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I see from the artist's impressions that the new station platform will be built out over the space previously occupied by the second (removed) track. It appears that nearby newer (post-Beeching?) bridges, over or under new roads, only allowed for single track. However is this not taking no...

This is a general query. I am planning to travel buying an off peak return but the TOC has recently permanently altered the departure time from Dorchester South 0933 to 0926 (- actually to solve a specific timetable problem I suspect, as all the other departures remain at xx33). I want to buy...

In that release, the GWR spokesman said it was a 'vital link'. So vital, they've done without it for half a century.

If you look at the 'Blenheim' Dawlish web cam on YT, now (1720) you will see that the over-topping is as bad as it ever was! The San Remo cam is under the paywall, but I understand from members that the waves are hitting the houses. Will the new wall work I wonder?. Hign tide is at 1830 so...

This has undoubtedly been asked before and I have tried to search the net but was unlucky. Can anyone tell me the title or composer of this tune please? I think he wrote a lot of them for different programmes and features.

This is part of a long term £2.7 billion plan but where is is it to be constructed and what will happen to the East Midlands Parkway station? Here is a link: https://www.railnews.co.uk/news/2020/05/28-27bn-plan-unveiled-in-east.html

In the local paper there is an interesting article with video - link and quote follows: https://www.halifaxcourier.co.uk/news/politics/council/redesigned-halifax-town-centre-plan-brings-mixed-reaction-2444381 What I don't understand is the logic of rebuilding the present bus station on the...

Moderator note: Split from https://www.railforums.co.uk/threads/christian-wolmar-column-in-the-latest-rail-mag-line-to-salisbury-was-electrified-from-london.194818 I think we can agree with Wolmar on redoubling the whole of Salisbury to Exeter, plus third rail or OHLE to Salisbury, can we not...

I am getting no joy on recent trips on these units. I get connected OK, but it either hangs when requesting a URL or slings me back to SWR's own stuff. Anyone know what might be going on? Changing over to a SR class 377 at Southampton was a dream as you get connected so easily and it works...

Since 1990 the Lijn 51 hs run as an underground train from Amsterdam Centraal to Amsterdam Zuid, where after it ran as a tram to Amstelveen. Amstelveen is in reality nothing more than a suburb of Amsterdam but has held onto its separate existence as a council as it considers itself a cut above...

Just read this. Link follows: https://www.leicestermercury.co.uk/news/leicester-news/new-waiting-rooms-unveiled-leicester-2496129 Yes, I thought, but where are the fox hunting scenes - it is Leicester! Seriously, it looks very bare. It looks cold. Any suggestions on how it could look cosier?

I can't believe I just read this news release here. https://www.networkrailmediacentre.co.uk/news/network-rail-awarded-record-gbp-2bn-to-provide-a-better-railway-for-passengers-in-dorset " Friday 2 Nov 2018 Network Rail awarded record £2bn to provide a better railway for passengers in Dorset...

New proposal on this link. https://www.standard.co.uk/news/transport/new-m25style-railway-could-take-you-from-gatwick-to-heathrow-in-15-minutes-a3892371.html "A proposed M25-style high-speed railway could cut journey times between Gatwick and Heathrow airports to just 15 minutes. The...

I much appreciate the links this web site provides, but one does sometimes have to translate. Here's an extract from a recent article on the GWR 5239 2-8-0T restoration project. :) I also don't know why they use so many capital letters either. Here's the link...

The 0832 has not made it to Southampton this week and again today. See this RTT link. http://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/train/G72111/2017/12/13/advanced As you can see it gets later and later from Gatwick onwards to Horsham and is terminated at Fareham so that it can resume the return path it...

I've just read through the consultation document and I was not very impressed with the idea floated to create two GW franchises, splitting them, but with big overlaps, not counting the ones with XC and W and Bs, already present. The proposer's own arguments for and against seemed to defeat the...

An article in the Hinckley Times has the councillor enthusing about a restoration of this route. link follows: http://www.hinckleytimes.net/news/local-news/rail-link-between-coventry-leicester-13911801 There used to be a southern curve at Anker Mill at Nuneaton under the main WCML (I see from...

I can't believe this but there is a video of it. The Wessex RMT organiser is apparently 'Mick Tosh'. Is this a take-on? http://www.getsurrey.co.uk/news/surrey-news/guildford-train-doors-opened-wrong-13872902 This article also includes the TOC reaction:

Today I travelled from Dorchester on a 444. Usually I am travelling from Axminster on a 159. The latter's second class legroom is barely adequate (I am 1m 77cm tall) except some seating has slightly better seating legroom, a couple of cms more, if you can only remember where those ones are and...

Disappointingly, the Pisa authorities have named this new shuttle using an anglicism. Even more so, they are charging €2.70 to just go a km! The TrenItalia site says it costs €1.10 but when you key in a fare request, it has it at €2.70, as it does on the PeopleMover site. Is this the most...