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Does anyone know anything about an apparent threat to close Lenham station on the Maidstone East Line? Apparently there's a petition open against it, and the development https://www.change.org/p/save-lenham-rail-station

I'm planning a visit to the GWR in April. Due to the distance involved, I'm planning to make it a two day visit with a night away. Where is best to stay, Cheltenham, Gotherington or somewhere else along the line? Any recommendations for B&Bs to stay at in the area?

There seems to be a slight problem accessing this site. I use Firefox and my "My Yahoo" page to get here. Click on the link for the forum and it opens in a new tab, as it is mean toe. However, where I was previously shown as logged in, now it is not showing as logged in. Click on the link to...

Cowden was down to BR cost-cutting. If the line hadn't been singled the accident could never have happened.

RAIB are investingating a near-miss at Forestry UWC, on the Breckland line. https://www.gov.uk/government/news/near-miss-at-forestry-user-worked-crossing Edited to remove separate incident in Scotland.

RAIB have tweeted that they are investigating a collision between a locomotive and a passenger train at Grosmont. https://twitter.com/raibgovuk/status/1440298901899137035

A passenger train collided with a vehicle obstructing the line at the entrance to a tunnel in Taiwan and derailed. At least 34 people killed. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-56612248

The Llangollen Railway has appointed receivers, with debts of about £1/3 million https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-56241552

RAIB are investigating the runaway and derailment of a rake of 22 wagons at Toton on 17th January. https://www.gov.uk/government/news/runaway-and-derailment-of-wagons-at-toton

A Pacer has flattened part of a set of level crossing gates at Dereham. https://twitter.com/HemstedGreen/status/1337082656253763584

Translation:- SNCF: a beam falls on the tracks near the Gare d'Austerlitz, traffic for Limousin disrupted Following an incident on a construction site, a formwork intended for the realization of a beam fell, this Tuesday, December 1, on the tracks of the Austerlitz station...

RAIB investigated an overspeed (117 mph in a 20mph zone) at Dauntsey on 12 August 2020. They have decided not to progress to a full investigation. Basically, an emergency speed restriction (ESR) was altered in the time that the train driver had departed from Paddington and the time he arrived...

An ICNG Alstom Coradia of NS has been involved in an accident in Germany. It was being hauled by a diesel locomotive and there was an accident at Dreileben, Saxony-Anhalt, apparently where a stretch of double track link becomes single. The ICNG was being delivered to the Netherlands from Poland...

A Scotrail train travelled along the Borders railway with its doors open. It was terminated at Shawfair and passengers were transferred to another train. https://www.bordertelegraph.com/news/18768334.borders-railway-train-doors-wide-open-journey/?ref=twtrec

On 16th March 1949, 30932 Blundells was derailed in a accident at Paddock Wood, Kent. Does anyone have any further information please? http://www.tonbridgehistory.org.uk/photos/railways--local-area/slides/19.063.html

Having seen the complaints in the Stonehaven derailment thread (https://www.railforums.co.uk/threads/stonehaven-derailment.207648/) and the invitation by an Admin here to raise the issue in this forum, I thought I'd post my thoughts. I've been an editor on Wikipedia for almost 15 years, and an...

RAIB are investigating a SPAD at Loughborough on 20 March 2020 in which a pair fo Class 57s hauling an unbraked Class 710 overran a signal by 200m . https://www.gov.uk/government/news/signal-passed-at-danger-near-loughborough

BBC South East TV just reported that the Brighton Mainline at a standstill due to flooding in the Balcombe Tunnel. Passengers reported to be trapped on stranded trains. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-50863956 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/uk-england-sussex-50864447

I was reading the recent RAIU report on a collision between a train and a lorry, caused by the gates to on occupation crossing being left open, encouraging the driver of said lorry to cross railway without stopping, thus bringing the lorry into the path of the train. The thought occurred to me...

The RAIB are to publish a safety digest after two RHDR trains ended up on a single track section of line going in opposite directions. They stopped about 300m apart and no collision occurred. https://www.gov.uk/government/news/serious-operating-irregularity-at-romney-sands