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Anglia Railways briefly ran to Basingstoke via the North London Line from Ipswich ETC.

Ian Anderson The Engineer (about I K Brunel) All along the new straight track we Plough the old fields under Seven good feet and a quarter inch Broad rails to steal the thunder 100 picks in '36 sent navvies to meet their maker As black Box Tunnel worms its way Past the Company undertaker Hard...

Jethro Tull Cheap Day return from Aqualung On Preston platform Do your soft shoe shuffle dance Brush away the cigarette ash That's falling down your pants Life's a long song As the Baker Street train spills your pain All over your new dress And the symphony sounds underground Put you under...

Could be one of them was known to have done it before, when I was an RPI both categories of customer young and elderly were those where you could use your discretion.

Interestingly in Eire it was a requirement that track on closed railways had to remain in situ for a number of years in case there was a change of heart and and the line was required again in the future.

How many GWR branches operated Auto Train services with no Guard provided, I know some: Totnes Ashburton Lostwithiel Fowey Wallingford Branch Radley Branch Blenheim Branch Marlow Bourne End can anyone assist with a complete list please Glyn

When I worked in a Railway Control office I couldn't have done my job without a printed timetable in front of me, and my TOC was one of the few that still had PDF engineering work timetables on the web although we didn't often print them out they were a darn site easier to use than relying on...

RE catering, Don't forget that Stansted Express sets will operate on some Norwich Liverpool Street services to enable them to access Crown Point for maintenance, The 0500 from Nrw was certainly expected to be a STEX unit when I worked for GA

Indeed they do, I hadn't checked GA website recently, Thought you were quoting my post, but to be honest they are not Urban or Suburban routes are they,

I don't work for GA now and the word RURAL was mine!!!! not GAs

When I worked in GA control (NOW RETIRED) We would get other GA managers complaining about the good service message when the Rural routes were up the creek and we would have to explain it only concerned routes based on Liverpool Street, we would also have to explain how the algorithms worked...

A certain MP complained to NR and GA that the Southend OHLE renewals were taking too long and that his constituents were fed up with buses in the evenings on weekdays and at weekends so a week long block took place with bus replacements Wickford Southend during half term to appease him and there...

Try thinking logically please its not about ASLEF being difficult, if Norwich Drivers were to work through to Stansted they would a) need to route learn and b) there would need to be an increased Norwich depot establishment at the expense of Cambridge unless Cambridge drivers also signed the...

Now I have retired I can assure you that GA have standby buses when there is a 153 on the Sudbury line but customers would rather get on train and then whinge about overcrowding because the train is quicker meanwhile the bus has few if any passengers onboard,

I Remember David Cameron promising to re-open Bere Alston Tavistock Okehampton prior to the 2015 election, believe mr Shapps when it happens.

I use Totnes frequently to and from Paddington these trains when I travel are well used, Totnes being a railhead for Dartmouth, Kingswear and to a much lesser extent Buckfastleigh and Ashburtun. Tiveton Parkway serves a large area including people driving from West, North and Mid Devon.

NI90 was booked standard class only from their introduction with no catering provision they were also booked for 2 x 755, Also all DMU diagrams were booked Std only from May.

Are you sure about the amount of the £80.00 PF would not be applicable on GA surely, TFL Rail, LUL and London Overground have £80 PF GA would have been £33.00 based on current prices, did you have to travel on the Central Line or TFL Rail due to engineering work by any chance. Were you...

Are you trying to use it again within a short period of time at the same station that can cause a failure mode but not sure if it is code 30

Not at the moment