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I might be clutching at straws now , but how about Heathrow terminal 4,and does it even count?? North Via the LU piccadilly line to KGX and South-west via the Heavy rail line into Paddington

Hello all Just wondering, not really knowing that much about HS2, how much of the line (and stations) will be aligned with current lines and existing infrastructures? And will any old lines that have either been mothballed or ripped up ,be used to create this new line,or is it going to be...

Redditch is in for shout, single track station, 3tph and the last annual passenger usage was 861,000 (the highest in the last 6 years was 953,000 in 2011/12).

Hello all The weather and it's after effects have were pretty poor today around the Crick/Kilsby Area when i passed over the WCML at Kilsby on the A5 this morning around 11.10 looking towards Rugby i could see both tracks were semi and fully covered by water. And the Roads around there...

I am going to go for the one of the bigger stations on the network and that is - Birmingham Snow Hill Closed 6th March 1972 , Reopened 5th October 1987

You always know when you've arrived in Coventry :D But I am sure for those who were wanting to travel to Coventry Arena, i.e the football and rugger fans would know where they would be going on matchdays, oh hold on second they can't can they? :D I read report a few weeks ago that the...

Ahh i did not know of the accident on th M6, but neverless the buses that serve this P&R Run from the city centre southwards along the Kenilworth Rd Across the A45/A46 chord, the thing is about the dedicated buses is that former Operator Travel De Courcey actually had invested in Hybrid green...

Hello All I today had the dis-pleasure of using the Park and Ride at the War Memorial Park in Coventry today, I have used it many a time, and the last time I used it was early last year and at the time, the service that was operated from there was pretty good. Clean (and green) punctual buses...

Just out of interest, if the plan is to have a bay platform the otherside of the warwick rd bridge, is there sufficient space for the creation of a platform saying how close the car park is at the retail park to the rail lines? Or does network rail or even Virgin trains own that land where the...

Many thanks causton :)

Hello all Iam not too sure if this is in the right place or not but I was wondering if someone can tell me what I just witnessed :) Iam currently on my lunch break sitting near to hillmorton junction on the wcml near rugby, and around 11.54 a coupled up 2-4 car (what might be desiro's) emu...

I should really know more about my local area- never knew there was freight that went down the coventry to nuneaton route,i do now though :D Regarding the PPM company, i thought they were still going,but were doing work with another local company to them,and yes i know that the PPM units are...

Just out of interest, how long would it take for a qualified driver to learn how to drive new traction?? I saw a pacer for sale the other day, £25K that would suit this line down to a Tee, and would fit in the platforms too :D If Councillors were looking at at this ViaRail D-train (why would...

It's just a shambles really, i think When it comes to local west midlands councils,centro and anything to do with rail or tram tracks progress seems to get so far, with a promising end and then bam! Something (or someone lol) puts the spanner in the works due to the lack of communication! I...

I think the impression i am getting from this thread is that Bigger is always better, a lot of people seem to be thinking along those lines as it were,numbers and figures always ruin someone's idea's don't they??? And i was going to make reference to Northampton being a big town,having quite a...