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I was there not long ago and it struck me how easy the branch to Lyme was to operate and how relatively cheap it would be to operate today if it had been spared (but with intermediate halts closed). The Lyme branch did not require any movement on the main line and no points or level crossings...

I can't see any business case for either a south-to-east chord off the Arun valley line or an east-to-south chord at Barnham. Bear in mind that to use either of these chords a new service would be required complete with rolling stock, staff and pathing. Any potential user of the proposed...

Brilliant thanks for the info - this confirms the rumours! I think I'll give Paul Clifton a call at the BBC as this has all the makings of a news interest story - especially as the former western portal of the canal tunnel is estimated to be under the BBC's current premises!

Thanks OL. As an observer I think freight train drivers frequently seem to get held up unnecessarily by overcautious signallers. When I commuted between Basingstoke and Southampton we would frequently see down intermodal trains to/from the container port held up to allow a succession of...

As a humble commuter I can appreciate how mundane the job must be sometimes, but boarding a train At Fareham for Waterloo that arrived 20 minutes late made me wonder whether drivers enjoy this situation and whether there is any challenge or incentive to make up time (without breaking any line...

No not hate Tygar - why would commuters hate drivers? It's partly envy because they always have a seat! I take your point about the hours though. One thing that I have wondered about driving as a job is loneliness. Boredom has been mentioned and of course you can't have distractions in the...

The business case for Fratton was based on winning some of the chemical traffic between Northern France and the north of England. The intention was to run regularly to Widnes which is something of a hub for inermodal chemicals. Very sad to see it did not kickstart. The photo you linked to shows...

Hi, very interesting thread. If it makes you feel any better, back in the 80s I was commuting into London from Aldershot. Like thousands of others getting up in the dark on a rainy winters morning we'd herd onto a packed platform before 7am waiting for a train consisting of ageing HAP and EPB...

I agreefully, Metroland. I would have cited the same examples. There is just one area where I think the railway press are cautious - and that is where trade union activity is involved. Reporting on strikes and other action tends to be basic and factual (and amen to that!) but editorially there...

If we're still using chains I'm amazed nobody has brought up the shed units of measurement as I suspect most of us years to spend more time in our sheds. Just as an overview the shed charter decreed its own SI units known collectively as The Furlong/Firkin/Fortnight (FFF) system. Anyone who...

Last weekend no passenger trains ran between Bournemouth and Southampton and passengers were conveyed between intermediate stations by bus. Needless to say on Sunday travelling on a full bus from Bournemouth I witnessed frustrated and angry passengers turned away at Christchurch by our...

Hi I posted the following note in another forum and received very little response, so this is my first post on this forum. The trackbed of Southampton Tunnel is being lowered in connection with gauge improvements related to freight traffic to and from the port, but it is an almost forgotten...