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Several killed as train and school bus collide in Belgium, local media report https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c70vvd17rg7o

Press reports today cite the massive difficulties in transshipping grain at the Ukraine/Poland or Ukraine/Romania border. Now I guess that regauging one’s rail network in the middle of a war is not a priority but is it physically possible to dual gauge 1435/1520mm track?

Seen on 387 162 - what are the rings on the edges of the pan head?

Please excuse me if this is not posted appropriately but I want to take a ride on an LNER Azuma on a KGX - LDS diagram. I have a off peak single from KGX to DAR. Is an off-peak journey KGX - LDS on LNER then LDS - DAR on TPE permitted? The option of breaking at DON is not practicable.

It's a couple of years since I travelled to Leuven from London but at that time a Eurostar ticket was good for onward trvael to/from any Belgian station. Is that still the case or do I now need to buy an "Any Belgian Station ticket" from Eurostar or rebook in Brussels?

i understand that different TOCs have different off-peak periods. When attempting to check the validity of an already purchased off-peak ticket on-line, the TOC (LNER) referred me to the NR planner which was not working. Is there a guide listing all companies and their off-peak periods?

https://www.indy100.com/article/survey-says-over-half-of-britons-are-against-gender-neutral-toilets-so-people-are-pointing-out-the-8348611?amp&__twitter_impression=true IIRC the Blue Pullman sets had separate lavatories. Are there other examples?

Does anyone know of an efficient way of downloading the National Timetable (separate pdfs) to an iPad. I usually contrive to unzip on a Windows 7 PC then email batches to myself and save each pdf individually. I’ve also tried Dropbox and need to make each pdf available offline one at a time...

BBC News (and others) reports that TfL has released an Underground map showing the Elizabeth Line. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-42412204 Has anyone seen a high resolution downloadable copy please?

A correspondent in today's Daily Telegraph, referring to the Bullied 4DD stock suggests that with dropped floor and sliding doors this could be an option worth revisiting. Given Britain's low height restrictions and high platforms I'm still trying to figure out how this would work.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-38750698 There seemed to be no warning lights until after the event. No reports of injuries.

I'm trying to download the latest National Rail Timetable (aka All Lines) as separate pdfs to an iPad. Anyone know how to do this please? I already have downloads to a desktop and an android phone but a tablet seems the optimum format.

In the penultimate episode of ITV 1's "Victoria" the young queen is seen riding in an open coach behind Manchester MOSI's "Planet" locomotive. Is there any evidence whatsoever of such an episode and where was the sequence, in open countryside filmed? The castle scenes were filmed at Raby...

The refurbished Newark Castle station features the Maroon totems of the former London Midland region of BR. Did Newark Castle ever sport Maroon totems? Though at one time Midland and thus LMS, surely it was in Eastern Region and had Dark Blue signage in earlier BR days? Incidentally, was the...

BBC Manchester's local TV news reports this morning that Arriva (pictures are of ATW stock) wish to divert their services (unspecified) to Manchester Victoria rather than to serve Oxford Road and Piccadilly. Does anyone know what the detail of this story is please?

Using the transpennine website to choose which trains I wished to use, I have bought tickets for use on two Northern services, viz. 08.15 HUD - SYB and 16.41 SYB - HUD on the same weekday. Now it occurs to me that both of these trains appear to the lay reader to be "Peak Time" but the tickets...

BBC (bless them) are reporting on GW trains idling at Weymouth: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-dorset-3655708 In a world where my car engine dies if I pause for a couple of seconds, why would GW want to leave their engines idling, or is this necessary for 'hotel power' for the a/c...

Apologies if this has been covered before but can someone clarify the advice given in 7.2? I want to travel from Wolverhampton to Marsden. National Rail give the preferred routing as "TRANSFER" between Piccadilly and Victoria. I'd rather not walk so how do I get a ticket which includes the...

As the electric Manchester - Scotland TPE services go via Wigan NW I'd expect a Manchester - Preston to be valid that way as well as via Bolton. Is a change from Wigan Wallgate to Wigan NW also valid? Bear in mind a smattering of Victoria services actually terminate at Wigan NW.

Virgin, Cross Country and London Midland reporting on Twitter delays due to serious incident at Penkridge - Emergency services attending.