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    Guildford

    Rumours are circulating that the Farnham Road Bridge over the Guildford to Portsmouth and Reigate routes needs more urgent repairs even after it was closed last Christmas!
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    Reigate to Reading 4/11/201

    The 1743 stopper off Redhill was 30 mins late last night. The 1813 off Redhill which is the fast Gatwick service was on it's tail and getting more delayed for obvious reasons. When the 1743 arrived at Guildford it seemed to me that any smart operator would allow the fast to overtake the slow as...
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    Grand National Aintree

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JuoICvj6aHA Any other wacky photos around?
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    Guildford Station

    Netword Rail want to rebuild Guildford Station! http://www.guildfordforward.com/ The local worthies are up in arms over the size of the development. I can't blame them! There is also the issue of the Farnham Road Bridge which is in a poor state! Watch out for 'trouble at Mill'! The...
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    Liverpool Freight Development Maps

    http://peelports.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/Plans-1-6.pdf The plans show a rail link right around the perimeter fence of Seaforth Container Terminal to the new Liverpool2 Berths. The rail lines into Huskisson and Canada Docks via various disused tunnels are also mentioned. Their is also a...
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    Automotive Logistics

    It seems to me that the freight operators both in the UK and the EU can't solve the problem of moving more new cars by rail. We have UK to EU and vice versa flows from Dagenham to Speke, Oxford to Purfleet and Bristol and Southampton to Mossend yet no flows through the Channel Tunnel. There...
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    Shortage of UK HGV Drivers; More business for Rail?

    First published on www.lloydslist.com
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    Quinn Glass Ellesmere Port

    Some weeks ago RAIL Magazine told its readers that Quinn had been granted planning permission for 5 sidings alongside their glass factory to be built to receive train loads of used glass for recycling, sand directly from Norfolk instead of via Manisty Wharf and to have the ability to send out...
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    Sheerness Docks

    There is talk that New Car Trains may be sent directly from the Continent to Sheerness. I know there used to be car trains from Sheerness some years ago to the North and Scotland etc. What I can't find is a map that shows the rail connection into the Car Compound and I wondered does anyone know...
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    Gladstone Dock Steel Terminal Liverpool

    There was a DBS steel train from Gladstone to the Midlands last Friday 4th Aug. Does anyone have any pictures or could point me the direction of a suitable website please?

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