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While I was aware that Grand Central ran it's HST sets without TGS vehicles, watching a video this evening I spotted a Virgin Trains 2+6 set running without one. Was this common?

Reducing from half-hourly to hourly would be a terrible downgrade for Cornwall - even with the remaining trains being longer. It's been proven time and again that the best way to grow passenger numbers is to improve frequency. There are particular stations (St Germans springs to mind) that have...

I was recently watching a promotional video for Intercity CrossCountry, which appears to show a digital PIS screen on board an HST coach. In the clip it scrolls to say "Welcome aboard The Cornishman". It can be viewed at at about the 0:35 mark and again at 3:30. Does anybody know any more?

I recently made several journeys on EMR's 222 fleet and spotted something I haven't before. The bottom of the windows relative to the seats seem much higher than on 220/221s. At first I thought this might be related to the seat design or even the floor height but I then started suspecting the...

Not sure if this has been posted elsewhere, but I'm told that the 1746 Exeter to Axminster service is to be reinstated from the May 2022 timetable as a GWR service - the first regular GWR working along the route. This previously used to run as a SWT/SWR train to provide extra capacity at peak...

Moderator note: Split from https://www.railforums.co.uk/threads/great-western-livery.115240/page-125 Yes, they'll be done during the course of the current direct franchise award, along with interior upgrade of the Turbos. Covid-19 circumstance allowing of course.

Can anyone confirm if GA are using the 755s on any Sunday diagrams please?

Interesting to see the introduction of new snack boxes on GWR. The one I sampled contained a few different things, including some cheese and biscuits. My friend sampled the vegan box although not sure of the contents. I'm told these are for weekend services only - with the weekday offer staying...

https://www.networkrailmediacentre.co.uk/news/passengers-benefitting-from-more-reliable-railway-as-train-performance-reaches-seven-year-high?fbclid=IwAR3TqP6mseiIDNAdnV6uL4LIaax7ii5XSU4UL7lLKAjVlUH6KW7tdVYOZTg# Network Rail press release about Great Western performance being at a 7 year high...