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Thank you both Snow1964 and JonathanH! The RealTimeTrains link is particularly useful as I would rather have 0 than 2 connections via Paddington, and the direct service offers first class for the entirety of the journey.

The old Virgin Trains timetable helpfully provided information as to which meal was served on specific trains and from specific stations. Avanti's webpage listing food menus is silent as to when breakfast ends and rest of day fare begins. Anyone know what is the lastest time one can depart...

I would like to travel to Wareham to connect to the Swanage Railway. 9 September is the last day this season Swanage Railway will run to Wareham. The National Rail website states a rail replacement bus service will operate between Clapham Jct and Surbiton. There is no word on whether the...

You will need a MetroCard to pay your fare on the Roosevelt Island tram. The OMNY contactless card and contactless credit card and mobile phone payment system has not been installed yet. It is coming. [Yes, I know Tokyo has had Suica and PASMO for years; London the Oyster.] That's said, you can...

Like to learn more. The link is to an unrelated LUL document.

A colleague went to an event in Ottawa today where one of VIA's new Siemens trainset was open for walk through and inspection. According to that colleague, the VIA head of fleet person stated that VIA intends to issue an RFP for 300 cars. This order would replace all non corridor trains, such...

Full LIRR service for Grand Central starts 27 February 2023. This will replace the interim Grand Central Direct shuttle service. New timetables for all branches: https://new.mta.info/agency/long-island-rail-road/timetables Scroll down past other timetables to those with 27 February start...

The developer of the adjacent new tall office tower named "One Vanderbilt" funded passenger circulation improvements to the existing Lexington Line station (4, 5, 6 trains) as well as to the Shuttle station. For those headed to lower Manhattan, going into Penn Station and transferring to either...

Original concept (which used some of the lower level Metro-North tracks) in high level planning stage was priced at US $1 billion (US billion). The current concept was priced around US $3 billion. Over time it has increased to now near $12 billion, depending upon how certain project costs are...

The largest new railway station built in North America in the past 70+ years quietly opened for limited service this past Wednesday. Branded as Grand Central Madison, this new station is located deep under the existing, iconic Grand Central Terminal of New York Central fame. It is now used by...

A recently released Amtrak Office of the Inspector General report states the first Airo trainset will be approximately 5 1/2 months late due to need to redesign the cafe cars (incurring a $42 million change order fee). Other issues cited concern delays in modifying the various maintenance...

Highly endorse the Hurtigruten coastal ship voyage! Well worth sailing on a segment or the entire run. Also recommend the Silja Line ship from Stockholm to Helsinki. The indoor atrium was industry leading and gave birth to cruise ships with this concept. IMO the new commuter railroad tunnel...

In addition to what Jamesontheroad said, another reason in the United States is that the FRA classifies DMUs and cab cars as locomotives, which have additional inspection and reporting requirements compared to a non-powered trailer coach. Not sure if Canada has a similar regulatory...

No. Trains with sleeping cars, dining cars, cafe cars (doubling as lounge cars) and long distance coaches will still be diesel locomotive hauled and then swapped for the straight electric ACS-64 locomotives. This includes the "Silver" trains from Florida, and the Crescent from New Orleans...

According to the updated business case, trains would be maintained in Toronto during layovers. Commonality with VIA trainsets and possible use of VIA maintenance facilities could facilitate maintenance of the Ontario Northland trainsets. Agree it would be nice to see at least a few sleeping...

The Amfleet I bodyshells were based upon the Metroliner EMU bodyshells. I heard two reasons for the "gun slit" sized windows: 1) to create a smaller target for miscreants who throw rocks and bricks at train windows, 2) to prevent windows from popping out when two trains pass at 125 MPH approach...

The Province of Ontario has announced they are purchasing 3 new trainsets as a precursor to restoring rail service from the North to Toronto. This service was discontinued in 2012. Siemens will provide three trainsets; each consisting of a locomotive, 2 coaches, and a cab car (driving trailer)...

Amtrak has branded the new Siemens trainsets on order as "Airo." Airo appears to be a play on the word arrow, which is the name of Amtrak's reservation system. Amtrak's first logo was dubbed by pundits as "the pointless arrow." These trainsets are based upon the Viaggio Comfort cars--modified...

I had thought that Wellington NZ's 1980's squiggly W logo which looked similar to Manchester's logo were a copy of each other. Don't know which city was first. Efforts to find an example of Wellington's logo via an Internet search have come up empty.

Worked as intended! ;) This is a temporary closure. During initial operations where the service is not joined up to the T Line, no fares are charged.