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Taken from their Stakeholder letter today and 34 page attachment; Our Plan for the Future – A Prospectus

This thread prompted by a digression in the Hope Valley Capacity Scheme Updates thread, see; https://www.railforums.co.uk/threads/hope-valley-capacity-scheme-updates.168285/page-49 Over the last few decades the need to provide accessible access to platforms (and also for some footpaths)...

TPE's December timtables are live on RTT this morning. I've spotted that 1B96 2118 Liverpool Lime Street to Doncaster is stopping at Dore & Totley at 23.07 until 23.11 for pathing reasons only. Not apparently to let down passengers The previous 5 hourly trains stop in the public timetable...

Well now we know why Glen Sannox isn't the only problem Scots have with their island ferries. Our 2023 islands tour has been determined by what's actually running and has space available. Turned up in good time for Wemyss Bay to Rothesay and find only one boat in service. .Not turn up and go at...

Story in The Times, see UK train passengers face loss of free wi-fi. Kite fying? Passengers face losing access to wi-fi on trains after ministers told rail companies to cut costs.

I understand that all TOCs have been advised that the funding granted to support CRPs and station adoption groups is being cut by 25%. A cut was anticipated but the details may only have been confirmed last week. No doubt others will have more information. It will be for each TOC to decide how...

Moderator note: Split from https://www.railforums.co.uk/threads/mml-electrification-progress-updates.1104455 8 years and 207 pages ago the first post gave completion to Sheffield December 2020. I see no masts anywhere near Sheffield! I'm often asked when the Hope Valley line will be...

Just announced this morning although I think it has been flagged up previously. Message from Northern opened when I returned from my local station after picking up tickets so unable to comment on how well it works. I gather the team answering queries is based in Sheffield.

The trouble with 3rd/4th hand reports is that the evidence is often suspect. Allegation is that the 16 year old granddaughter of a friend of mine received a £50 penalty fare recently - which she has paid. It seems she appealed (and was rightly turned down) on the grounds that she was late for...

Try following this one. Sorry it's not totally in sequence but shows how one little problem reverberates around the network. I was at Dore & Totley station this morning where passengers were waiting for the 10.53 into Sheffield, 2S78, the Northern 9.42 from Piccadilly. At 10.51 it was...

Interesting to note that all advertised posts are based in London and the South-East; https://jobs.gbrtt.co.uk/

This is an under cover route, both through the long tunnels and because the service has become unpredictable, particularly at weekends. That's ironic because weekend leisure use seems to be recovering very well and is up to pre-Covid levels on nice days. After the Northern strikes 2 or 3 years...

Sometimes one has to laugh at oneself, like sitting for 25 minutes yesterday waiting for the barriers to rise at Smeafield crossing in Northumberland. Every 3 minutes or so a train to watch. LNER, LUMO, XC and finally a 3 car Scotrail. RTT then says nothing for 15 minutes but still they didn't...

Are there any unmanned stations that have public toilets provided by the TOC? If there are, how are they maintained? How can they be kept safe and operational? I ask because an amazing number of people arrive at our station and immediately ask where are the toilets, including folks alighting...

All the rumours about possible redeployment of Nova 3s due to the noise of 68s at stabling points begs the question of where would happily accept them from the noise viewpoint? Shunting them elsewhere doesn't solve it and standing in Cleethorpes, Piccadilly or the Airport can't be any better...

Was running 40 minutes late (watering issue at Breadsall) when it exited Totley Tunnel at Grindleford today, hauled by 46100 Royal Scot. Video Arrived 69 minutes late at Buxton at 14.33. Left again at 15.39 so not long to see Buxton.

From Tornado Railtours Facebook page; "We are extremely sorry to advise ‘The Caledonian’ scheduled for Saturday 18th September 2021 is cancelled. Despite significant efforts by all parties, it has not been possible to identify a workable timetable for the train to Edinburgh that allows time to...

In recent years the railway industry has spent immense sums to provide improved accomodation for those with disabilities. The most obvious is larger train toilets and space beside them for a wheelchair. I'm sure I can't be the only rail user who has rarely seen a wheelchair being taken aboard a...

Not sure if this has been covered elsewhere, but was out in the Hope Valley today and spotted the station name boards at Hope and Edale no longer carry any TOC branding. Is this the new GBR standard? Quite nostalgic - back to old British Railways style but with larger lettering.

A major fault as they seem to have all been offline all day, see website.