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I remember when it was Virgin, Richard Branson boasted about doubling the number of trains omitting to mention that they were half length. I realised how stupid this was in the early days when I saw at New Street a Voyager leaving for Yorkshire and immediately afterwards on another platform a...

I have never used the City Hop fare myself but I would imagine that it was major benefit for people travelling within the Middle Ring Road say from Five Ways into the city centre.

Last week in an attempt to assist a friend whose computer experience is limited to email, I checked trains from Nottingham to Gobowen (Shropshire). I first tried Trainline but when I saw a routing via Slough, I did not even look into the actual route. I then tried Transport for Wales. The...

One thing I am getting out of this is, What happens to the crews? Do they end up in another part of the country and have to be sent home as passengers? I can remember at Birmingham New Street being told that our XC train would be departing late because our driver was driving a late-running...

As I understand it, 6tph on the Cross City Line is not possible at Kings Norton with 2tph on the Camp Hill Line unless the unused platforms are brought back into use. The unused platforms are used by freight trains and passenger trains which do not stop at Kings Norton.

What do you mean by OXD Loop? If you mean EWR, track laying was completed only a few weeks ago and the line is not yet operational. If you mean the line from Aylesbury, that is currently severed at Quainton and will need to be re-instated to access HS2 Depot.

A year ago I was on a TfW train when we got swapped at Shrewsbury. We were on a full 2 car train when we were asked to move to a 4 car train. Good idea but the 4 car train had one car locked out of use and from Shrewsbury to Birmingham more and more people got on.

Happened to me at Derby many years ago. I was on an XC Voyager going to somewhere in Yorkshire (probably Sheffield). I knew there was a problem with the train as I had overheard the guards at the crew change in Birmingham discussing the fact that one of the motors was not working. At Derby the...

A friend of mine described the canal entrance to the station as his own private entrance as his usual walking route to the station is by the canal towpath.

A couple of YouTube videos.

I don't recall the artist's impressions but I would mention that on the university side the ground level is much lower than the Vincent Drive side so does require more internal height for an open plan building.

There have been a couple of mentions of model railway shops closing on here. It has been announced that the Warley National Model Railway Show will no longer be running. This was the leading model railway exhibition in the country held for the past 30 years in the National Exhibition Centre near...

Chiltern have already lodged an access request for EWR rail for driver training and route learning. As I understand it EWR is still on target for service starting December 2024. As for the Camp Hill Line, looking at the Camp Hill thread on this forum, there has been no update since July 2023...

Just watched yesterday videos of the first 730 in service. Apart obviously from the traction, how do the 196s differ from the 730s?

Would have confused the London Commuters to see West Midlands route diagrams in the carriages. Although the train was in WMR livery just a quick glance on Jen's video showed the LNR name decal on the side of the train right at the end.

There is one morning train Worcester to New Street which runs via the Camp Hill Line but if you are at New Street that should not matter to you.

My understanding was that CIV tickets were not available online. TrainSplit is obviously now available. London International CIV is a fictitious station or ghost station which does not physically exist. It is only there on paper and is for the purposes of international travel. It is not to be...

I was about to mention CIV tickets. The first time I learned about CIV was when I booked Birmingham to Brussels through Ffestiniog Travel who had also arranged my travel arrangements for a solo tour of Germany which I had planned. My tickets were made out to London International CIV and were...

Actually, I have had a second email from Eurostar recommending the Christmas Markets in Cologne in December. This time they have said a quick change in Brussels which makes more sense than the previous email. In addition, it is also possible to book through to Cologne which was not an option in...