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I have a 'little' complaint regarding GWR's handling of the 5X5 carriage Class 802 services. It isn't a particular moan about the trains themselves, but more of a moan about how GWR have operared them. As you know, in Cornwall there are plenty of short platforms which can only fit a single 5...

Hello, as many of you may have recently read, I have started a new transit news site... The main aim is to offer news in a less formal way, and deliver it with opinion from enthusiasts like us. We're very new, and after a few railway trials last year, we have now settled on our method of railway...

Unsure if this is the right area of the forum, free to move it. Since HS2 will be built to a standard EU gauge, could we potentially see more services to and from Europe to the north along HS2? Will HS1 be connected to HS2? I’m thinking a Eurostar service perhaps Paris to Manchester, or even...

Hi - I've been setting up a new ish blog / info site over the past few weeks. The aim is to eventually show infomation on a line by line basis for railways across Europe. We have no plans to finish, just to keep adding in our spare time. Its taken a long time, and we're only about 5% done, but...

Hi, for a while now, I have meant to share the details about my model railway, including the exact stuff and the details, just so newbies here and veterans can see what I run. I'll post news and updates here also. Essentially this is just so I can share more stuff about my models, as I always...

So initially I planned to go to London on Saturday, to see the WhiteChappel station progress, and then chill in London for a bit, because I stupidly booked a train at 17:00 back to STA. I then decided to instead of just staying in London, go to Chichester for the weekend, and get the train home...

See attached image for my diagram for the junction. The St Ives branch was built with a junction, only facing Penzance, meaning trains cannot run directly from Exeter/Plymouth, or even London to St Ives (although, a 15x train from Paddington to St Ives... No thanks!). The reason for the...

I was watching BBC Question Time last night, and they started to talk about whether it was time for Britain to renationalise the railways... Someone raised a really good point that currently our railways are effectively nationalised, but with 'foreign' brands... Some others started to talk about...

--EXCLUDING METRO LINES-- --EXCLUDING FORMER OPERATORS (that reduced my UK count fairly significantly) How many operators have you used, from around the world? This is difficult, so here it goes, in no particular order: UK: Virgin Trains West Coast Northern CrossCountry TransPennine Express...

Here is a plan that I have devised to solve the current boarding issues at Euston. Currently only works with Virgin services, but I am sure it could be adapted for LNWR. Here is the idea. GENERAL IDEA Each ramp to the platform will be split into 2, one side will be General boarding, the other...

I am just watching a video, of trains in Stafford in 2003... There are VT trains to Glasgow, Preston. Now days, Stafford virtually gets 1 VT train per hour in each direction. So, why has virgin tried cut the intermediate stations from their routes? Also I notice much longer trains back in...

While it is still over 2 years away, I am certain you all have views on what should change in a new franchise, from a routing perspective, and a rolling stock perspective. So, my main questions: Who do you think will bid, and win? What should change in terms of stock? What should change in...

Hello all, Recently I had an exchange on Twitter with GWR Help, which they stated they could not confirm if the current 7/8 car HSTs would be replaced by 9 car 800s, and 2x 5 car 800s, stating only, they will place the 9 car / 2x 5 car trains on the most busy routes. I was very...