loco would follow the Royal Train on the ECML to collect flowers thrown onto the line and clear it for normal scheduled services; is this accurate?

Point taken, and I agree regarding the station building at Cromer Beach - a long-time friend of my dad (I've known him all my life) is, like dad and me, a railway modeller, and one of the layouts he constructed is of Cromer Beach in the '50s, so I have a great affecton for the remaining...

Local newspapers website reports that a planning application from GA to demolish the platform building at Salhouse on the Bittern Line has been rejected after having been initially given the go-ahead late last year following a campaign to preserve it...

BBC report: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-norfolk-59652687?at_medium=custom7&at_custom2=facebook_page&at_custom4=4FACA762-5CF5-11EC-8B96-B5620EDC252D&at_campaign=64&at_custom1=link&at_custom3=Regional+BBC+East&fbclid=IwAR1_vKD5kUch3ROIlCvWgZN1SaKN4DbCRD9QsCyvz_eXDamE7RDrvI61oDI

If anything, they can make matters worse.

Indeed.

If the interview was in daylight it will have been the one I saw this lunchtime.

Sounds quite frightening: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-essex-59560728

Yes, I'm surprised that a senior member on a rail forum would have such a casual viewpoint on safety matters. Just because the railway got away with it this gime does not mean that the problem isn't important or that we can sit back complacently.