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And generally quicker and cheaper to take the Marches line and change at Crewe.

I'm not supposing for a minute it will or should happen, but I can see several potential benefits: 1. I can't immediately find the proposed future GWR timetable, but IIRC correctly there was going to be one fast and one slowish train to Cardiff, so if this provides a second alternative fast...

Thank you very much! :D

Thanks everyone. Peter Mugridge - here (https://www.flickr.com/photos/mikeplonk/31117961390) is a similar image where the trains didn't pass in the frame and there are no kinks. I didn't note down whether these were sprinters or pacers, but there's every likelihood that they were pacers which...

Hello everyone When reviewing this https://www.flickr.com/photos/mikeplonk/31373141691/in/dateposted-public/ image that I took of light trails of two trains passing, I noticed that there is a kink in the trails of both trains at the point at which they pass, near the top of the image. I...

So, even running non-stop and needing guards, how many paying passengers would it need from, say, Leeds to Sheffield, non-stop to pay for the guard's salary for that stretch of route? About one?

Why do early morning/late evening ECS trains not run for passengers? The type of workings I'm thinking of are ECSs from Neville Hill to Sheffield, class 67 running ECS from Bristol to Taunton and so on. Admittedly some would be at very obscure times, but surely it only needs a couple of paying...

What's the timetable for trains to/from the Ffos-y-fran/Cwmbargoed Coal Disposal Point at Merthyr Tydfil? And how reliable are trains at sticking to the timetable? Thanks.