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Whatever happened to those Meet The Manager events at stations that TOCs used to have? They used to be common all throughout the year. On a few days every year they would set up at one of the TOCs major stations in the morning peak and evening peak and allow you to meet the senior management...

I am not sure if anyone remembers that old "Loco Toledo" mascot that Southern had from the early 2010s to mid 2010s to advertise their trains. It was basically their own equivalent of the LNER "Eleanor" muppet mascot. He was a Mexican wrestler. I always found it rather odd as i have no idea what...

Lewes saw a lot of changes to the platforms and layout especially around the 70s and i wanted to ask if anyone could remember more information about these changes. When was the track on the platforms between P2 and P3 removed? Also when was the track filled in to enable passengers to walk over...

I was just wondering if this year (25/12/2025) was a record for the most amount of Christmas Day services that have ever run? We had 236 services (made up of 16 normal trains and 220 inter terminal shuttles) which i think is more than ever before? Unless anyone knows differently? There were 16...

This recent thread on the main UK section of the forum talks about unusual multiple unit formations that have happened and it had me wondering about other countries. https://www.railforums.co.uk/threads/unusual-multiple-unit-couplings.293468/ Can anyone think of any unusual multiple unit...

I have always wondered why railcards have a mag stripe on the back? Is there any explanation for this? I am wondering if it was ever intended that passengers would have to insert their railcard after inserting a railcard discounted ticket? I am just curious if something like that was ever...

What are the closest stations to each other in other countries? By this i mean stations that are almost next to each other or about a one minute walk apart. It can be stations on two separate lines. Or even consecutive stations on the same line if any very close ones happen to exist. In the UK...

It looks like the railway network in Macedonia has been suspended until further notice due to strikes with the train drivers demanding a pay increase. https://www.gazetaexpress.com/en/Passenger-rail-traffic-in-the-RMV-has-been-suspended-while-locomotive-crews-demand-a-pay-increase./ The...

What are your experiences of using Scotland / Northern Ireland / Isle Of Man / Jersey / Guernsey / Gibraltar banknotes in England or anywhere outside of their area? I thought it would be interesting to start a thread and see what others experiences are and if anyone else has had issues spending...

What are the least frequently served stations on our network that are staffed and have a ticket office? Amazingly these stations are all staffed and all have a ticket office despite their very infrequent services: • Barmouth (8tpd in each direction) • Fort William (5tpd in each direction) •...

Are there any heritage railway stations that get very little usage and hardly anyone boards or alights? For heritage railways there are no usage statistics publicly available but i am wondering if anyone is aware of any with very little usage? Most heritage railway stations are well used with...

What rolling stock has been used on the East London Line Core / Elizabeth Line Core / Heathrow Branches / Northern City Line / Thameslink Core routes. These lines are rather unusual in that they never seem to get anything unusual. I have never heard of railtours or charters or freight or...

I was just looking in to the history of our international ferry routes and the amount that have been lost over the years is crazy. We have lost all of these routes just in the last fifty years or so: Withdrawn In 1982: • Harwich to Bremerhaven (Germany) Withdrawn In 1982: • Ramsgate to Calais...

Which countries would you say are the best and the worst for their railway ticketing? I am not talking about prices. So not whether it is good value or cheap. What i mean is how the fares are structured and the ease of buying a ticket. If they make it easy to buy tickets and have lots of...

Heathrow Airport has three railway stations. It has T123 and T4 and T5 stations. If you count the Elizabeth Line stations and Piccadilly Line stations separately (as they are not connected) then you could even say it has six stations. So is Heathrow Airport a record? Can anyone think of any...

GWR have applied to run overnight services between Gatwick Airport and Redhill next year. Unfortunately the article is behind a paywall so i am unable to read the full details. All i can see is this but the rest below is hidden...

How many old manual gate level crossings still exist nowadays? By this i mean proper main road gate crossings operated manually by a crossing keeper and i am not talking about those user worked farm crossings. There used to be hundreds but i imagine it could be less than twenty or even less than...

How do the level crossings work when one track is a train line and one track is a tram line both using the same level crossing? Trams are completely separate from Network Rail infrastructure and signalling (other than the Rotherham tram) so how do the signallers know where the trams are and when...

Does anyone remember what Connex were like on their trains and buses in other countries? Did they have as bad of a reputation as their UK operations had? Here in the UK we had Connex running two train companies (Connex South Central and Connex South Eastern) and three bus companies (Connex Bus...

Stagecoach route number 1066 runs from Hastings - Battle - Hawkhurst - Tunbridge Wells and i was just thinking the other day that i have never seen another bus route with a four digit route number. It is very unique to be four digits long. So my question is whether there are currently any other...