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From tonight's Shropshire Star. http://www.shropshirestar.com/news/2014/06/04/passenger-locked-ticket-collector-out-of-train/http://www.shropshirestar.com/news/2014/06/04/passenger-locked-ticket-collector-out-of-train/

Was on 1J23 BHM INTL to Aberystwyth tonight we left Salop just about on time and made our way normally until a mile or so past Westbury and ground to a halt for 5 minutes and then proceeded to Welshpool in degraded mode arriving 17 late we left Welshpool normally but ground to a halt outside the...

By less than hourly shall I qualify and say fewer than 15 trains a day. Aberystwyth with footfall 323,000, 11 arrivals , 10 departures.

Speaking to a conductor tonight who reckons freight train failures are now so common on the Marches that a rescue locomotive needs to be based at Hereford, in particular Colas seem poor though Freightliner and DB fail also. Any thoughts?

The TOC's get very upset when the subject of profit taking is raised and claim that they only make 3% which is a low margin compared to other industries. I have seen ATW's Profit and Loss accounts for the last 5 years that have been filed and the profit margin after tax has been deducted is as...

The two Heavy Haul hoppers that have been parked in the siding next to the Cambrian line at Sutton Bridge Junction had been hauled into the NR Ertms class 97 light maintainence depot this morning by a unidentified Class 70. lorry with new wheels in NR yard. This at 0940 no sign of them when I...

Was on 1530 Aberystwyth to BHM Intl today engines overheated on Talerddig bank and train came to stand still a couple of times till they cooled down enough. Are other operators having this problem with their 158's in this hot weather?

The recent ORR figures for rail finances throw up some interesting questions. C2C have rolling stock costs of £23 million per annum with a homogenous fleet of 74 4 car Class 357 Electrostars new since 1998. Total 296 carriages. ATW have rolling stock costs of £39 million per annum with a...

Following yesterdays announcement and comments on other threads I thought it best to start a new thread. Detail is a bit scarce but here is the announcement and some news article links. http://www.southwalesargus.co.uk/news/10403726.__11_5m_for_train_station_in_Ebbw_Vale_town_centre/...

She famously espoused the "great car economy" and told BR Managers to their faces that they were useless as they worked for BR. She had a reputation for allowing industry's perceived as dying and inefficient to ruthlessly swept away and was hell bent on destroying union power. However as the...

ATW have a stakeholder letter out with details of changes for 19 May 2013. They are predominantly to do with services west of Cardiff their assumption is that the work to redouble Llanelli-Swansea will be complete in time. additional stops at Gowerton to give it hourly off peak and evening...

I've been a regular business traveler up and down the marches for over ten years now - I now see more freight than i recall at anytime. All the freight loops look well used and for example Wooferton had a freight looped in it this morning and on my return this afternoon. Is this others...

I've got this from the Shrewsbury-Chester Rail user Association newsletter who say they were given it from Owen Pattinson MP for North Shropshire and Cabinet Member, its supposedly what Virgin were going to run after Wrexham- Saltney Jnc is partly redoubled in 2015 if they had won the west coast...

From NR Strategic Plan Wales Route Plan p26 http://www.networkrail.co.uk/browse%20documents/strategicbusinessplan/cp5/supporting%20documents/our%20activity%20and%20expenditure%20plans/route%20plans/wales%20route%20plan.pdf "InterCity Express Programme (IEP) Introduction of the Intercity...

Article in this months Todays Railways on ATW rolling stock utilization, they diagram 83% of their Class 158 on a daily basis (20 out of 24). Is this a normal percentage for Class 158 fleets in FGW, SWT, EMT, Northern and ScotRail? ATW diagram 90% of their Class 175 fleet on a daily basis...

All the NR reports done for Welsh Government are now to be found on WG website such as electrification of Wrexham-Bidston and Cambrian Line Enhancements though forum members will note that many of these are a few years old. http://wales.gov.uk/topics/transport/rail/nrreports/?lang=en

Any one in NR care to confirm or refute the Ministers view about ERTMS? Passenger Rail Services from Assembly Plenary debate 4th July 2012.

The six car formation promised by ATW on the Cambrian this summer (1007 Machynlleth to Birmingham International) has not appeared due to the available platform length at Caersws having been shortened by metal fencing put up by NR when the level crossing was automated in March 2011. ATW 158's do...

Can someone tell me when this section of the East Suffolk Line went hourly in frequency?