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Hi there, I’m at a show in London on the Friday night, need to get up to Edinburgh on the Saturday morning. I am struggling to find any services, from anywhere. LNER and Avanti showing nothing at all, likewise with Lumo. Only thing I’m picking up at the moment is Grand Central to...

I live locally in South Wales and I am in some local South Wales facebook railway groups. When the Carmarthen to Aberystwyth topic comes up, I consistently hear that the money could be spent better on other ideas in Wales. My idea's are all based in and around South Wales but I am excited to...

Hi All. Literally at the starting point of this. have a space about 8ft square. Looking to build a MODERN IMAGE layout of somewhere based on Barry Island or Porthcawl but with the trackwork as it was in its heyday. Wondering if anyone had any tips for me before i started out? NB...

Start of this video shows trains running through the tunnel at Nottage into Porthcawl. Devastating shame the town has no railway anymore. town is crying out for a station during the summer months. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BwXuS8nYERA

Apologies if this has been spoken about a bit before. But could passenger services ever run along the line again? I know its very vague. But should they reconnect the north section at Hirwaen and run the line alongside the road to reconnect with existing track in place as far as...

Not sure if has been posted previously, This site looks at all aspects of re-opening the Wye Valley Railway (Cardiff (Via the main line to Chepstow on the line via Newport, Seven Tunnel Jcn, Caldicot, Chepstow then using the original junction (still mainly in place?) just outside Chepstow. a...

Just a thought, as many places were cut off from the XC network when it was ran by Virgin, I remember the voyagers started getting introduced and running through Bridgend where I live when I was younger and then they just stopped. Places which could have a decent service now don't have one...

On board the 19:15 from Paddington - Swansea. The train has been stopped outside reading due to a serious incident delaying all trains in and out of Reading station. Anyone able to shed any light on this?

All be it not something I would be interested in doing, It has always intrigued me as to how someone would start a preserved railway, or how someone would gather interest to do it. Its a very vague question, but where would someone start?

I know they are adding an additional service to the H.O.W Line in may, in one direction that is. But is there any way (without replacing or putting in any new track work) that they could improve the time table?. The only thing I though of is that Could services coming from Both the North and...

I was thinking about the current Swansea station and the lack of Local services (Valley Line Services) that run to/From Swansea. In my own opinion, I think in todays Climate, Swansea Victoria which was closed during the sixties was better located for Swansea than the current station at High...

Okay, we all know that nowhere is physically cut off because of road transport nowadays, but i went up to where my a lot of my family originated from the other day in Blaengwynfi which lost its Railway under the beaching axe, i believe(?) it was on the lines from Treherbert - Bridgend via Caerau...

Being from Bridgend I had never taken a train west of Swansea, What a pleasent experience it was, only went as far as Burry Port but it's a beautiful little route from Gowerton - Burry Port. One question for any that might know, the train went through a tunnel about 5-10 mins after...

Are they finally meeting their end on Rails today?, just coming into Cardiff Central as I type this and I could see them being loaded onto lorrys. Both in pretty battered condition windows smashed ect

Just a query really, want to get to know a bit more about the line, Discovered it when i went to watch Cardiff City play Manure at Old Trafford yesterday and done a bit of goggling, just wondering what sort of loco's used to run the system etc. shame it's not still in use.

Just getting onto my train to Ebbw Vale from Bridgend and noticing a commotion on platform 1, the 8:00 to Swansea has jammed breaks and can't move anywhere, formed of 142075 and 150260. The breaks have gone on 142075 and no trains are moving west from Bridgend until sorted --- old post above ---...

Hello all Waiting for my train today in Bridgend and 8 DBS class 66's 7 of which still in EWS Colours, came through at quite a conciderable speed. Just thought it was an unusual formation/working. Is this a regular occur acne or a one of. Thing?

Hey all. Do any of you think that Cardiff Bay itself and the station would benefit from having services from other places instead of being a shuttle from queen street, with Central and Queen street both getting additional platforms does it seem like the bay station is being cast out? I...

To find the workings booked for certain classes of locomotives? As class 37s are few and far between these days, I get quite frustrated when I miss one go through Bridgend or the area near, so I always try to make an effort but find it very difficult to find when one is booked. Could...

I was thinking to myself about the old class 37s and 47s that were stored at Margam depot and does anyone know what happened to them? Weather any were in working order or anything?, I only ever seen them from a distance through the trees from the SWML. I know knuckle yard is still open but what...