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Whilst flicking through my Railways of Great Britain atlas, i noticed just south of the long closed Blackwell there was a station named Top of Lickey Incline Station that opened in 1841, it doesn't give a closing date, i imagine it must of closed before Blackwell (1966). Does anybody have any...

Barry doe in his last column states that he got free special passes on EC services to trail the food, which is fair enough as he is a leading columnist, but come on.. he states that Nobody has any clue who he is and would be treated the same as any other person. No Chance your in the leading...

Whilst in Germany last week i travelled on board various DB journeys including the ICE, i instantly noticed the difference in the quality of service both countries give the paying passenger. Every single train i travelled on was in time, and very clean. The train crew staff were brilliant and...

Im buying a city day pass that runs out 6am friday morning, my flight back is at 9am, so i will be travellling at 6am to the airport, is my ticket still valid during transit or will i have to stop at 6am and buy a another one?

As anybody got any pictures or information on the now closed North Staffs Sidings Junction at Crewe. Think this was the line that came from Alsager line into a tunnel and onto Basford Hall somewhere. All traces have been removed when i went hunting for it, according to my informaton it was...

Droitwich Spa signal box is to have a complete renewal of cables. A new REB will be installed next to the Closed Down Goods Loop, this will replace all expired cables within the Signal box.

Network rail have announced they have bought rail plant company Hydrex with immediate effect from administrators KPMG

Has anybody got any interesting stories about there time on the railway or have any stories about the railway? The more obscure the better. Or even better any claim to fames?:idea: Ok i'll start Two members of my family have been on royal train, one has the driver, the other was the...

Villagers in Steventon has kicked with off Network Rail about closing the crossing box at The Causeway, the level crossing is getting renewed and Network Rail want to make it CCTV controlled from Swindon. The villagers have got HMRI involved and a high court injuction making Network Rail keep...

Noticed there are major signalling problems at City Thameslink, i was there over weekend involved in the signalling commissioning, does anybody know what exact problem is? Hope it wasn't owt to do with me!!!

The delays on the WCML this weekend were due to the Neutral Sections at Wembley failing again, this is the third time in 5 years that these neutral sections have failed or been ripped down. Morgan est eti originally installed the neutral sections, which promptly fell to bits, network rail...

I heard that the royal train when carrying royalty has a clear route, that being that it doesn't get checked by signals, is this true?. How many other services be it freight of specials get this type of treatment?. Maybe DRS nuclear traffic?

Whilst growing up in Crewe in the early eighties i can remember hearing all-sorts of trains around Crewe at night and in the daytime. I lived near Crewe Works and could hear various Diesel classes such as 20s, 37s, 47s,33's and even HST's. I can remember electric traction such as 85's, 86's...

I've just been reading Modern Railway magazine and spotted in the editor's note that the new LM and TPE 350's that will replace the 185's will only have 53 more seats than the current 185's. Who order's train's in this backward country?. Overcrowding is common place on most services so the...

Was Col Gaddafi Murdered, to me it looks like he was, the NTC says he was killed in a battle with his supporters and died from crossfire. I think he was murdered and the NTC should just say so, listening to sky news it sounds as if the British public are shocked by his treatment

Driving down the M6 toll road today, i looked up at the disused Anglesea Sidings branch to see much to my surprise OHLE structures. Anybody have a explanation? Wasn't this branch cut off at Lichfield City Junction?

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Heard on the grapevine that London Midland's recent trail of 110mph running from Crewe to Lancaster was scrapped at the last minute because the 350's are not cleared for running north of Preston. Network Rail knew all along and waited till train crew and train was basically ready to go.

On nov 17th im going to watch Man city (not my team) at home, after the game im going to St Helens. Can i buy a ticket to St Helens, get off at Manchester Piccadilly watch the game then get back on a train to St helens? After all i have to change at Picc to get to St helens:|

Last Thursday there was cable theft somewhere near Lichfield closing the WCML, now in years gone by London Midland drivers based from Crewe would divert via Coventry to Rugby. Due to threats made from London Midland drivers based out of Birmingham New Street, london midland stop letting crewe...