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In the last hour or so a major signal systems failure has apparently taken place at Brimsdown in North London that has taken out virtually the entire West Anglia network including all London Overground services out of Liverpool Street. This has also impacted the London Overground route from...

Hello all, At present all Elizabeth line trains at Stratford platform 8 are unable to release the doors in the rear 9th carriage due to a 'problem under investigation'. Is anyone privy (and able to publicly share if possible) to why this is?

A really weird thought popped into my mind and I am quite sure that I am not making this up, but alas I don't have any proof or evidence to prove that it happened. I remember one weekend and I don't believe it has been repeated since, sometime in the spring or summer of 2017 where there was a...

Transport for London reporting that the Jubilee line has been part suspended London Bridge/Green Park to Stratford for several hours this evening (and at the time of writing at 0133) is still closed on this stretch because of flooding on the line at Canary Wharf? East London itself hasn't seen...

I know this is probably going to crop up in the London Buses 'masterthread' eventually if it hasn't already but thought it may be good to warrant it's own discussion. Sullivan's has announced due to repeated delayed payments affecting their cash flow and the inability to be able to renegotiate...

As it says in the title, what's your opinion of various European train operators and why is that? If not an exhaustive list then perhaps best 3, worst 3 and one that's just average. Would be good to see how other people have experienced European train operators from their own perspective and...

Rail services from Brighton have been cut as is the case across much of the country, to reflect with on and off travel restrictions and drop in demand for rail travel as home working increases. Services on the West Coastway have seen the Brighton to West Worthing all stations 313 shuttle...

Apparently Banksy has put his artwork / graffiti / whatever you call it on the London Underground today, unit 21403/21404 S7 stock. Remains to be seen what LUL wants to do about it.

The latest happening on the Brighton & Hove bus scene is that 30 Alexander Dennis Enviro 400ER buses have entered service on routes 5, 5A and 5B which will switch, by geographical enforcement, to zero emissions in the ULEZ between Old Steine and Palmeria Square. These are looking very dapper...

The Northern line has been dead for the last 3 days with a repeated signalling issue at Kennington affecting via Bank services. This morning also saw a broken down train on the Charing Cross branch which saw the entire line suspended. Official TfL advice is to avoid using the line and use...

As it says on the tin, how many crack expresses are there on the UK Rail network? A crack express if I am correct, is an informal term used to describe a train, usually a long distance or mainline service that even despite stopping at very few stations already on a regular service, drops even...

Travelling on the c2c network this weekend it seems to be more complex than it needs to be. No service London Fenchurch Street to Barking, and Barking to Grays via Dagenham Dock. All trains diverted to Stratford and London Liverpool Street. How comes a journey from the Tilbury loop is so...

Braintree Freeport opened 20 years ago to serve the new Freeport outlet shopping centre. Freeport shopping centre has now, as part of celebrating 20 years, renamed itself to Braintree Village. I can only imagine not now, but not too far in the distant future that the associated railway station...

Plenty going on particularly on weekends on this patch of the network. c2c have announced that weekend services are to be made quicker and improve as well. A new hourly service will operate between London Fenchurch Street and Shoeburyness calling at West Ham, Benfleet and all stations...

Bad morning on the GWML into London this morning with TfL Rail Twitter desk reporting that services are suspended due to a derailment at West Ealing. They claim it is not one of their trains (presumably freight or GWR) and all lines are blocked. Services were just resuming after a fire near the...

On the c2c twitter feed it says the 20:40 Grays to London Fenchurch Street is formed of 2 coaches instead of 4 due to vandalism. Obviously they run a fully EMU fleet, so how does this work? I can't imagine they ran a 357 with two coaches taken out (where would the panto be?!) - did they mean...

Hello, I thought I would open up this thread to fill in what seems to be a gap in the market. To my understanding there's a lot of teenagers and twenty somethings on this forum, and may be interested in pursuing a career in the railway industry but not sure how to get in. I've decided to help...

Not that it is new news, as most of us are aware how much First is struggling to stay alive. A Telegraph article has suggested that First is in talks with rival companies such as Trenitalia, who run the c2c franchise, and National Express to take over a few Rail and Bus divisions. What does the...

Hey guys, The GWR Wiki page says that there are still Pacers in operation, about 8 of them - is this still the case as apparently there are cascades within the company with Sprinters? What line(s) would I have a chance finding them on if I went on a weekday during the start of August or on a...

TfL Rail West is taking a real hit today with, to my understanding, only 1 out of 5 360s in service - they are 4 trains down. Since MTR took over, the shortage has progressively gotten worse with MTR usually down to only 3 trains a day, resulting in the suspension of the Heathrow ITT (The free...