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    Rail Freight Flows and News UK

    Its left Tees fully loaded.
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    Rail Freight Flows and News UK

    I know there was talk about taking waste materials away by rail,so maybe that's what's happening.
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    Rail Freight Flows and News UK

    I see earlier today GBRF ran a 4Z50 Doncaster-Fiddlers Ferry PS which must be the first train in the power station for over 3 years.
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    Crewe to Nottingham via Tamworth ticket query.

    Thank you all for your assistance.
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    Crewe to Nottingham via Tamworth ticket query.

    On a off peak ticket, is Crewe to Nottingham via Tamworth a valid route or is it only the route via Stoke?
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    Wigan Springs Branch headshunt

    I now believe that the Northern depot at Wigan springs branch as now been cancelled and other locations are now being sourced.
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    Ashton in Makerfield Line

    Network Rail engineers were checking the line over last week for the reopening to traffic.
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    Branch/siding near Ince & Elton

    First booked train runs into the glass factory tomorrow 20th.6m88 arr 0734.
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    Branch/siding near Ince & Elton

    The train to Ince & Elton ran has 6z23 so must have carried some wagons.
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    Branch/siding near Ince & Elton

    Yes their definitely as been a trial train within the last 3 months it ran to and from Ripple lane.
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    Branch/siding near Ince & Elton

    The first train ran into the new sidings on Wednesday 20th from Arpley.
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    Ashton in Makerfield Line

    There was a rail enthusiasts train down there last year.And before that freightliner put a few loaded ballast trains down there,which were then forwarded by road for the extension of the Manchester metro.
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    6m50 Ripple lane-Ellesmere Port

    I see this train ran this morning.Just wondering is it Vauxhall motors having another go using the railway?
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    Potential sites for a new Northern DMU depot

    Network Rail have already paid DB Shenker so part of Springs Branch can be used by Northern.The depot is going to have a wash road and an area too empty the toilets on the trains.Should be open sometime late next year.
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    Wigan Springs Branch headshunt

    And regarding the question about the Goods lines, they do get used especially this time of year with the water jet MPVs coming and going off Springs Branch.
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