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Buried in one of yesterday's DfT announcements (cos the statement heading doesn't really suggest rail ticketing at all): So although they don't use the terminology that sounds like progress with SEFT - and unusually SWT are going to be one of the second tranche of ITSO into London. (It...

Widely predicted I think, ever since the 2009 Chris Green stations report, but now being reported. Seem to be emphasising that like at Bristol and Reading the lead TOC will still do all the passenger facing stuff:

I see in one of the short pieces in the June Modern Railways they mention that NR have issued an ITT for Waterloo re-modelling. In the article they define the revised use of Waterloo's platform layout as follows: Main Suburbans 1 - 6 Main Lines 7 - 18 Windsor Lines 19 - 24 The latter...

Regarding the TSGN franchise announcement today, I wonder if some of the widely assumed stock alterations discussed before now were actually leaked from the First proposals? The particular one I'm thinking of was the regularly mentioned transfer of the 313s from Coastway services to augment...

Winchester (down side) car park now has a new top deck in place, which had loads of spaces this afternoon so I assume it is only just opened. Looking at how it is arranged, for some reason I remembered that someone had asked a web chat question about it, which I've copied here: Sounds...

One of the aims of the 'strategic freight network' improvements in CP4 was to extend the operational length of Wallers Ash loops (just west of Micheldever) to cater for 775m freight trains. If I'm correct, they seem to have just recently completed the changes at this location, basically by...

ECML ITT issued today. The most surprising omission seems to be that there is still no requirement for a regular Lincoln service, despite all the previous false starts for that route?

Mod Note: Split from this thread. Just browsing round the rest of Porterbrook's site, has anyone else noticed (or mentioned in another thread?) there's now a Feb 2014 revision of the industry's 'Rolling Stock Strategy' document, first published Jan 2013...

RAIB just sent out this brief: Lucky she eventually released the scarf. Is it me, or do more and more people tend to wear scarves in such a way that prevents them being easily pulled off?

Is anyone able to report on how this job went please? After all the discussions way back about exactly what they intended to do it would be nice to hear what the new features are like? Apologies if I've missed any recent posts, but I've had a reasonable search...

As above really... Effectively an update to the previous 'overarching enhancements plan' http://www.networkrail.co.uk/publications/delivery-plans/control-period-5/draft-cp5-delivery-plan/ 150 pages to scan through. Final version should be ready in March, if similar milestones to CP4...

Noticed yesterday that the 1426 SN service from Southampton to Brighton via Eastleigh (1Y25) has been slightly retimed. Until last week it nearly always got held just south of Fareham Tunnel, waiting for the 1434 (dep Soton) FGW Great Malvern to Brighton service (1O98) to run ahead of SN from...

One aspect of the WLL work (touched on recently in other threads) is the statement that NR are already extending the WLL platforms for SN's WLL services, with a May 2014 deadline. (I assume this is to full 8 car length 'in one hit', there'd be no point in doing five car initially and extending...

DfT consultation on branch closure. Line is permanently OOU following a Network Change last December:

Suggested by the point in the London terminals thread about suitable terminals now being displayed, I just double checked something that I noticed back when the 'terminals spreadsheet' first appeared. I often head for Paddington via Reading from various stations near me, usually Eastleigh...

Now that the various online train times sites have the details for early April, it is possible to see exactly how XC will be platformed at Reading after the blockade, without access to either P3 which is closed, or to P7 (which will not have a connection to the Twyford/Didcot direction in the...

Looks like another local media organisation has been tipped off about their local pet project: http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/at-a-glance/main-section/exclusive-green-light-for-500m-rail-hub-and-help-for-rural-motorists-1-4718955 I haven't seen this mentioned recently, but a while...

£500m mentioned in a written statement on aviation today, I wonder what route that will pay for? The CP5 enhancement proposals had this:

NR press release here: http://www.networkrailmediacentre.co.uk/Press-Releases/WORK-TO-BUILD-BECCLES-LOOP-UNDERWAY-1a1f/SearchCategoryID-8.aspx To be ready by Dec 2012 as promised (but only if level crossing alterations complete).

Just seen this on NR's track access application page, we were discussing it a couple of weeks ago based on journey planner queries, so this should confirm what was worked out then. Confirms as discussed at the same time that the services that reversed at City Thameslink early on weekday...