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A quick question: Has the line to Hunslet stone terminal ( Hunslet Goods railway) ever had a central Leeds facing junction? I understand trains have to reverse in the yard next to Neville Hill depot if they want to head towards Leeds station .

I have been really getting into Open TTD. I have cheated a bit and used bus stations to "lock up" a city and make sure I collect the maximum number of passengers. I have now reached the limit of bus stops in the game. Is there any way to increase the number of bus stops in open TTD...

Are a pair of class 91's visiting York today for a naming ceremony? I understand it is the BBMF and the remembrance livered locos involved. I assume it is a D-Day commemoration activity judging by the date.

Question: Is there a difference in validity for off peak tickets travelling north from Milton Keynes on Fridays as opposed to other days of the week? Are there different rules for LNWR & Avanti? I have been asked a question by a friend and the answer is confusing me! He has an off peak...

A question: How has Cheddington Station survived and how does it continue to survive? How did it not close under Beeching? It is in the middle on nowhere despite being only 35 ish miles from Euston, never seems to have any passengers ( under 100k every year) , yet has a decent train service...

This morning Mayflower is supposed to be hauling the above charter but the ecs from Southall to Victoria seens to have ground to a halt near Hanwell. Does anyone know what is up? I assume the tour will be cancelled as the train is v late now!( should have left victoria at 0730)

For the second week i noticed a pair of WCRC class 57 stabked at Newark Northgate Does any one know the reason? Route learning of some kind?

This weekend ( Easter) my partner and I are off to Portsmouth via an exhibition in Brick Lane in London. We are travelling from Milton Keynes. We will have overnight bags. Could I ask the RUK hive mind for advice on the following topics: How to get from St Pancras to Brick Lane - I think...

Spotted this evening between junction 37& 38 north of doncaster on A1M was a thomas styled tank engine on the back of a low loader. Anyone tell me what it was and where it was off to?

Evening all, yesterday I was at home when I heard a very loud loco hammering out of Bletchley. It will have been train 4Z48 Burton to Acton Yard (https://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/service/gb-nr:R21181/2023-03-29/detailed) Can anyone tell me what it was? It sounded like a class 60 but VERY loud

UK Rail Leasing (UKRL) are building a new shed in Leicester. Is this on the existing depot site? https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-leicestershire-64957159 On a sperate note how does UKRL link with Europhoenix and ROG? are they group companies?

Yesterday (29/01/23) I travelled on the 15:11 XC service from Leeds to Birmingham ( It started at York and ran to Worcestershire Parkway). I was VERY surprised to see an HST round the bend into Leeds station. I didn't think this was usually an HST operated service and wondered if it was because...

Can anyone explain or point to any resources that explain why the Leopard is the tank of choice for Ukraine over, say, the Challenger or the Abrahams or even Russian tanks former Warsaw pact countries? I assume it is because it is easy to learn, easy to maintain, has a good engine and...

There are a couple of extra trains running on Sunday to carry Boro fans to the derby game at Sunderland. They are Running to and from St. Peters. I also think there are extra St Peters stops in a couple of service trains. Anyone think they might have some fruity traction on the front? ;-)...

Mod Note: Posts #1 - #13 originally in this thread. How many if these funded projects are in the north east? Oh yeah, thats right none. The money has gone to those vastly poor areas like Devon and Cornwall. I assume Belmont is the one in Sutton. Really deprived area that.

Iain Stewart, the Tory MP for Milton Keynes South and chair of the Transport committee, has written to minister of state for rail Hew Merrian about the suspension of service on the Marston Vale line which runs in his constituency. A link to the letter is below. It has a few inaccuracies that...

A question: why are so few avanti services calling at mkc today? This seems especially true for afternoon/evening workings Having endured an evil, rammed, xc toilet fumer, a slow, roasting and full replacement bus, a missed connection, an lm train so full i couldnt get on and an hour wasted at...

Whenever I travel on the LNWR trains from Milton Keynes to Crewe I am always a little confused about Atherstone and in particular why there have been no platform extensions. It only has 4 car length platforms but is served by 8 car trains. Does anyone know why there havent been extensions? The...

Does anyone know what northbound services XC HST will be delivering on 2nd Spetember? I think, from my notes, it should be: 1S49 0925 Penzance > Edinburgh 1S51 1227 Plymouth > Edinburgh 1S53 1327 Plymouth > Edinburgh 1E63 1527 Plymouth > Leeds 1E73 1935 Bristol > Leeds Is that anywhere near...

Doncaster - taxi rank tucked away round the corner of the station with no standing taxis. Really helpful. Any advances on that? ( I mean hackney carriages aka black cabs rather than mini cabs - it isn't always easy to find a good mini cab company before visiting a "strange" town for the firs time)