Recent content by speckledjim

I am liking the new look Kings Lynn station, however I do wonder why the larger station signs all appear to say 'Kings Lynn - British Railways'. Have I missed something??! Its set out like a heritage railway sign - I actually think it looks good, although slightly odd given a lack of first...

Whilst we are talking about Norwich, is the 'Norwich in 90' campaign to get a service to London in an hour and half at all possible/realistic? The current fastest i can see is 1h44 and only stops at Diss/Ipswich.

The comments about norwich to London being well served are true. I do wonder if the 'Norwich in 90m' that is being campaigned for locally will ever be achieved. Having reviewed the above posts I have changed my mind about stops, I think a direct Norwich to KGX service - would love it but it...

Thetford possibly although it is well serviced to ely and could just pick up the lynn to kgx from there - same with wymondham. For me stopping at wymondham would defeat the object of a competing service unless the service is run like others - fasts that don't stop and then a longer stopper in...

Fair point, although brandon/Thetford/Wymondham etc already have substantial services into norwich and towards ely. Furthermore, I am suggesting a Norwich fast that benefits Norwich to london and cambridge (thetford is only an hour and half from london via ely) - the Cambridge expresses bypass...

Some times for consideration from national rail website. Norwich to liverpool st : approx 1h 50 give or take 4/5m depending on service. Norwich to london kings cross via liv st/tube: approx 2h 15-20 Norwich to london kings cross via ely & cambs: quickest of 2h 8m. Actual travel time of 1h...

Would be interesting to see how fast a non stop Norwich to Cambs service could be though - the other stations are well serviced, although any train between ely/camb picks up plenty of passengers. My question/interest was raised with current media interest locally in quicker Norwich to Cambridge...

Out of curiosity, what would be/ are the reasons for there not being a direct Norwich to London Kings Cross service via say Cambridge only? It's nearly 1h 20m Norwich to Cambridge on GA calling at 5 stations. The direct services from Cambridge to KGX can be under 50m. An average Norwich to...

Anyone know what an immaculate set of pullman coaches are currently doing at kings lynn station? EWS livery diesel at front (could not get any more details). Have had a quick scan on real time but nothing popped up. Thanks!

Tuesday's London to Exeter 'end of southern steam' has been cancelled today. Seems to be quite a few not going ahead recently. Shame really as will think twice about booking time off in the future. --- old post above --- --- new post below --- The above problem is mechanical I believe.

Does anyone know if there are any plans to start using the unused 3rd platform at kings lynn (long platform opposite p1)? It is currently being cleaned up and re painted (along with rest of station). Reason I ask is the shorter platform 2 sign appeared to be missing today. Most likely just a...

I do fear that people getting too close to the edge of platforms is a big risk to safety, and sadly could be an excuse to stop specials in the future if an incident occurred. Have visited ely to catch specials several times and it is always a chaotic experience - even seen arguments over camera...

Couple of good videos on youtube and great coverage in media. Wonder if this will become a more regular event for certain engines? (I read that these 2 runs were one offs and nothing more, but it surely would be of benefit to all those concerned if 90 was allowed in certain parts.) I am...

Newby...so be kind! I have always thought a kings lynn to norwich service would be worth looking into (obviously not via original route!). It's 1hr 45m on the bus - quicker to get to london. Via train you need to change at ely and the journey could be anything between 1h:40m - 2h:30m depending...

Platform at Kings Lynn isn't used, think it used to be Platform 3 --- The unused platform was given a makeover a few weeks back - it seems to be used overnight to house stock but cannot see any platform numbers. Platform 2 is not used much either it seems.