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The Guardian reports that the TFL, the Croydon Tramlink operator Tram Operations Limited and the driver are being prosecuted over the tram crash in 2016 https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2022/mar/24/driver-and-tfl-face-prosecution-over-croydon-tram-crash

Is there a way of muting or ignoring a forum (specifically the covid one) so that it doesn't appear on New post link? https://www.railforums.co.uk/whats-new/posts/ I can just about put up with bus threads ;) but that does my head on a rail forum.

A Twitter friend has posted a pic of awhat looks like a double decker bridge strike on a railway bridge, with the roof ripped off. I get the impression he is one of the first on the scene and hasn't posted any more because he is helping out. Anyone heard anything? Its a private account so I...

School bus has hit a railway bridge in Winchester, with some severe injuries. https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2020/sep/10/winchester-school-bus-crash-children-seriously-injured Although a rail bridge there are no mentions of any issues with rail services.

No, not that famous bridge https://www.facebook.com/357128358239986/posts/618280795458073/ (link contains video of loaded autoracks being peeled by a bridge)

A BLS rollende landstrasse has hit a a fallen concrete section of a bridge under construction. The driver was killed and two other fatalities are reported. https://www.tag24.de/justiz/polizei/zug-unglueck-rheintalbahn-auggen-breisgau-freiburg-baden-wuerttemberg-1477193 (Not quoted as it is in...

Yesterday the 17:43 Norwich service was announced as running late at Sheffield due to ‘a coach becoming uncoupled on this train earlier today’ looking at RTT it was 13 mins late leaving Liverpool and progressively lost time but with no big jumps that you would expect if something had happened to...

I put in my first ever delay repay claim just before Christmas, with Northern. I was travelling from Meadowhall to Sheffield and the train arrived in Sheffield 15.5 minutes late according to RTR. In theory a simple claim, but I was using an annual SY Travelmaster ticket. On the Northern form I...

https://www.theregister.co.uk/2019/09/04/corethree_baked_private_rsa_key_first_bus_ticket_app/

we are going spend a couple of days in London as a family. My wife and I were planning to use contactless debit card but I can’t work out how it works for our kids (8 and 10). The TfL site has information about Zip Oystercards, but it’s too late to get them. It also talks about kids going free...

Train enthusiast for care job https://www.indeed.co.uk/viewjob?from=appsharedroid&jk=9d8966dcc68a6244

https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Vict/52-53/57/section/5 Do any of the rail staff consider yourselves servants?

As children travel free in London, are child tickets from outside to outside involving a cross London transfer cheaper than half the equivalent adult price?

Just seen a team of EMT RPIs who had come from Sheffield and were awaiting a return train at chesterfield checking cars in the short stay car park and having a word with a lady parked on a double yellow. Thought it was an interesting use of some down time.

I've just been filling in a survey on a Northern train which makes several references to more seats on trains. Now I'm assuming that they are actually talking about longer or more frequent trains, but I voted that I wanted fewer seats because I'm in a bench seated 142 with a smaller seat pitch...

The original version of the Act (or the web version which says it is the original version as enacted) says this: http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Vict/52-53/57/enacted I assume that 'mate' is a typo? It says 'make' in the latest version.

Yesterday (Wednesday) a bendybus carrying school children became stuck on a level crossing in Buxtehude Hedendorf, Germany after a safety device that immobilises the bus if it turns to sharply to prevent the flexible connection getting damaged or the rear of the bus separating kicked in as the...

As built, the 317s had a button on the inner end of the some of the coaches. This was a rubber covered button of the same design (but only a single, not a double) as the door opening/closing ones next to the doors. Does anyone know what this was for? Edit: actually, I may be misremembering, it...

Something has give a bridge a good whack at Newcraighall in Edinburgh. Looks to be the bridge just north of the station on the A6095 Newcraighall Road. Pics on Twitter from Network Rail. The Tweet was at 02:13 today, but the pics are in daylight, so possibly it happened yesterday Scotrail...

US based short line operator Genesee and Wyoming look set to take over Freightliner http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20150224006904/en/Genesee-Wyoming-Enters-Agreement-Acquire-Freightliner-Group%23.VO2DmMrfWhA#.VO2QGIbfWc0 Although they are a short line operator, they own lots of them and...