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To answer the question about 32 being slotted: 32 is the Down inner distant below Down Home 33, the outer distant 31 being slotted with Rothley Starter/Section signal (RY17). A Distant below a Stop signal must not be 'off' unless the stop signal is also 'off' and the slot ensures this, even if...

Well, could be simpler: Euston -> Bletchley -> Leicester -> Chesterfield -> Doncaster -> Edinbugh; no reversals that way. But probably not got Mk5 stock clearance for some of those routes.

P1 is only signalled for departures to the north, towards Bristol or Castle Cary, as it is a bay facing north. It is not signalled for any passenger arrivals, only as a shunt move, which very much limits the usefulness, hence it is rarely used. The south end bays were long ago lifted & filled...

Nope. Plat 1 paths are both ECS (class5) shunts to clear plat 2 for a while, presumably getting out of the way of other trains. No rare track for you that day ( except the WSR link of course).

Not just affecting the GWML, but a lot of other routes across the nation. It's just your turn this month :(. I suspect any route through populous areas is likely to suffer. A whole host of societal causes look likely (including, for a significant minority, a complete lack of understanding just...

Firefox did auto-mute for me on both mobile (android) and windows platforms. I am grateful that it did. Always loaded the videos and auto-played though, eventually. Not happy about the bandwidth that incurs mind you...hohum.

Fair enough - couldn't see that earlier, so text seems to have been reinstated (or i am a numpty). It wasn't entirely obvious the a scroll is needed on a phone browser, but the text would have been visible on a laptop & wasn't on the articles I checked this morning. If it's already improved...

So went to check disruption info on National Rail this morning, before travelling for the first time in 6-7 weeks. Imagine my surprise when I found many entries are now videos of a guy (presumably AI) talking in front of an outline map with no supporting text, nor subtitles.Just the speech to...

Point of pedantry: the Stechford line does have at least one "parliamentary " timetabled service a week; I think it used to be late evening on weekdays years ago but the time changes across timetables. Weely apparently counts as 'regular'.

Although the 153s run at galas, they were actually obtained to enhance the training days the GCR provide to mainline TOC traincrew. The 153s are closer in features to modern DMUs, making the training even more valuable. Using a preserved railway midweek (usually under possession) is much safer...

It is worth noting that Reg 5 is only permitted where specifically authorised (in Signal Box Special Instructions). IIRC on the GCR that is only normally for class 3 to 0 services (i.e. non passenger) and then only Up trains from Loughborough to Quorn, or Swithland to Rothley (only got...

For ECML, routing guide has (IIRC) Cambridge/Ely as generally a valid route from the London routing group to Peterborough. Obviously only applies to semi- or fully- flexible tickets that don't explicitly prohibit the route.

Strictly, no. A three aspect signal has the ability to display red, yellow or green. As a previous poster stated, this is a colour light outer distant. The next signal is no more restrictive than yellow when this displays double yellow. In a TC block area like this, the signal can only show...

+1 to this, although I allow this 2h+ time to when *checkin* closes, whether train or car travel. I've had more near misses by road than by rail in 25-30 years of business travel (but somehow still 100% checkin record), across 20+ countries.

GCR has Railways at Work this weekend with significant fire precautions to find and deal with fires quickly: - fire watchers at stations - fire pump & water van on 1 train - fire beater teams on standby - Green Goddess fire engine based at Rothley to deal with a local high risk location -...

It so much depends on the child. My eldest daughter positively loved the sound and snell of steam locos as a baby, and since. She would snuggle up in the sling and relax! And she still enjoys the environment, although not particularly an enthusiast . Her younger sister on the the other hand was...

Interesting. It's a fair point and I can see how a few readings of the text could be made. I would argue that 'in reasonable time' is implicit in the concept of disruption, but like the reading of "not completing at all" is neither clearly included nor properly excluded, so you are right to...

As i have mentioned before, it's educational to read clause 28.2 of the CofC. "Where disruption prevents you from completing the journey for which your Ticket is valid and is being used, any Train Company will, where it reasonably can, provide you with alternative means of travel to your...

Of course, AIUI Conditions of Carriage clause 28 requires all operators party to the conditions - including the listed Open Access operators - to assist passengers during disruption (where reasonable), so this "acceptance" lark's formality has no real force anyway (unless there really is no room...

I have heard that a large part of the Shrewsbury hold out includes there being no way (yet found) to resignal the layout, or an acceptable revision, according to current uk signalling principles. E.g. no room for overlaps, with signals very close to switches carrying conflicting traffic, etc...