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    Torquay to London terminals route validity

    Hi all, I’m travelling back from Torquay to London on Sunday. I was due to travel back via GWR, but can’t now due to the overtime ban. I have a super off peak return (Torquay - London Terminals) which says it’s valid via any permitted route. Can this be used via Exeter to get back on SWR...
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    Extremely limited service on some Thameslink routes NYE

    Not just Northern… Thameslink, who weren’t too badly affected on Christmas Eve, have just announced that there will be many cancellations on NYE, warning that it could be hours between services in the afternoon and evening. They also won’t run services overnight like they usually do.
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    ECML disruption 20/09/22

    Reports of some major disruption on the ECML in the Stevenage area. Wires down and Network Rail and emergency services responding.
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    ECML level crossing incident 13/06/21

    Looks like an incident at a level crossing on the ECML is causing major issues this evening: https://www.nationalrail.co.uk/service_disruptions/273232.aspx https://twitter.com/DavidHorne/status/1404189333440061443
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    Post Hatfield speed restrictions - how impactful were they?

    I was only a kid when the Hatfield crash occurred and was not aware of the magnitude of it at the time. However, I have always read and heard about there being hundreds of speed restrictions in the weeks after that severely hampered the network. I wondered if any posters had any memories of...
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    Face coverings compulsory on public transport in England from 15 June

    Richard Clinnick reporting on Twitter that masks will become mandatory on trains from 15th June. https://twitter.com/Richard_rail/status/1268566623020961792
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    Renovation of St Albans City

    https://www.hertsad.co.uk/news/work-at-st-albans-city-station-to-start-soon-1-6113700 Quite a bit of work will take place over the next year or so including the construction of a brand new station building at the entrance to platform 4. As a regular user of the station I definitely welcome...
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    Freight Derailment at Whitacre Junction Coleshill and Nuneaton (12/09)

    A freight train has derailed at Whitacre junction between Coleshill and Nuneaton. https://www.coventrytelegraph.net/news/coventry-news/train-derail-coventry-nuneaton-coleshill-15140066 British Transport Police have confirmed the time and location of the incident. A spokesperson said: “At...
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    Train hits buffers at Preston (01/04)

    http://bbc.in/2otPcf4 Doesn't sound like too serious an incident injuries wise, but still wish them all a speedy recovery. Edit: My phone autocorrected the title from buffers! If a mod could change that it would be great!
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    New stations for Leeds

    http://news.leeds.gov.uk/new-airport-parkway-station-revealed-as-part-of-transformational-270million-transport-proposals-for-leeds/ Sounds like the council are hoping to get these projects started quickly and get the stations open before 2020.
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    Wires down at Luton (8/11/16)

    Very early reports of overhead wires down at Luton and all lines blocked. Only appears to have happened a few minutes ago.
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    Leeds Disruption (27/10/16)

    Just saw that the BTP has tweeted: Seems that services towards Shipley have just started moving again, but thoughts with all those involved, terrible.
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    Thameslink Engineering Work Overrun (24/10/16)

    Received quite a few messages this morning about an overrun in the West Hampstead area, blocking 2 of the 4 lines. Having looked at RTT for this morning, it seems like there were massive delays because of this. Although everything seems to be getting a lot better now, anyone know what the...
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    Leeds Station Project - Development Team Appointed

    https://www.insidermedia.com/insider/yorkshire/development-team-appointed-for-leeds-station-project Will be interesting to see how this develops over the coming months and years! --- old post above --- --- new post below --- This link has a PDF and more info attached...
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    Train fire between Retford and Doncaster (30/08)

    https://www.virgintrainseastcoast.com/travel-information/travel-alerts/line-alerts-details/?disruption-id=CDFC52AD22624D6C858ABBBB91D1887B Any one with more details? Must be quite an extensive fire.
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    East Coast Problems (21/4)

    Looks as if someone has been struck by a train at Stevenage, with VTEC already reporting delays of up to 120 minutes. Thoughts will all those involved.
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    Footage of driver stuck inside Level Crossing Barrier

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m8XOnNLDhNg I know we've had a few Level Crossing threads recently, but this is footage of an incident which seems to have occurred recently, which shows a vehicle getting stuck inside the barriers. Luckily a member of staff was paying attention to the CCTV/video...
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    Lineside fire near Grantham 2/03/16

    A video on twitter of the fire: https://twitter.com/eastmidsandy/status/712340448203898880 I believe the ECML is currently blocked because of the fire. Not an ideal time!
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    £5 million St Albans redevelopment

    http://www.stalbansreview.co.uk/news/14353863.Budget_2016____5_million_redevelopment_of_St_Albans_Station/ So, after GoVia had announced when they took over TL that St Albans would see a redevelopment, this looks to be the first solid public monetary commitment to the project. Have no idea...
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    Major Problems at Retford

    Big problems this evening across the ECML, images on twitter of a VTEC service with OHLE tangled in it's panto. Ticket restrictions lifted by VTEC, and tickets valid today are also valid tomorrow.

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