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Recent content by tcm1106

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    Lewes derailment - Thursday 13th August

    Haywards Heath in the first instance, is just the limit of the available driver’s route knowledge today. Nothing more than that.
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    Lewes derailment - Thursday 13th August

    https://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/service/gb-nr:06949/2026-08-18/detailed Inbound for collection…
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    Lewes derailment - Thursday 13th August

    That’s the working plan 1787040317 That is indeed the plan.
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    Lewes derailment - Thursday 13th August

    Front four will be off to Stewarts Lane on the back of a loco. Rear four will be recovered one vehicle at a time by a pair of K1200s to a level crossing north of the site for onward transport by road.
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    Paignton station footbridge on fire 21/07/26

    Pass. I’m not familiar with the building I’m afraid.
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    Paignton station footbridge on fire 21/07/26

    Extensive damage to the station building itself, with a demolition grab employed earlier today to rip parts of the roof off, allowing access for the fire brigade. Sadly very much not just confined to the footbridge.
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    The Bedford collision, recovery process discussion.

    All heading to Litchurch Lane
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    Near miss(?) - Chesterfield South Junction

    RAIB not attending
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    Delays and wrong line running, Nuneaton this evening (14-5-26)

    Track defects reported at both Brinklow Junction and at Nettle Hill (near the M6 overbridge) on the Down Trent Valley.
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    Platforming of Euston - Birmingham Avanti services @ Rugby

    I’ve evidently caught the same train regularly without realising :D
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    Platforming of Euston - Birmingham Avanti services @ Rugby

    Every time I’ve been on one of the Avanti Euston-Birmingham ‘semi-fast’ services, it’s used platform 2 at Rugby. This seems like an odd choice of timetabling, given that it then has to return all the way back over the Down Fast / DTVF and onto the Down Coventry. Why not just use platform 1 and...
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    Wrong announcement, not corrected

    This seems to be an Evero feature… I’ve been on 807 services both today and yesterday that did exactly the same thing in Kilsby Tunnel. One corrected by the TM, the other not.
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    Major disruption to / from Manchester Piccadilly - 16th April 2026

    47 has just dragged the 390 onto Longsight, leaving the 20s at the stops. The 47 will be heading back to collect the 20s provided it can do so before the possession is taken.
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    Non-Urgent TOPS Requests

    Morning. Looking for the allocation on Chiltern’s 1H08 this morning please? It’s a Mk5a set and not showing up on RTT. Thanks
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    “A broken down train causing problems with the overhead wires” (14/04)

    5E13 ran off the wires with the pantograph raised whilst shunting between P5 and P2.

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