Recent content by LTJ87

I was due to travel from Nuneaton to Euston on AWC tomorrow afternoon. Just checked the AWC website and everything is now showing as cancelled.

Thanks for the replies to my question earlier - will look at my options if I can’t defer my trip.

TfL’s public guidance says that services that will run are not expected to start until after 07:30 on Wednesday 22nd April. Does anyone have an indication of how realistic this is? The reason why I ask is that I need to travel from Vauxhall that morning to catch a train from Euston around 07:45z

British Airways confirmed today that it will add new Boeing 787-10 aircraft to its fleet at Gatwick from 2029 onwards, as the Boeing 777-200 is replaced: https://mediacentre.britishairways.com/news/27022026/test-2

The issue of access to the platforms of Nottingham station from the footbridge is back on the agenda again. In addition to no access to platforms after 7pm on weekdays, there will be no access on weekends from 6th February...

There is a display stand for the Aurora train on the concourse at Nottingham station. Not sure when this went up but would have been in the past week.

EMR will hold a media event for the new Aurora fleet in Derby on Thursday 20th November: https://news.eastmidlandsrailway.co.uk/news/media-invite

On the issue of ticket acceptance between West Midlands Railway and Avanti West Coast, I've encountered this a lot. It seems to be standard practice for West Midlands Railway to terminate inbound services to Euston at Milton Keynes Central if there's a delay of around 30 minutes. On a number...

East Midlands Railway is once again introducing restrictions to access to platforms from the centre footbridge from Monday 18th August. There will be no access to platforms from the footbridge from 7pm to 6am daily, extending the current restrictions from 11pm to 5am...

There’s no mention of the MML in the main document: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/spending-review-2025-document/spending-review-2025-html

Network Rail have just put out a press release about forthcoming weekend engineering works on the MML confirming works between Wigston and East Midlands Parkway...

EMR is holding a media event at Derby station on 15 April for the first refurbished Class 170 train: https://news.eastmidlandsrailway.co.uk/news/media-invite-unveiling-of-first-refurbished-class-170-train-which-will-serve-customers-across-the-whole-east-midlands

Network Rail has put out a press release ahead of this weekend’s closures, stating there should be limited disruption on the south end of the MML for the rest of the year once works are complete in early June...

The planned re-closure of the footbridge on 22nd February is now postponed to “engage further with relevant stakeholders”. The reaction to this was of course entirely foreseeable...

EMR are closing access to the platforms from the footbridge again to "validate the benefits identified in recent pilot". The next closure will begin from Saturday 22nd February and will be kept "under review"...