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Just to clarify, is that still Thameslink and Great Northern going over to the new franchisee in September 2014 and Southern joining it later in 2015?

Looking through BRFares I've found that there's a destination "Blandford Bus" (code J346), but there are seemingly no fares that use it. Evidently it's something that's been deleted from the Manual, but I'm curious to know when it was active and what stations it was supposed to connect to. And...

So Centro's consultation is open (until May 31) for the Wolverhampton city centre extension of the Metro. The plan is to divert trams from Bilston Street onto Piper's Row, with a stop outside the bus station, and then along Railway Drive to a new terminus between the station and the parking...

Here's an odd working. On Monday, the 06.01 from Sheffield to Bournemouth (which would normally start at Nottingham but for bank-holiday-related shenanigans) is diverted via Soho and Aston due to engineering works east of New Street. Which means that the train crosses its own path here at...

Broken down train east of Parkstone causing delays on the lower SWML. Bit of research shows that it's the RTC's Capital Christmas Express from Weymouth to London Paddington hauled by 34067 Tangmere.

Michigan Central: an album by Joe Braun Just thought I'd share this amazing photoset that turned up on StumbleUpon. Michigan Central is a huge, imposing station building on the scale of New York Grand Central, but has lain derelict for the last twenty-odd years (replaced by a very modest...

So, 20 years after coppers stopped being made of copper, now the next tier of coins has switched over to cheap steel. (In fact, they're now nickel-plated steel, copper free, rather than the 3:1 cupronickel that they were made of.) At current rates, the cupronickel in a 5p coin costs 3.1p, and in...

Just a thought; if we electrified the following lines: Ely to Peterborough Ely to Norwich Ely/Cambridge to Ipswich thus allowing for GA's major rural routes to go electric, how many 170s could be released? (I note they have eight 3-car and four 2-car units, and that they do also work on...

Anyone else seen the big yellow button marked "Get me home" that's now appearing on the mobile version of National Rail's homepage? First time you use it, it asks you to define where "home" is. And then it'll plan a route from the nearest station to you (determined from your mobile network...

Although this might be tangentially relevant to fares and tickets, I'm erring on the side of caution and posting this in GD... http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-18295587

So I spotted this little cul-de-sac in Stoke Gifford, about 200 m away from the platforms at Bristol Parkway. Heh, cool coincidence. Then I noticed that just around the corner there was this... and now I don't think it's a coincidence anymore. :D

Quick question. Is a ticket (off-peak) between Coventry and Edinburgh, or similar, valid to take a train south to Watford and pick up the Lowland sleeper? Booking engines do seem to suggest this itinerary. (Would be useful for me because I want to travel overnight, both ways, and the only...

About six months ago it was reported in a number of places that Ashchurch for Tewkesbury would become Tewkesbury Parkway at or around the May 2012 timetable change. And yet that seems not to have happened. National Rail and all three of the TOCs that serve it are still calling it Ashchurch...

From LDB, it looks worse than NRE is suggesting; XC have basically given up with Bournemouth and are turning trains at Southampton, and as far as I can tell eastbound SWT trains are actually queuing in Bournemouth. Incident created at 06.40, and expected to last till 14.00? That's an awfully...

Basically, what were the codes for past TOCs? The only ones I can find reference to are SL (Silverlink), ML (Midland Mainline) and CT (Central). Although I'm kind of beginning to suspect they were only introduced in early-ish 2007; this explains why I can't find any codes for TOCs which...

I realize I should have enough nous by now to work this out for myself, but I don't (and I'm busy this weekend) so I'm going to ask anyway how to do the following as cheap as possible with a railcard: Return journey from Coventry to Edinburgh (either Waverley or Haymarket): Outbound on Friday...

There's a sign saying just that at the far London end of platform 2 at Coventry. What does it mean? 14/15 cars? That's never happened, and it only looks about two cars' length past the Pendolino stop board.

I've just seen a train laden with Ford Transits pass my house in Kenilworth. Now, being as they weren't in containers I assume they've come straight from the production line in Swaythling. What I'm wondering is, although the plant is adjacent to the SWML, there aren't any sidings serving it, so...

That, basically. Just out of curiosity, as I'm booked on the 2340 from Edinburgh tomorrow, which takes longer than usual and according to ScotRail is diverted in some way.

The Met Office has issued a weather warning for gale-force winds across central Scotland: Now I'm due to take the 13.00 service from London KX to Edinburgh tomorrow, and looking at detailed forecasts the worst of the wind will be around 16.00 or so, exactly when my train's on the northernmost...