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On some Class 350 units, it appears some train crews have chosen to lock the inter-carriage gangway doors open. This seems to be the minority choice however. Most 350s seem to have them in normal push-button-to-open service. I just wondered what best practice was in this case? Wouldn't there...

Hi all, So I thought I was imagining things before, and to be fair this is still a very tenuous link: When I'm charging my phone on a GWR Class 80x and the train is under electric traction and on the move, the screen on my phone behaves very oddly. Double presses, no presses, missed presses...

Opentraintimes maps this evening is showing "1x4-" "2X4-" "3X4-" occupying the signal blocks at Euston Terminal this evening. (Large timetable disruption due to earlier trespass incident.) I hadn't seen this method used before - is it new? Presumably it relates to the number of 4-car LM trains...

Hi, Sorry to start a new thread, couldn't find an appropriate one for class 156 or scotrail general. Feel free to move to an appropriate thread if there is one applicable. Saw Scotrail 156502 in Wales yesterday heading on its own power from Landore to Bristol on 528J...

If you have a UK Euro Return Paper Ticket (CIV) marked London International, and then you miss an international connection due to the UK TOC, does the UK ticket need validating? If not, what are accepted means to prove the missed connection to a guard on an international train? If the ticket...

Does anybody know of an equivalent to Real-time trains or opentraintimes for the Deutsche Bahn network? Maybe something with signal block maps? Many thanks. (And for that matter, we should get busy adding UK trains to Vagonweb. If only I could work out how to create the pictures I would. It's a...

What are these devices for please? On the WCML, fast side, two south of Kings Langley, two south of Bushey and two north of Harrow & Wealdstone. There may be more. They always seem to be facing each other in pairs and some have more modern looking windmills attached so guessing they're still in...

Hi all, Is Willesden TMD Bombardier still going to maintain the Chiltern 172s now that the Overground 172s are heading off? Will they just be focused on 710s and 378s from now on? Thanks.

Hi All, Who's responsibility is it to remove abandoned railway carriages from the network, either in or out of use tracks? To clarify 'abandoned' I'm thinking of the ex-royal mail carriages on the lines to the south of the Princess Royal Mail Distribution Centre 'Brent Sidings' WCML or the flat...

Hi All, What are the new non-electrified sidings to the north of Crossrail west portal for please? I believe crossrail has its own electrified turn-around line between the two running lines for trains to turn at the portal. These new sidings looked like they used to be for the old (Hanson?)...

Hi All, This weekend the DB ICE fire at Dierdorf, as well as a signal cable theft on the Belgium HS2 extention at Liège and then various other technical failures on the DB network added up to make a bit of a mess of the international, EC and IC trains this Sunday. At Bruxelles, no ICE trains...

I'm wondering what were some of the more unusual routes the HST has ever travelled in service? Has one ever been South East to Canterbury, Dover, Ramsgate or Rochester? Hows about North West to Barrow-In-Furness? Or South to Brighton or Portsmouth? Thanks for any answers.

On the WCML, opposite the Wembley Royal Mail Depot and immediately behind the Bestway warehouse, (possibly known as 'F' Sidings) there is large amount of earthworks going on. I thought at first this was private development but recently there was a Class 37 next to the works with a rake of open...

I expect there is a simple answer to this one: At Scrubs Lane on the West London Line the LO Class 387s do a supply change from 25kVA overhead power to 750v DC 3rd rail power (and the reverse). This is now done as a rolling change, ie the train does not stop. Is there a technical reason...

By the time Canal Tunnels are bought into service on Thameslink, presumably the Thameslink core will be about as upgraded as it is going to be. I see the ridged overhead conductor is done and ETCS trials are underway but its still an old railway using some old tunnels. My question is what...