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Just wondering if anyone knows what the engineering works that were being carried out over the weekend were? I couldn't find any info about exactly what was being done. It was quite a large block all weekend.

It cost a lot of money and a lot of rrb on a lot of weekends to install, but even during works or major disruption I have never witnessed it used even as a regular user. Can anyone tell me , has the bi directional workings ever been used in passenger service?

Is it a kop out by TOCs to be running these emergency covid timetables when people are needing to travel again, rules are basically gone, and cases still continue to drop like a stone. I feel they are using covid as an excuse and this is more of a money saving exercise and by offering hardly...

Trains have begun working from Pen Quarry again and track clearance at Llandudno Junction at a currently disused platform and tracks for freight to use whilst loading slate waste from Blaenau Ffestiniog. Lets hope this is the beginning of a resurgence. There used to be a lot of freight up and...

Out for a walk yesterday and saw these, all the others are fastened but this one part of the track looks like there is a plate and some bolts missing. Just wondering if it should be like this or if it maybe an issue or if some are left like this purposefully?

With Transport for Wales still not carrying out any on board ticket sales, I understand this is a union decision in association with the Welsh government. I understand and think its fair enough. But, the cynic I am makes me wonder. Unions being unions, What about the lost commission? Are all...

Some sad news coming out of Llangollen, it seems some vandals have broken in and smashed windows, ripped up seats and ruined fixtures and fittings over the weekend. Not helped by the current situation where every penny counts. I do wish these idiot would just think before they carry out such...

Moderator note: Split from https://www.railforums.co.uk/threads/lowest-number-of-passengers-since-mid-19th-century.210098/ Not surprising as most TOC s seem have abolished decent priced advances, so people that have to travel are being forced to pay top whack even though trains are carrying...

Following on from the shocking scenes of devastation in Scotland. I have a question. How can you account for all passengers guaranteeing nobody is forgotten or left behind? On an aeroplane you know exactly how may boarded and this task is simple, the same on a ship. On a train people board...

Whilst out on a walk the other day I passed this signal. I have seen it thousands of times but have never given it much thought as to why it's there. But while so close to the track I noticed there doesn't seem to be a reason for it. It is between Llandudno and Deganwy. I always understood...

It seems from tomorrow TfW are making most of the North Wales services go through to Llandudno rather than have a shuttle doing Llandudno Junction - Llandudno They will go from Crewe to Llandudno then reverse at Llandudno Junction and continue to Holyhead and do the same in reverse on the way...

So TfW offer NHS workers free travel a the same time they switch to a Sunday timetable, so late starts and early finishes not particularly helpful to shift workers at hospitals who start early and finish late. Nice thought though.... Also, does less trains and frequency mean busier trains...

Due to safety reasons and more forecast rain. Shrewsbury Station is being forced to close most lines at 14.00 today. https://twitter.com/NetworkRailWAL/status/1232251986252324865

A network rail compound at Llandudno junction was broken into on Sunday and a woodchipper worth 40,000 was taken. There is an appeal including some cctv pictures of the alleged offending vehicle. https://media.btp.police.uk/r/17010/__40k_machine_stolen_from_network_rail_depot___wa Picture...

A person on twitter to TfW this morning is claiming they were on a pacer from Newport to Holyhead on a Cardiff to Holyhead train ? Surely not? Is there anyone on here that can confirm or deny this? If true it would be the first time a pacer has "graced" the presence of the North Wales coast...

Does anybody else think a change from the Cross country train picture at the top of the forum is due? I feel a change might be nice...….what would you like to see replace it (if the admins felt the same and agreed to a change obviously ) Modern or Old traction? Bright colours or classic black...

As the title suggests Merseyrail have finally caught up with the rest of the UK and are banning smoking on their outside platforms and other station property except for car parks. https://www.merseyrail.org/news/merseyrail-launches-smoking-ban-at-all-stations.aspx

Are we paying over the odds for tickets on the line? From memory not fact, I remember paying about £6 return from Llandudno to Blaenau in recent times It's now £9.50 for a short and slow journey. Has it gone up at a higher rate than inflation? Did it used to be subsidised at all?

A very simple question I cant find a definitive answer to anywhere through testimony or pictures. There is a double bay platform at Llandudno Junction one half of it is used and numbered platform 2. As long as I have been alive and even before my lifetime through old pictures I cant ever...

I saw a single car new liveried TfW 153 heading towards Chester at lunchtime today. https://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/train/V26430/2019/10/11/advanced I couldn't find it at first on RTT but then found it after a bit of looking. It seems it started at Llandudno Junction went to Bangor did a...