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Easier (and likely cheaper) for operators to run whole trains without shuffling I expect. More convenient for passengers to run every night to every destination. Evidently they have come to the same conclusion that there is more demand than they can supply. Will be interesting to see how...

A few people are complaining about the increases on Twitter with ÖBB responding (in German): e.g. https://twitter.com/unsereOEBB/status/1734126277345309030 https://twitter.com/unsereOEBB/status/1734123774373478482 https://twitter.com/unsereOEBB/status/1734122986360246284 There also seems to be...

Not sure what's going on with the NJ site just now. I've done a couple of sample searches (e.g. Amsterdam/Brussels to Vienna and Berlin to Brussels) and no available tickets are showing on any date, even without an Interrail pass. Have they disabled booking temporarily?

Thanks for the suggested potential causes.

From Chiltern's changes to timetable in December: 1R63 2032 Marylebone-Birmingham Moor Street no longer calls at Lapworth (this is to avoid a non-compliance we have with this train in the current timetable). Ref: https://www.chilternrailways.co.uk/dec23timetable Any idea what on earth this is...

Sometimes a long detailed investigation isn't needed - and if one is done the most significant points tend to get lost in the detail. Really this comes down to a few points. 1. People will exit trains on their own given enough time in the dark/cold with no updates and no signs of rescue...

Thank you - fascinating to hear these details and the apparent unwinding of some of the ROC centralisation.

Re (from the press release above): At the same time, control of trains at the southern end of the Midland Main Line into St Pancras will be transferred back to West Hampstead from Three Bridges Rail Operating Centre. My signalling knowledge is probably out of date, but I know at one point...

I.e. so if not done a layer of rust builds up breaking electrical conductivity, which means track circuits don't report train locations correctly.

The advice OBB were giving was to continue your journey by next available train - fine if you are on a route with regular operating trains but poor advice so late at night and when there is widespread disruption. An OBB phone number was provided but with all night trains cancelled it's very...

Yes, currently spending the night in a hotel at Schiphol. Luckily I managed I spotted the cancellation email just after it was sent early afternoon and got an only semi-rip-off flight for tomorrow (300 Euro per person) instead of the now 550 Euro per person. Given this is weather related I was...

I see that all NightJet services are cancelled tonight due to heavy Snowfall across southern Germany and Austria. In such circumstances, does OBB offer any overnight accommodation or compensation? Some flight prices for tomorrow are now at silly money, e.g. Amsterdam to Vienna.

Thank you

Please forgive the basic question - but what is a "check pantograph" alert - and why if the new nosecone was the issue would a pantograph check be needed? Is this basically saying the power supply in the area was under stress due to the volume of trains in that area - and as a result a low power...

Chiltern seemed to have used a variety of small operators in recent months for rail replacements between Aylesbury and Amersham, including some tiny operators. On several occasions mini buses/mini coaches turned up with quite amateurish set ups e.g. drivers who struggled with the vehicles and...

Please can I ask what degraded dispatch is and what the process is specifically? Thanks

I think "one path out" here means behind a train it should be in front of. Trains on LO often alternate, e.g. Stratford from/to Richmond / Clapham Jct, so a late running train from Richmond gets stuck behind an on-time train from Clapham that it should be in front of.

Have Freightliner had a reduction in work or new locomotives rendering these surplus? (I am not up to speed clearly!)

For posterity (attached).

Was the cause of the data link issue (that affected both the primary and backup systems) identified and fixed? Or has the problem gone away on it's own? (and so liable to recur).