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I must get to Birmingham tonight and have outward off-peak return tickets from Torquay, split at Cheltenham. Three hourly XC trains from Devon in a row are now shown cancelled on RTT. I don't fancy my chances of physically fitting into the 18:04, the next one shown actually running (for now?)...

This is an alternative track and signalling layout for TfL's London Overground station at Old Oak Common, including Mildmay line and West London Orbital platforms. It is a fairly small tweak to proposals detailed in a presentation by the TfL development team to the Permanent Way Institute in...

mods note - split from here: https://www.railforums.co.uk/threads/is-it-a-practical-solution-to-build-a-second-line-that-operates-like-victoria-line-what-would-be-the-issues-how-might-it-help-in-london.281778/ Here's an idea for a direct Bromley N service. It would run fast to London Bridge...

As it says in the title. New stations at: Warrington Bank Quay - High level on new viaduct over south end of Bank Quay (WCML) station. Near town centre and easy interconnection with residual WCML traffic. Synergy with Soap Factory redevelopment. Widnes South - Well located for town centre and...

From Masks4All, this is a useful resource detailing the countries that have recommended or required public mask-wearing during the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. https://masks4all.co/what-countries-have-mask-laws/

It appears highly likely that the British Government will finally change its advice in the next few days on public mask-wearing, following new recommendations from its scientific advisors. Cloth masks, scarves, and bandanas covering the mouth would be 'encouraged' in public but there will be no...

A new layout idea for Herne Hill in South London. The arrangement places the slow Thameslink (TL) tracks in the middle of the twin island platform layout, with the fast Chatham (LCD) tracks weaving around the outside. Thus stopping TL trains need to cross only one fast line at a time and more...

Moderator note: split from https://www.railforums.co.uk/threads/guildford-horsham-shoreham-line-reopening-proposal.184940/ If the Guildford - Horsham section proved feasible with GWR diesel/bi-mode trains, an option might be for them to continue on through Horsham in the same direction to...

https://www.devonlive.com/news/devon-news/devon-trains-live-cancelled-exeter-2693842 At Stoke Canon, a MCB-CCTV crossing supervised from Exeter PSB. The latest update states: Some very odd aspects in the final two paragraphs: Linked incidents and police conduct. A chase perhaps?

Moderator note: Split from https://www.railforums.co.uk/threads/ebbw-vale-redoubling.144142 It was platform capacity at Newport that scuppered that idea when the Ebbw service was first envisaged. Just wait until Newport resignalling they said. We're still waiting. If I were in charge I would...

Mod Note: Posts #1 - #11 originally in this thread. When I first travelled on XC after they introduced the seat booking en route 'feature' I was worried and spoke to the guard about it. He told me I could book the seat I had occupied via their app/website. At the time I didn't have any kind of...

A new high-speed railway connecting HS1 and HS2 around the south of London via both Gatwick and Heathrow has been proposed by engineering consultancy Expedition for new domestic and international services, including a fast transfer link between the airports...

A community rail proposal to connect the TransWilts corridor with Test Valley and Solent area local trains. Better services would be possible from a smaller fleet, used more efficiently. The proposal introduces new direct journey opportunities from Swindon and northern Wiltshire to Southampton...

Mod Note: This thread has been split from the discussion on the Dovey Junction loop. Gareth, I like your article on the 'Dodgital railway'. ETCS cannot in itself provide extra capacity on the rural railway. It was the additional and extended passing loops that did that on Cambrian...

I saw the return up working running a little late at Torquay earlier and just looked at RTT. The train appears to have lost more time progressively until Taunton and finally Cogload where it was 87L. Then there was no report on its booked route via Westbury and Bath all the way to Bristol where...

Transmission (TX) : Fri 22 Apr 2016 Time: 9.00pm - 10.00pm Channel: ITV1 This programme features Robson Green interviewing my father, Peter Townend, the last shedmaster at Kings Cross 'Top Shed', whilst walking around what remains of the Doncaster "Plant" Works, where he had served his...

A bit of a rant I'm afraid, and I didn't know whether to put this in International or here, but here goes . . . I've had an interesting time dealing with Eurolines/National Express over the last 24 hours. My father's oldest surviving friend travelled over from Switzerland by coach last week...

A French company, Zodiac Aerospace, has developed a new seating concept: High density with business class width, folding seats arranged in alternating directions across rows, so passengers in adjacent seats would be facing each other. For small groups it allows people to interact and converse...

https://youtu.be/EWsLRJz0dSg Another run of this popular steam excursion from Bristol to Kingswear for Dartmouth. This time, locomotive No. 60163 "Tornado" hauls the train. Newly turned out in Apple green after last year's dark blue livery, this extraordinary modern replica of a previously...

This is the first run of the season for this regular steam excursion from Bristol to Kingswear for Dartmouth. Today BR standard locomotive No. 70000 "Britannia", built in 1951, hauls the train which is first seen at Oyster Bend bridge near Goodrington, Paignton, then at Kingswear over the river...