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Amusing to see a C stock carriage in an advert tonight for Experian (featuring lots of goths) The unit was in good condition, so I'm assuming it was the one in the London Transport Museum Acton depot

As the old thread was closed, I've started up a new one! Since 2015 I've actually removed a few of the missing bits (and for genuine travel purposes too as I needed to go to the likes of Chesham, Cockfosters and Turkey Street) Bakerloo - whole line Central - all except Loughton to Epping (never...

This evening (Thursday) I got the train back from Turkey Street (18:15), and was surprised for a London Overground service that it operated semi-fast, missing out several stops. Is this rush hour practice going to continue. as it doesn't really fit in with the other Overground services, and will...

As the other thread below has been closed, it's worth noting that this is the final week that the current ferries will be operating, with Friday the final day. There will then be no service for a few months while the jetties are adapted The old boats are off to be scrapped in France, indeed the...

A nice little clip about train secretaries on the Comet (London to Manchester) service! https://twitter.com/BBCArchive/status/1040563642016649218

As the previous thread were closed, I've opened a new one, as for the first time I had the pleasure of using Thames Travel today. Luckily my service was fine, but I was keeping a keen eye on Twitter as over the last few days there have been loads of cancellations, as can be seen on their Twitter...

A minor moan, but it's pretty irritating when your train goes soon after 10am (the network card cutoff time) that ticket machines won't let you get that discount or buy super off peak tickets literally until the clock strikes 10. Fortunately I had just enough time to then get my ticket (at...

Recently I travelled to Aylesbury. The anytime return fare is £33.10, with the off peak return £22.10 I'm next planning to go to Tring (an very similar distance from London but on a different line and operator LNWR). The anytime return ticket is only £24.60, with the off peak ticket £16.50...

https://www.london.gov.uk/press-releases/mayoral/london-to-have-europes-largest-electric-bus-fleet 68 buses will be acquired for routes 43 and 134, so a significant step up in distance from the red arrow routes. Interesting that the order has been split between 2 manufacturers too, a good...

A nice BBC article about Rome's buses, which seem to be catching fire at an alarming rate, and not due to terrorism. Bad maintenance and their age is to blame, but seeing that they're Citaros I can't help thinking back to the London Citaro bendy-buses which seemed to burn more often than other...

Off to football tomorrow (playing at Mk Dons) A return from Euston to Bletchley costs £16.60 A return from Euston to Fenny Stratford (which is slightly nearer the ground and would be a new station) is £23.80, i.e. £7.20 more However the return from Bletchley to Fenny Stratford is only £2.80...

One thing I find slightly curious is the lack of information about whether your 1st class booking has a meal included or just snacks, as the booking engines don't state this, and only the full timetable actually has this information, and all that does is state that the train will be serving a...

http://www.kentlive.news/spa-valley-railway-is-facing-devastating-closures-after-lorry-hits-bridge/story-30514280-detail/story.html http://www.kentonline.co.uk/tunbridge-wells/news/trains-halted-after-bridge-strike-132231/

Moderator note: Split from https://www.railforums.co.uk/threads/barking-riverside-extension-london-overground-updates.133908/ How many people in Thamesmead really want an Overground crossing to take them to Barking? What they surely want is better connections to Abbey Wood, which will have...

Bought some GWR tickets for travel in August yesterday. I normally just collect from the machines at the station, but chose to get them mailed to me (they arrived today) as postage was free. Is this just a GWR thing, but I was most surprised that the postage was free, as it does add to...

TfL have started a consultation about the redevelopment/re-landscaping of the area outside Golders Green station, the bus station and associated shops. In the longer term, they also seem interested in redeveloping the Northern Line depot site with housing. If this was to happen, where would a...

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-04-11/siemens-bombardier-said-in-talks-to-combine-train-operations Not sure what that would do for UK competition, or how they'd rationalise the Desiro and Aventra product line

Hello, a few things I've wondered about the EE507 traction motor, which I've not seen fully explained here... When the 455s were introduced, they reused some EE507s from the 4-SUBs. Were there also new EE507s being built around this time? The Southern liked commonality, but why would they...

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-38400214 Is it common for units to be transported like this through London?

Yes I know their limitations, blah, blah, and I live in London so have expensive proper trains to ride in etc But as I was in Blackpool this weekend, I had the pleasure of various Northern DMUs, and was able to make direct comparisons between various types. On a simple single track route...