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Well that would explain the lack of any passenger trains past Angerstein Junction in June, then, thanks! I won’t embarrass myself by asking Southeastern where the statutory closure consultation is….

Re the Southeastern times that have just gone up, either I’m missing something or there’s still some trains missing, but there seems to have been a near-total withdrawal of services from the Blackheath-Charlton line?

The Swiss Railways’ journey planner app, of all things, insists that the first station out of Ashford on the Marshlink line is called ‘Ham Street & Orlestone’, despite Orlestone being removed from the station name in 1976…

Thank you very much for that comprehensive reply - very illuminating!

Thanks! That makes a lot of sense.

Catching a train from Welshpool earlier today, I noticed that in both directions, trains were being dispatched in the traditional manner by guards blowing their whistle and hand signalling to the driver from the platform by their local door. The Cambrian lines are, of course, signalled using...

The Budapest-Prague through sleeper coach stops for 6 hours and 3 minutes in Břeclav, should you be really keen to sample the no-doubt swinging nightlife of this small Moravian border town between 11pm and 5am. Alternatively, there’s a lot of very convoluted shunting to enjoy during those hours.

It’s a classic case of a ‘might as well run it in service’ journey that to all intents and purposes is an empty stock move. The unit has run down from Fishguard Harbour at 06:50 (https://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/service/gb-nr:W09411/2023-07-08/detailed#allox_id=0) to provide a connection at...

The last down train onto the Cambrian line has a very tedious 30-minute wait at Shrewsbury. https://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/service/gb-nr:W26430/2023-06-12/detailed Ten minutes or so of that is to let the up train off the single-track, the rest is, I presume, a mixture of crew change and...

Feared as much. Will amend my journey to travel on an earlier ICE!

Thank you - that’s would make sense!

I’m due to be travelling on ICE315 from Brussels to Köln on 8 July - I’ve not had any contact from DB, but alerted by this thread, I see it is now timed to terminate at (rather inconvenient) Köln-Ehrenfeld significantly later than expected. However, if I put the journey into the DB Navigator, it...

St Pancras to Gravesend: 23 minutes on a high-speed Southeastern from upstairs; 1hr 15 minutes on a Thameslink from the basement.

Manningtree-Harwich Town services run entirely within the Tendring District Council area. Also in Tendring, there’s a handful of Kirby Cross- Walton shuttles at start and end of service (and all day Sunday). There’s a similar set-up on the Witham-Braintree branch, entirely within Braintree...

I’ve recently begun travelling from Northampton to Euston quite frequently on weekend late evenings, normally at around the time that two-track working comes into effect. I have been surprised to see that, despite the fact that the possessions of two of the four lines are a weekly occurrence...

Correct. In fact, while West Ealing station sits right at the tri-point of three (Labour) constituencies, the provision of the newish bay platform there means the shuttle’s entire journey takes place within the Ealing North constituency.

Since the by-election, the Leeds-Wakefield-Knottingley service only calls in Labour-held seats (Leeds Central; Wakefield; Hemsworth; Normanton, Pontefract & Castleford). Fortunately - for the purposes of this exercise anyway - it skips Outwood. The direct Leeds-Knottingley services are ruled out...

I think I’m correct that Amtrak continue to operate some dual-mode long distance locomotives with limited third rail capability alongside their diesel engines for use in the underground stations at Penn and Grand Central due to the ban on diesel engines in the confined spaces? Interestingly ‘a...

Super, many thanks. It’s useful for me at least once a week, so I will keep on doing so and not be too surprised when my luck runs out…

Yesterday I made a Charlton - Acton Main Line journey, travelling on Southeastern Charlton-Woolwich Arsenal, then walking over to Woolwich station to take the Elizabeth Line to Paddington. I hold a zone 1-3 Travelcard on Oyster, which would fully cover me for a Charlton-Acton journey heading...