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    No railway station bins

    There does not seem to be any bins at Euston station inside or out. Just a mitie litter picker with a litter trolley. Why are there no bins and does it make sense that there are no bins? There are so many outlets particularly at Euston like burger king that will generate rubbish across the...
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    Unified GCR operations and organisations?

    Forgive me if this has been discussed previously. I have been thinking about when eventually the GCR bridge project is complete with track from Leicester to Nottingham, has there been any thought put to or plans made to how the unified railway will operate day to day or organisationally be...
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    HSTs to Nigeria

    I don't know if this has been discussed elsewhere here. On the theme of exporting HSTs abroad... I have seen postings online of HSTs being exported to Nigeria, I understand to the Lagos Metro Red Line. Anyone know anymore about what's happening?
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    Harry potter makeover of two Japanese train stations

    So I came across this headline when I was doing some looking into what dumbleton hall was going to be used in japan (presumably a static exhibit in the harry potter studio tour in development there). However for a moment a thought came to my head that they were gonna restore dumbleton hall and...
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    What routes would there be scope for converting to a European loading gauge?

    mods note - split from this thread Tangentially to this I have wondered what routes would there be scope for converting to a European loading gauge
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    Nottingham tram route going the "wrong direction"

    I couldn't find any information on this, however why does the Nottingham tram lines go the "wrong way" relative to each other between the forest and Wilkinson street tram stops? Was there no alternative route to stop crossing over each running line? Or was it so that it could serve either side...
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    Should night Thameslink services go on the night tube map?

    The day tube map has Thameslink services in London. The Thameslink core is 24hrs, should that go on the night tube map also?
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    Diversions to alternative London terminals

    I'll start with I'm not sure if this is the right place to post, please move to the appropriate place if needed. I've seen clips of fgw HSTs diverted to Marylebone and Waterloo during times of disruption, also southeastern trains to Waterloo and Hull Trains to st pancras. Are there other known...
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    Could HS1 trains be diverted via Dagenham?

    Can HS1 uk loading gauge trains be diverted through the freight junction in dagenham? Could the southeastern and eurostar cl 373 trains be diverted to other stations in london or to St pancras via the goblin and NLL? Has this ever happened or are there contingencies for this? Also, not sure...
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    AC/DC overhead lines mixing

    Hey, with a recent network rail report talking about potentially electrifying alot of the network, I came to thinking what solutions could be had in places where there are existing DC overhead electrification in Sunderland and Rotherham for the local tram/metro systems. Let's say the national...
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    Use stratford international for Ouigo style service

    So here is an idea using the currently unused international platforms at Stratford International. Basing this on the Ouigo/EasyJet model of using secondary stations/airports for lower costs the stratford london bound platform could be used as an arrival platform and the Europe bound platform for...

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