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Ah yes, I somehow missed that part of his reply. To what source (presumably authored by Gerry Fiennes) he referring?

Thanks for all of your fascinating replies. I'm really enjoying learning about this subject. Is there any more information / evidence for this 24-coach train(s) that you can provide or direct me to? I figure that the platform at Kings Cross et al. wouldn't be long enough, even considering the...

I searched for another thread on this topic but I couldn't find one. I am wondering about the rough dates, frequency and common start- and end-points for trains that would have been used on evacuation and troop trains in WWII. I am particularly interested in the Southern Railway and whether...

Westbury is particularly blustery.

My father stumbled across the Swansea Burrows freight yard and wants to see when the trains go through. Does anyone know when they actually run? All of the timetabled ones (from RTT) that he's gone to see have ended up being no-shows and later on canceled. I imagine it's on a runs-when-required...

That's correct, for example if South West Trains ever ran into Paddington for example.

I'm curious to hear of instances where TOCs have run into London Termini other than their usual ones (where they have one). Be this as a result of a diversion or simply a service that used to/does exist. For example I am aware of GWR running HSTs into Waterloo but not anything in the reverse. I...

Welcome to Twitter! The amount of passengers irate at the TOC rather than the Grid is quite shocking (but not surprising).

Sounds like there was a disabled passenger genuinely in distress, however in the most part I agree with your point. https://mobile.twitter.com/GNRailUK/status/1159889700783579137 Not necessarily implying that it is the fault of the TOC, either.

Reports on Twitter of passengers having left a stranded train. Sounds like absolute pandemonium today, glad I got the bus! https://mobile.twitter.com/GNRailUK/status/1159872660538634240

Sorry if this is in the wrong place, but I'm wondering if anyone knows why trains were crawling through Hatfield (and in general between between WGC and Hatfield) around 18:00 today. I had the fascinating experience of watching a class 387 on the 'slow lines' undertake a 700 on the fast as they...

Edit: the track on the Salisbury avoiding part of Salisbury Tunnel Junction is shiny silver so they're definitely using it.

I noticed that today XC services are reversing at Southampton and going through Romsey to Basingstoke. Is this a regular arrangement or are there some engineering works I am not aware of? Does this mean the third part of the triangular junction east of Salisbury is being used? Here's an example

Sorry to revive an old thread, but here are a few recent ones of the 1000s I have!

We need a good passenger route with lots of different services and some non-linear aspects. A first suggestion I would make is the West Coastway route, running from Brighton-Southampton. This could have branches to Portsmouth Harbour, Bognor Regis and Littlehampton. The variety of services would...