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    No trains to call at Altnabreac for the foreseeable future

    Having just searched up the current state of Altnabreac stations facilities , I've just found an online youtube video of a recent station visit in September this year. Here's the link Altnabreac station visit. You can see in this video there is already a solar powered passenger info display and...
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    No trains to call at Altnabreac for the foreseeable future

    According to this months Modern Railways magazine plans to install a Request to Stop kiosk at Altnabreac are stalled due to a lack of a power supply .... it then adds "solar and wind options are being explored" I wonder if the prospect of a potential mini wind turbine is also another reason why...
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    Network Rail industrial action suspended

    The non-strike TOCs (beyond TfW, Scotrail and the OAOs) I can think of are - MTR (Elizabeth line) .... Arriva Rail London (London overground) and Merseyrail.
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    [Trivia] Largest railway station not to have lifts and smallest to have lifts?

    I think I'm correct in saying Kenilworth station has 2 lifts even though it's a single platform station (the lift's are there to enable step-free access/exit to the East side of the station)
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    Hindley blockade this weekend - Unusual track for a passenger service?

    Looking at the block through Hindley this weekend, am I correct in thinking that the hourly Southport to Manchester Oxford Rd service that will go through Wigan Wallgate but then pick up the WCML down to Golborne Junc is an unusual move that rarely (if ever ) gets a passenger service over it...
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    Which railway unions are on strike tomorrow?

    Thankyou for confirming dk1 .. .as a subsiduary question does anyone know roughly how many Drivers who are members of RMT that there actually are? From memory when the full RMT strikes have occured often the press quote 40,000 members on strike ... I'm assuming the number of driver RMT members...
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    Which railway unions are on strike tomorrow?

    Just for clarification, am I correct in thinking its ASLEF members and drivers who are members of RMT who are on strike tomorrow? ... i.e. non Drivers who are RMT union members are not on strike tomorrow e.g. Guards, NR signallers etc. Is the above correct since it's not clear at all on the RMT...
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    Transpennine Route Upgrade and Electrification updates

    Following up on my own post about how long Huddersfield to Ravensthorpe (Project W3) will take, then looking through the TWAO docs that were submitted I found the following .. so it looks like from looking at the below that from Main construction works starting to then ultimately get to Entry...
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    Transpennine Route Upgrade and Electrification updates

    Just adding to the conversation in relation to the MR article about TRU progress and dates. Interestingly later in the article it says EMU local services will run from Manchester Victoria to Stalybridge in 'late 2024' ... so I can only suppose it's unlikely we'll see 323s in operation by May...
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    Highland Spring siding Blackford

    Orginal piece from The Scotsman in 2019 said .... "Luddon Construction will soon begin construction of the new freight facility, the first in Scotland for more than 10 years. Construction is expected to take 12-14 months with the facility being operational in early 2021. Highland Spring Group...
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    Trivia - Stations that used to have nearby villages suffixed to the main nameboard which have been removed

    On the Uckfield line, Crowborough was for the best part of 90 years plus named as 'Crowborough & Jarvis Brook'. It changed to just 'Crowborough' in 1980.
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    Admiralty Platform,Plymouth.

    It certainly was used 5 years ago (11/7/2017) as part of the naming ceremony for GBRF loco 66775 being named HMS Argyll .. search online and you'll see a picture of it 'at platform'.
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    Diversions due to line closures in the Bristol area (August 2021)

    Anyone know if these trains are still running from tomorrow given the gwr temporary timetable? They're still showing on RTT. Any info appreciated.
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    Trivia: Stations on our railway network which are closed but the platforms still exist.

    Chislet colliery halt ... near Sturry on the Ramsgate to Ashford line
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    Train driver 'freewheels' broken down train 13 MILES to London Euston after a power cut

    This thread reminds me of the RAIL magazine article about the Day in the Life of the longest Pendolino diagram ... https://www.railmagazine.com/trains/current-trains/britain-s-hardest-working-train It"s a good read in total, but the following text extract is of note .... So coasting 27 miles...
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    Trivia: Stations that could be someone's name

    Posted earler this year . But still fun nonetheless... Some more from the English and Welsh hinterlands... Fay Gate Win Chelsea Bex Hill Syd Enman-Hill Cat Ford Brent Ford Cath Ays Mel Dreth Ched Dington Roy Don Stewart By Will Ington Pat Ricroft Tim Perley Percy Main...
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    [Trivia] :Maximum time on a train in a day

    I have done the following back in June 2015 as part of my NSPCC charity bash Ashford International 05:13 – London St Pancras 05:51 London Euston 06:16 – Stockport 08:16 Stockport 08:28 – Sheffield 09:08 Sheffield 09:29 – London St Pancras 11:30 London Kings Cross 12:00 – Edinburgh...
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    all request stops in britain

    I agree that New Clee is a req stop mon - sat... but interestingly not on a summer Sunday. St Andrews Road...studying the gwr website and the NR timetable, the apparent req stops on a saturday are in fact bus substitutions...I'm pretty confident it is now a non req stop....so that makes 145...
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    all request stops in britain

    I've been looking into this over the last 2 days, and by my reckoning going off the current May 2016 timetables there are only 144 current Request stops. Most of the wikipedia list is good...however ones that are NOT now request stops are the following: Manea Caergwrle Cefn-y-Bedd St...
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    Northern rolling stock plan once new DMU's introduced?

    The latest Rail magazine doesn't quite tally with these figures. The quote is Northern currently has 333 units, and that by end of 2020, 145 units will go (102 pacers + 18 x 153s + 17 x323s + 8 x 321/322s) and 162 units will arrive (98 x CAF unit + 23 × 150s + 5 x 156s + 8 x 158s + 16 x 170s +...

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