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Given the Government's new Rail Strategy has an objective of encouraging schemes for new rail links to be developed so as to create a pipeline of projects bring forward, I thought it might be interesting to look at the last (arguably much more structured) work done to create such a pipeline...

It is often quoted that only one train can depart Bradford Interchange at any given time; there being no provision for Parallel moves. That has had me thinking about the locations where they can be accommodated. Clearly almost all the London terminals will have this, but are there any more...

This seems to be a fairly rare occurrence... I suspect here are some pretty obscure ones, but how many examples can we come up with of a non stop service through a station with an overall roof? TPE have a few which pass through Darlington platforms non stop. Virgin Trains East Coast's...

This seems a rare scenario, but I have been wondering how many services are timetabled (ie excluding disruption) to operate from, to and through only unmanned stations? For the avoidance of doubt I'm not looking for part time manned stations, and the origin station, all of the calling points...

Interesting tour visiting the High Marnham and Stocksbridge routes. http://www.ukrailtours.com/product/the-great-central-lament/ Does anyone have any info about the expected traction for this? thanks

Please see below for details of a study we have been asked to share details of. Anyone able to assist Dan please get in touch using the contact details provided.

Thank you to everyone who posted a project in the suggestions thread. The forum staff have considered all of the suggestions and below are those that from the information we have been provided meet the requirements. As a reminder in our first giveaway the Great Central Railway's Bridge to the...

As in previous years, the staff team have decided to donate surplus funds accumulated from operating the forum to Railway Preservation projects to be chosen by the membership. This year we're in a position to offer a donation to the 3 projects receiving the most votes, these will be of £2000...

Does anyone know of a list of all the Wheel Lathes in the UK? Alternatively, shall we see if we can compile one? Locations identified so far: Allerton TMD (Northern) Ardwick depot (Siemens for Transpennine Express) Ashford depot (Hitachi for Southeastern) Aylesbury depot (Chiltern Railways)...

Wonder if anyone knows anything about this?! This tweet seems to suggest a 90 will be hired in for Newarks.... https://twitter.com/Clinnick1/status/760119190208520192

http://www.economist.com/news/britain/21697012-many-railway-lines-britain-were-closed-1960s-are-re-opening-re-coupling Interesting to see such an article in a publication such as The Economist. Plus they come to a distinctly positive conclusion (as above), what do people think 700-800 miles...

I'm attempting to purchase a couple of the BR version of the "wake me up at" badges on this website: http://www.cathyhutton.co.uk/products/wakemeupat-badges/ But as you'll see the buy link is broken - does anyone know of another vendor currently selling them? Many thanks!

If you've received advice from us, or if you'd just like to make a contribution to the costs of running the forum, it would be great if you could follow the information below. Some tickets and offers are only available via the Train Operating Company's own website, see our Special Offers...

If you've received advice from us, or if you'd just like to make a contribution to the costs of running the forum, it would be great if you could follow the information below. Some tickets and offers are only available via the Train Operating Company's own website, see our Special Offers...

As we let everyone know on this thread the Forum Staff are seeking to donate 2 amounts (£1000 and £500) of surplus funds accumulated from operating the forum to a Railway Preservation project to be chosen by the membership. We've now gathered a list of suggestions and this is your opportunity...

Wonder if anyone can gelp solve a mystery... Reports of trespassers on the line caused a series of delays at Aberdeen this afternoon, article quotes below. However interestingly a friend of mine saw that after the police had been on the line, presumably looking for the trespassers, they...

To mark 10 years of the Forum, the staff team have decided to donate £1500 of surplus funds accumulated from operating the forum, as a first prize of £1000 and a runners up prize of £500 to Railway Preservation projects to be chosen by the membership. We're looking for specific appeals...

HT have today announced an order for what appears to be 5, 5 car Class 800 units (IEP bimode). They point out this is a 50% increase on seating capacity from the current fleet, but what are peoples thoughts on how this will be used? Interesting to note how their (planned) fleet has evolved: 4x...

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-32764373 Looks like a significant amount of damage was done to the unit, does anyone know much about their construction?

We've seen that First Great Western are rebranding to GWR in this thread, next up seems to be Hull Trains. Their website now has a new logo devoid of "First" and the 'flying f'. So it looks like we're seeing the final days of the First brand on the railways. The question is will a rebranding...