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    June 2024 reopening of the line between Clitheroe and Hellifield for passenger trains

    If there are no passenger trains booked over the line should it have gone through the legal process of "withdrawal of passenger services" closure procedure?
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    Southeastern - Timetable change

    Thanks very much to you and Stephen42. It is the first time I have noticed it .
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    Southeastern - Timetable change

    I have just noticed that on Mondays to Fridays the last train leaves Charing Cross at approx 2310......! ........Yet trains from Cannon Street run until after midnight. In my memory stretching back to long ago in BR days I cannot remember trains from Cannon Street running later in the evening...
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    Trivia: Consecutive services, same destination, different routes

    Often occurs in the South East for example departures this morning from Charing Cross- 0942 Dartford via Lewisham and Woolwich 0948 Dartford/Gravesend via Sidcup 0954 Dartford via Bexleyheath
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    Southeastern Hastings to Charing Cross via East Croydon?

    Showing my age but before Redhill- Tonbridge line was electrified in 1993.. I remember the old Hastings DEMUs being diverted from Tonbridge via Redhill to London Bridge, Waterloo East and Charing Cross. Was on some very fast runs up to 85mph on the straight track between Tonbridge and Redhill
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    Trivia: No train service between two adjacent stations on a through route

    Chislehurst and St. Mary Cray Bedhampton and Cosham St James Park to Pinhoe Blackfriars to Cannon Street Waterloo East to Cannon Street
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    Trivia - timetable padding

    I agree that this train was timed to wait for to pass trains at Tywyn and Harlech- crossing points on a single line
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    Diversions to alternative London terminals

    Mentioning Kings Cross reminded me that when the GN suburban lines were electrified in November 1976 many of the suburban services were diverted to/from Moorgate (via Drayton Park). The peak hour services between Broad Street and GN suburban services via Canonbury spur were also diverted to...
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    Railway timetable for level crossing

    Despite the three locations that were given I located Bruern Crossing as being about midway between Shipton and Kingham stations or approx 1.5 miles from each. By examining a timetable with Kingham station and adding approx 2 minutes for trains towards London and minus 2 minutes for trains from...
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    Diversions to alternative London terminals

    When Broad Street station closed services were diverted to Liverpool Street via the Graham Road curve. I will also agree with earlier correspondence that there many standard diversions of combinations between Victoria, Blackfriars, Charing Cross, Cannon Street, London Bridge from both South...
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    Trivia: Current services where the train reverses ends, mid-journey.

    Inverness to Wick trains reverse at both Georgemas Junction and Thurso.
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    Trivia: Current services where the train reverses ends, mid-journey.

    Victoria- Hastings and Brighton-Hastings services reverse at Eastbourne. Services on the West Sussex Coastway line used to reverse at Littlehampton- perhaps others can confirm. Birmingham- Aberystwyth/Pwhelli services reverse at Shrewsbury Swansea- Milford Haven/Fishguard/Pembroke services...
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    Trivia: Stations at which services go to the same destination from different platforms

    If you mean is as follows- Hampden Park station in Sussex. A train from London (or Brighton) stops at the down platform then goes to Eastbourne, reverses then calls at the up platform before going towards Hastings.
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    Have you been on your closest infrequent/parliamentary rail service?

    Suggest this .. http://www.psul4all.free-online.co.uk/intro.htm
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    Have you been on your closest infrequent/parliamentary rail service?

    My last "parliamentary service" was over the Leigham Junction to Tulse Hill spur in South London. I travelled over it a couple of years ago on the then one daytime passenger service per day which ran between Streatham Hill and London Bridge. The spur is used by a number of ECS movements. I...
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    The West London line

    I agree .... On Mondays to Fridays peak hours only until the mid 1980s there were only two trains in the morning and two in the evening. No passenger trains north of Olympia except the Motorail or excursions. With the frequency of trains we have now along the line and new stations built since...
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    Point Pleasant Junction

    There are many members on this forum who live next to a railway with a train service during the night. They do not complain because when they moved there they accepted that the railway was there and trains would run.
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    Timetable complaint - to Network Rail?

    As a former timetable planner I have also chuckled at this one. Seen it before and filed in the category of.. "Why can't the timetable be altered to suit me?" signed Disgusted of xxxxxx

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