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  1. kingqueen

    Night Riviera

    I travelled the Up Night Riviera last night. RealTime Trains says that whilst I was asleep, there was some shenanigans at Reading with two trains being combined?! Main Train: 1A50 2145 Penzance to London Paddington Departing on 14th March 2024 "Extra" Train: 0A50 0349 Reading to Reading...
  2. kingqueen

    Broken down train at Thatcham

    I'm on the Pullman 1303 Paddington to Plymouth. We are being held for an indeterminate period due to a broken train at Thatcham. The broken down train appears to be 1K12 387156 1205 Paddington to Newbury (link is to RealTime Trains), which has been cancelled at Thatcham. Does anybody have any...
  3. kingqueen

    Rail replacement coach crashes

    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cumbria-67587775 As a wheelchair user often left without my wheelchair or my body being secured on such coaches, I do wonder what would have happened if I was unsecured on that one. I hope all involved are as okay as possible and recuperate soon.
  4. kingqueen

    Failed train across Altofts Junction (28/11)

    On 1P93 TPE between Mirfield and Leeds. GBRF engineering train 6U87 has failed across the points at Altofts Junction, thus blocking the Normanton to Woodlesford curve AND the Normanton to Castleford line. After some planning, driver changed ends and is taking us back towards Huddersfield. He...
  5. kingqueen

    Fire alarm on Caledonian Sleeper 31.10.23

    I'm on the northbound Sleeper to Fort William, approaching Spean Bridge. Somewhat of a shock: the fire alarm went off. No sign of fire in the accessible cabin, so I hit the "call host" button. Poor host, she's new - and excellent - and this is her first "red banner". Turns out a smoke sensor...
  6. kingqueen

    Safety inspection between Howden and Gilberdyke

    I'm stuck on a Eastbound train just outside Selby, ostensibly to Hull, pending Network Rail conducting a safety inspection of the Eastbound line, which is currently blocked with multiple trains waiting. Does anybody know what has happened, please? Cheers
  7. kingqueen

    West Highland line Alco blockage 27.10.22

    I'm on the southbound Sleeper at Rannoch. We will be here some time, cos there's a freight train broken down on the single line south of us. Freight train: https://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/service/gb-nr:H24861/2022-10-27/detailed#allox_id=0 Us...
  8. kingqueen

    Azuma horn blocked by snow

    1E10 delayed at York today whilst the driver got onto the track and cleared the snow from the horn, using hot water from the catering trolley. (several cups and then a jug)
  9. kingqueen

    What are TOCs doing post accessible RRB advice?

    On Monday, the Office of Rail and Road published legal advice that nearly every Rail Replacement Vehicle must be wheelchair accessible, and that train operating companies are at risk of criminal prosecution if they run inaccessible ones. Given so few available vehicles are wheelchair...
  10. kingqueen

    Network Rail TOC notice period for planned disruption

    Does anybody know please, roughly how much notice TOCs generally get of planned possessions etc.? The notice they have for planning alternative diagrams / transport, staffing, warning passengers etc. Thank you
  11. kingqueen

    BR ticket: second class single Leeds to Menston 70p

    This British Rail ticket was being used as a bookmark in a book donated to the charity shop in which I work. A second class single from Leeds to Menton was 70p. The equivalent ticket today is £4.60. There's no year on this ticket. Anybody hazard a guess?
  12. kingqueen

    Accessible coach logistics on Caledonian Sleeper

    A senior manager in Caledonian Sleeper has emailed me to explain a few things. Comment: I defy anybody to find on the Caledonian Sleeper website or in any of their literature, the fact that wheelchair users traveling in the accessible double on the Fort William service have no access to the...
  13. kingqueen

    Penzance to Aberdeen in one go?

    Hi, Am I right in thinking please, that there's no "reverse" of the day-long single leg journey from Aberdeen to Penzance? I think from Realtime Trains, that the reverse "only" goes Penzance to Dundee, not to Aberdeen, but would appreciate confirmation - thank you. Am I also right in thinking...
  14. kingqueen

    Availability of accessible rail replacement coaches

    At the moment, under the Pubic Service Vehicle Accessibility Regulations, all buses that operate to a schedule and that carry any person or persons for whom payment has been made by somebody to anybody for their right to travel, are obliged to be wheelchair accessible. (Bar the 20-day-a-year...
  15. kingqueen

    VTEC HST sets NL65 and EC64

    Please does anybody happen to know the current disposition of HST train / Class 43 locos + Mark 3 coaching sets NL65 and EC64? I thought they were only in use by VTEC whilst their Mark 3/4 stock was being refurbished, originally borrowed from EMT then returned, but I'd love confirmation. It's...
  16. kingqueen

    Glasgow to Newcastle via Carlisle: current franchise agreements

    Does anybody know please where the above "hybrid" services feature in Arriva Rail North and Scotrail franchises? I've read the various threads on these services, which are apparently Scotrail stock, operated by Scotrail staff between Glasgow anmd Carlisle, and by Northern staff from Carlisle...
  17. kingqueen

    Holding Carriage, Bell and Heater key "illegal"

    In a routine security search entering a Court building this morning (I'm prosecuting a case) the security staff confiscated my Carriage, Bell and Heater key on the grounds that they are illegal for members of the public to have. He then called the head of security as a result. Er, no. There...
  18. kingqueen

    Delay Repay and rangers

    yes, that old chestnut (I have read previous threads on here) I did the Ffestiniog Round Robin last week, from Leeds. Tickets: Leeds to Manchester and then the Ffestiniog Round Robin with the Manchester extension, then Shrewsbury to Birmingham and Birmingham to Leeds. The train from...
  19. kingqueen

    Mk2 TSO / DBSO wheelchair access

    I was delighted the other day to catch a 37/4 hauled Mk2 TSO rake from Ravenglass to Barrow, in my wheelchair. My wheelchair is within the reference wheelchair size of 70cm by 120cm but wouldn't fit through the interior door from the "porch" area of the Mk2 carriage into the wheelchair...
  20. kingqueen

    All Line Rail Rover in a wheelchair?!

    hi, I've not posted here but I am a rail fan, I love trains. I was absolutely bowled over to do HS1 the other week, I regularly do 225s with Mk 4 from Leeds to London or HSTs with Mk 3s. I also do the Settle to Carlisle and the North East Coast regularly, and the Carlisle to Newcastle - you...

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