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I noticed the other day that whilst the 4 track sections of the WCML, GWML, MML, and most of the GEML are separated into fast and slow (i.e. DS, US, DF, UF), the ECML is paired by direction (DS, DF, UF, US). Why is this? And what are the pros and cons of this?

Hi, I am travelling from Euston to Lancaster on Monday 22nd August. RTT says that my train, the 10:30 from Euston will now depart at 10:10. Will my seat reservation on this train still stand?

For some reason on 19th June, LNWR and XC services are not running between Coventry and Birmingham, but Avanti are. What is the nature of these engineering works where some services can run but not others?

Hi there, I am going to Vicarage Road on Saturday 16th April and just found out that there are no trains to Watford Junction that day (my usual route) so therefore I will have to take the Met to Watford instead. Is there an enhanced service provision when Watford are playing at home or does it...

What with the Northern line blockade south of Moorgate, this is very surprising - I would expect stations such as Oakleigh Park and New Barnet to be substantially busier as passengers switch to the train instead of using Totteridge & Whetstone and High Barnet stations respectively. What is more...

Would only work on the NLL and Watford DC e.g. Stratford, Hackney Central, Highbury & Islington, Camden Road, Hampstead Heath, West Hampstead, Willesden Junction, then all stations to Richmond/Clapham OR Euston, Queens Park, Willesden Junction, Wembley Central, Harrow and Wealdstone then all...

Are there any platforms on the loop that can accommodate 8 car trains? Gordon Hill? Hertford North?

Kings Cross to Welwyn Garden City peak services have been suspended until at least December, which is when the Kings Cross blockade starts so no idea how these devices will operate then anyway. This is most annoying for passengers for intermediate stations between New Southgate and Hatfield as...

I assume this is going ahead with a two month blockade from Jan to March as planned pre-covid? If so here is my proposed timetable... Off Peak 1x Kings Cross to Edinburgh Fast runs as usual - 9 car 800) 1x Leeds to Edinburgh semi fast - 9 car 800) 1x Kings Cross to Leeds calling at ...

https://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/train/C44186/2020-08-10/detailed Has RTT made a mistake? Or else how is this possible as I very much doubt Leeds, Wakefield Westgate, Doncaster, Peterborough and Kings Cross all have 18 car platforms. And why are they putting on an 18 car train on a Monday...

Although a bit early to be thinking about this, any ideas what will happen when the current Govia franchise ends on 14th September 2021. I heard rumours about LNER taking over GN services, but surely that can’t be true, can it?

I was thinking that a service operated by Chiltern Rail from Heathrow to Birmingham Moor Street using this chord and the new north mainline joining the chiltern mainline at South Ruislip would be profitable and would also ease the capacity issues at Maylebone.

RTT has not got updated schedules from December 14th onwards. Obviously with covid and all that the most logical thing to do would be to postpone the May changes until December but certain things such as the kings cross remodelling (if that’s still going ahead as planned) will vastly reduce...

There was a thread for this that closed a while ago, but I enjoy hearing the misfortunate stories of taking the wrong train, so I am starting a new one. I’ll give one of my worse experiences: I was travelling from Kings Cross to Oakleigh Park in the evening peak, and my usual direct train was...

Moderator note: Split from https://www.railforums.co.uk/threads/blackpool-south-line-stock.205897/ I need to travel to St Annes this summer. I was looking at the times and the connection at Preston is atrocious! The train from London arrives in at xx:37 whilst the train to st Anne’s departs at...

Doubt there is a thread for this already. Anyone know what stock is used on the Blackpool South line nowadays?

In the amended timetable due to covid19 I have noticed that services between Reading and Bedwyn have a rather long dwell time at Newbury station (at times as long as 15 minutes). Now the reasons for this are obvious. It is simply because the stopping trains need to be looped by the non-stop...

When will the trains from Cambridge/Welwyn Garden city to Maidstone/Sevenoaks finally go down the link (if ever)? They are now 2 years behind schedule! With kings cross being partially closed after December for the remodelling, where will these services go if they aren’t able to go down the...