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Theres been a few news stories about the new pathway maintenance depot planned for Derby. It sounds like this will consolidate / replace the functions of other smaller depots. I'm curious if any other depots in the East Midlands will be closed or scaled down, as a result ?

Quite a bit of excitement at Lboro today, it seems that one of the engines caught fire under a carriage, the train & adjacent platform area was evacuated & a fire crew in attendance. It wasn't clear when I arrived how bad the fire had been. A HST was stuck behind it on the southbound fast...

passing by the former Serco yard at Derby, amongst all the test trains, I saw a very unusual carriage, It had the round top profile of a Mk3 Carriage, but all black no windows. There is a narrower section in the middle with a flange in the middle, which looks though the 2 sections can be slid...

for anyone travelling in Germany, there are E10 vouchers on jars of Nutella at the moment..

I thought I'd start some wild speculation & controversy about what is being planned for the East Midlands station... This is NOT a thread re whether HS2 should happen, that (endless) argument is catered for elsewhere... My understanding is that the station will aim to serve the cities of the...

East Midlands Trains are running drop in sessions at stations and a questionaire as part of bike week. the questionnaire, can be found on www.eastmidlandstrains.co.uk, or below & email to cycling@eastmidlandstrains.co.uk. A good opportunity to raise any issues to do with stations, stock...

Seems fashionable in the medai to criticise Network Rail at the moment, separation into regional units vertically integrated withs TOCs seems to be a popular proposal, but would it make things better or worse? Many think there is a need to reshape NR, but is vertical integration the best...

Lengthening of Loughborough platforms is supposed to be happening in the current network rail control period, but doesnt appear to have been included in the current contract for station improvements. Just discussing this at Pedals (nottingham cycle campaign) just wondering if anyone knows if the...

With a number of TOCs the bicycle symbol on or near the door adjacent to the cycle compartment is really hard to see on an incoming train, for example on EMT it is often a small white symbol on yellow background on pacers. On 222s its a white symbol on (wait for it...) white background! (albeit...

"Any remaining powers which are still needed will be transferred to the transport secretary, after some ‘asset disposals’. BRB (Residuary) is currently still responsible for several thousand kilometres of disused railway lines, including bridges and the other structures on them." from...

the strategic paris vienna line seems to in a bit of trouble.. The rebuilding of stuttgart Hbf has become seriously unpopular, lots of protests due to tree-felling & knocking down parts of 'iconic station' (despite nazi era architecture) Somehow DB, the german Govt & the regional parliament...

things are heating up in DB vs E*, E* now saying they'll go London-Geneva with the new E320 http://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/eurostar/8047721/Eurostar-to-offer-direct-services-to-Amsterdam-and-Geneva.html makes sense since there is already passport & security facilities at Geneva I'm...

Trafnidiaeth Canolbarth Cymru (TraCC) (transport agency for mid wales) has been appointed to carry out a feasibility study for the re-opening of stations at Bow St & Carno on the Shrewsbury- Aberystwyth. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-mid-wales-10896836 If you support the re-opening of...

I'm interested to get a straw poll of which station operators actively provide sockets in waiting rooms for people to plug in laptops & mobile chargers and which ones passively allow use of existing sockets. I know eurostar and FGW have both installed 'laptop bars' with rows of sockets in...

At long last work appears to have begun at 'sidings park' the mostly derelict yard adjacent to loughborugh station, mostly civils, fencing, clearing away old track etc. some of the materials went to Great Central (preserved) railway I think. But this would suggest Network Rail have now...