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There are several closed threads on this subject. Can anyone tell me if Transport for Wales is offering the Club 55 ticket, as I can't find anything on their website. I've bought these tickets from Arriva Trains Wales and, as it is not specifically an Arriva offer, I hoped TfW would be...

A previous thread on this subject is closed. I've just read that GCR is discontinuing the issue of lineside permits from the start of 2019. Anyone heard this and is there is a particular reason? I believe that Mid Hants and Glos-Warks have also stopped issuing permits. I have a Worth Valley...

Not sure if this has been covered elsewhere. An organisation called Inter City Rail Freight appears to have contracts to carry certain types of goods on passenger trains. I read that the Inverness portion of the Highland Sleeper carries shellfish for sale in London the following day, also...

Did anyone watch the first episode of this Michael Buerk series on Saturday? He covered the beginnings of the London Underground, the tram network and the bicycle. The programme feature a trip on Metropolitan Railway 0-4-4T no. 1 on the Epping - Ongar Railway. He maintained that this loco used...

Arriving at Manchester Oxford Road today from the west at 1503, I noted an odd move of an EMT service (two 158s) from platform 1 towards Piccadilly. This turned out to be the 1352 Liverpool - Norwich which had been at Oxford Road for half an hour, having arrived on time. No EMT trains change...

Do any readers recall this train in the late 50s/early 60s, usually Duchess-hauled with a pilot loco from Carlisle, and conveying a portion for Plymouth? According to my 1959 Bradshaw's the 10.05 left Carlisle at 12.24 pm and was non-stop to Crewe. There was also a portion from Edinburgh so a...

Living near Manchester, I'm a frequent user of Metrolink and find many journeys are very slow, certainly slower than trams on the continent. On the former railway sections, this is due to the change from fixed signals to "line of sight" driving, which has resulted in speed restrictions, e.g...

Anyone know if I can buy one of these at Wigan North Western or are they available only from stations in Merseyside? A TfGM rover ticket gets me to Bryn and from there I would have to buy a ticket to Garswood (which I can buy at Wigan). The Merseyside ticket is valid from Garswood and I'm...

Does someone have a definitive list of stations where joining and splitting trains for different destinations still takes place? I know this happens at Machynlleth, Crianlarich, Haywards Heath and Salisbury (Exeter and Bristol portions), but I'm not sure about Faversham and Cambridge. And of...

I'm involved in a discussion locally about this service. I found a 2013 thread but it's closed now. According to the RCTS "green book", pacifics and V2s were prohibited from the East Lincolnshire line through Spalding, Boston and Louth, which was the route taken by Cleethorpes expresses then -...

Does someone have a list of locations where Northern units are stabled overnight, i.e. not at depots? Are there always units stabled at a train crew depot, e.g. Barrow and Buxton?

Apols if this has come up before. The spread of ticket gates has thrown up a potential problem at several stations near me - namely the existence of a station pub or cafe with access both from the platform and the street. Examples are Huddersfield, Sheffield and Dewsbury (pubs) and Hebden...

Some readers may have seen the flash mob performing Ravel's Bolero at Copenhagen station some time ago. The side-drummer just "appeared" and started playing, joined by the flute and others. I wondered if they had permission from DSB, or did they just turn up? I'm trying to imagine the...

There is a reference in one of the latest mags to possible interest in these demus by a British train operator, once NIR get their new units and the 450s are withdrawn. The 450 class is a cousin of the Southern Region "thumpers", but with class 150 type bodyshell. There are nine three-car...

Anyone know how long Freightliner will be keeping its class 86 locos in service? They are now 45 years old. There are no new locos apart from class 70s and a few mothballed 92s - no idea how FL plans to replace the 86s or when. We need to concentrate our photographic efforts on these while...