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As part of an initiative to make the railway more attractive to the bulk of working age people - perhaps these could be introduced. Wales, South Western, Midland, Yorkshire, North East, East Anglia and North West could be the initial regional divides. I've excluded Scotland because the recent...

Due to the stagnation of the SELRAP (Skipton to Colne reopening group) proposals to reinstate the former railway between Skipton and Colne as a third Yorks-Lancs trans-Pennine route, perhaps a cheaper interim proposal would be to reopen Gisburn station as a parkway station for the West Craven...

On Traksy, signallers have put "NOGO" on both lines from Manchester Oxford Road to Manchester Piccadilly, and BTET in Manchester Picc P13. I'm on a service that has incurred significant delays, I wondering what has happened if anyone knows.

A Avanti West Coast Voyager passed through Manchester Oxford Rd as ECS about 35 mins ago. Does anyone know the reason for this - seems to be a short term planning movement? A very rare sight!

A discussion in another thread brought up an interesting point. Aside from passenger traffic, where there have been low cost carrier dominated airports e.g. Luton/Stansted, is a secondary UK air freight hub, to reduce costs for freight airlines, a realistic prospect, and where would it be?

There seems to be a backlog of trains up the Preston via Chorley line from Salford. What is the issue - delay codes seem to be something about traction equipment?

Service patterns, freight etc

Hi, I wondered if anyone else has had an issue recently with Northern dispatching complementary tickets as a form of DR compensation? I've had 3 return tickets and 1 single not turn up over the last 2 months, the first 2 returns approved and "payment sent" nearly a month ago. The bank transfer...

Moderator note : split from https://www.railforums.co.uk/threads/exeter-st-davids-platform-2.240098/ You could fix it by popping a small multistorey on the existing car park directly outside the easterly main station entrance, building a ramp through the West Yard car park up to a level to...

Following on from the Heathrow Western Access comes to a standstill thread, what would your preferred service pattern be through Heathrow stations if both or one of Heathrow Western Access/Heathrow Southern Railway schemes were built? AlastairFraser :)

Moderator note: Split from https://www.railforums.co.uk/threads/temporary-transfer-of-turbostars-from-chiltern-to-west-midlands-trains.216644 If a short extension of electrification from Amersham to Aylesbury Vale Parkway was made and sufficient S Stock was available, then the London to...

I actually quite like the new B'ham New Street, if that can be considered underground, now that it's properly integrated with local public transport modes. If City Thameslink is considered underground, then I like that station's design. moderator note: posts #1 - #10 originally in this thread...