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When a railway company built a bridge over a pre-existing railway line, presumably (in at least some cases) closures of the lower line were required to facilitate construction? How was this arranged when the older line belonged to a competing company, who had motive to make life difficult for...

At this stage almost literally nobody knows. The trains will need to be examined by engineers to determine whether the units are repairable at all, and if so how much it will cost. Then the accountants will need to crunch all the numbers and make a recommendation, after that some manager will...

Given the same was said after the Salisbury incident, I wouldn't bet your life savings on it happening.

Watchet and Ilfracombe but not Taunton or Plymouth being intermediate stations between Bridgwater and Penzance is, err, interesting.

There are public water fountains nearby some stations, Archway and Leyton come immediately to mind. There are also at least two in the shopping centre at Canary Wharf DLR (albeit not well signed). The one at Paddington is by far the worst water refill I've used as it's unnecessarily complicated...

EMR have a page of information about the strikes at https://www.eastmidlandsrailway.co.uk/rail-strike although they have not yet provided detailed information regarding 20 July they do plan to have some: In general terms, you can travel on an alternative day or get a refund, details vary...

They are perfectly normal fully functional Oyster cards.

Any bridge over the Thames downstream of Tower Bridge needs to be either as high as the upper walkways on Tower Bridge or an opening (lifting/swinging) bridge. The plan for Rotherhithe (which has been punted into the long grass but not scrapped) is for an opening bridge carrying pedestrians and...

In the short term a ferry (or extension of the clipper) from Barking Riverside to a new pier in Thamesmead would seem to offer significant benefits for relatively little cost and complexity. In the longer term, a fixed link between Thamesmead and Abbey Wood should be just one part of a route...

or possibly had a blowout of a tyre or some other mechanical failure.

(pedant alert) They will almost certainly be given a fine, and while the amount they could be fined is (I think) unlimited, the fine they actually receive will be a specific finite amount.

Limehouse (DLR/NR) is another out of station interchange (OSI). Even though there is a direct link between the westbound NR and eastbound DLR platforms, there is a gateline in the middle that serves as both touch out of one mode and touch in on the other. This is a better solution than found at...

I would expect that evacuation routes would also play a part in the decision. For multiple (hopefully obvious) reasons it is always going to be preferable not to have a train load of people walking past the site of an incident, especially one involving a (potential) fatality. Its unfortunate but...

Most likely they would receive a suspended sentence.

As someone who uses Chancery Lane on Sundays, I don't think I've ever been the only person to get on or off a train there. It's not many people, but its not nobody.