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I suspect you're right. It doesn't help that the reduction in small boat crossings has led the populist right wing parties such as Reform to target the disabled and PIP recipients.

Vintage British Transport Films film from 1958 showing how a mishap is dealt with by Signalers and Control. in this case the mishap is a derailment.

You can also try sct'61 (sct61.org.uk)

Basel has one switchable platform (4 on the SBB side, IIRC 30 on the SNCF side) which can be switched between 15 kV and 25kV. If a cross border service departed from any other platform the loco was taken off by a shunter. Nowadays anything going over the border is multi system.

The Zürich - Munich Eurocities are pick-up/ set down only at Zürich Flughafen. I think those are the only ones on the SBB.

I assume the curve between Beckenham Junction and New Beckenham.

Unfortunately the death toll is now up to 32. The crane was a bridge girder launch crane, building the high speed line above the classic line (presumably to save land footprint) From the local English language newspaper the Bangkok Post...

Limmatalbahn does operate on the BD Bahn between Dietikon Station and where it peels off in the City Centre. Both LB and BD run under 1200VDC so can cooperate pretty seamlessly. VBZ runs under 600VDC so couldn’t easily run on LB or BDWM metals. Possibly the new Bombardier trams but I doubt if...

A couple of years ago some farmers returned from an agricultural fair near St Gallen, Switzerland, and took a cow on a local Thurbo train. (Thurbo is a regional operator in Eastern Switzerland wholly owned by the SBB) The driver took no action and the farmers did board with a bucket, straw and...

The Rote Doppelpfeil (Red Double Arrow) owned by SBB Historic and called Churchill. It makes an appearance every Christmas at Zürich HB and dates from 1939. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Arrow_(Swiss_train) They also sell 3 1/2 hour brunch trips...

Back in the days of North Western (and subsequently Crosville) the Bollington bus always ran through Macc to Moss Rose Estate.

Quite a good (long) piece here. Edited to include a quote. https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/may/11/its-an-illogical-job-why-driving-a-train-isnt-as-cushy-as-it-might-seem

The split flap displays are all gone from SBB and BLS but I think the Matterhorn Gotthard Bahn still has split flaps.

Now it’s FIX ME

The freight line at the bottom of the hill from me (Baden, AG) has them.