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  1. eastwestdivide

    Settle & Carlisle Line

    I reckon northbound has a better build-up to the scenic bit, starting in urban Leeds, then views of high ground around Ilkley Moor etc, electrics and colour lights giving way to semaphores after Skipton, and finally opening up to the high and wild Pennines.
  2. eastwestdivide

    Simplon Route Closure Summer 2024

    Probably goes via the Gotthard Pass, as it occasionally does/did. I photographed it at Göschenen 10-ish years ago. edit: in fact this pdf brochure shows Gotthard on the map on p15: https://pdfs.belmond.com/Brochure-Venice-Simplon-Orient-Express.pdf alternatively, Arlberg+Brenner.
  3. eastwestdivide

    Hope Valley Capacity Scheme updates

    Traksy has the new layout, albeit with a couple of glitches I think. Haven't had time to observe it much yet.
  4. eastwestdivide

    Hope Valley Capacity Scheme updates

    All running OK according to realtimetrains. https://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/service/gb-nr:G67235/2024-03-25/detailed#allox_id=0
  5. eastwestdivide

    Interesting journeys in Belgium and the Netherlands

    The three-country point is about 100 metres or so from the highest point. I hired a bike in Aachen, and went to the 3CP, down to the impressive Montzen viaduct on the freight line that tunnels under the 3CP, then across to Hergenrath for a train back to Aachen. Photos over on RMWeb at...
  6. eastwestdivide

    Sheffield Supertram & Tram Train news

    That BBC article says a ‘further’ 29 car parking spaces, i.e. in addition to what’s already there. I read another item (can’t remember where, sorry) that said the extensive parking at Magna is very under-utilised, so sharing it as a P+R isn’t a problem. 1710958236 Added 20 March and automerged...
  7. eastwestdivide

    Interesting journeys in Belgium and the Netherlands

    There’s a few interesting and modern stations too, like Liège Guillemins, and the front of Rotterdam C.
  8. eastwestdivide

    Not another one: Kevin Speed [FR]

    That’s what the English version of their website has. The French version of their site has in the corresponding place, i.e. an exclusive contract with Alstom…
  9. eastwestdivide

    All Line Rover Restrictions

    As a footnote, the all line rover I used last year didn’t work a single barrier regardless of time of day!
  10. eastwestdivide

    Same loco into 3 or more different London termini

    33s worked out of Waterloo, London Bridge (E Grinstead/Uckfield peak trains), probably Victoria on the very early morning papers with passenger accommodation, although those were mostly 73s, and in the mid 1980s a 33 had a booked turn into Paddington on a FO train from Exeter/Plymouth. I rode...
  11. eastwestdivide

    1Z83 1218 London Paddington-Swansea via Newbury line/Berks&Hants 8/3/24

    As my partner once said on the sleeper out of Paddington "we're a long way past Maidenhead"
  12. eastwestdivide

    Coffee shops Burton on Trent/Tamworth?

    Is there anywhere to get a hot drink and a snack at either Tamworth or Burton on Trent stations please? Googling gave me inconsistent results. Thanks
  13. eastwestdivide

    Nightjet, which stock?

    Bregenz-Graz?
  14. eastwestdivide

    European Rail Passes

    For further info, at least some of the European Rail Timetable editions have a list of country passes in the back, also including regional ones (within a country) and international (cross-border areas).
  15. eastwestdivide

    Walking and Rambling discussion

    I was in the Tilbury/Rainham area late last year - some photos and words over on the rmweb modelling forum at: https://www.rmweb.co.uk/forums/topic/183328-the-slow-train-to-rainham-marshes-via-tilbury/ Tilbury’s a bit run down, but the ferry journey and Riverside are interesting enough. Fair...
  16. eastwestdivide

    Newington Landslip (23/02)

    12-car javelins on the StP/Rochester shuttles this morning. Fairly well filled London-bound at least in the front unit of the one I'm on. Edit: and mostly full (80-90% seats taken) from Ebbsfleet
  17. eastwestdivide

    Some miscellaneous (slightly scattered) questions - Austria, Slovenia, Netherlands and Germany

    I’ve been using a (UK) Starling debit card in the Eurozone for a good few years. They offer a Euros account on the same card, avoiding lots of little charges on GBP cards. Had no problem in Albert Heijn supermarkets or anywhere else, including usng it for contactless on the Rotterdam metro.
  18. eastwestdivide

    Huddersfield Vintage Posters

    Maybe the building is for dismantling and rebuilding elsewhere, so the numbers are to ensure it goes back together like an Airfix kit? Edit: beaten to it!

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