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If we can have resurrections, then the Mawddwy railway was closed in 1908 due to the state of the track but rebuilt in 1911 by the Cambrian

Like other stations along the Cambrian, Dyfi Junction has recently received a smart purple sign telling passengers where the rail replacement bus will call if the train is cancelled. I haven't had chance to look at it yet (only a quick glance from the train) but presumably it specifies the main...

That's certainly the aspiration, however I happened to be on the 15:51 ex-Welshpool on Sunday and we called at the down platform at Newtown. At the up platform, away from the area where there construction works, the late-running unit that should have passed us at Fron was standing. So it is...

Wouldn't be a problem if the civities weren't so much higher than the units they're replacing. Bringing in a unit with a larger vertical gap between the train and the platform after so much talk of improved accessibility was an astonishing decision

I was really disappointed when the landslide happened, but I discovered the wonderful route via Ventimiglia instead. Between Marseilles and Nice there are great views of the Cote d'Azur and then from Nice to Ventimiglia you're between the sea and the Alps. Amazing.

Taking the bike on the train is a great way to get to many of these railways, in particular on Sundays and bank holidays when buses are less frequent/non-existent. Telford-Bridgnorth by bike is a great access to the Severn Valley Railway from the north which somehow takes me less time than the...

Indeed. And it's worth noting that the latter 2 experience staff shortages and also high turnover (at least in the case of teaching).

There is a fence between the Vale of Rheidol and Cambrian Main Line between Llanbadarn and Aberystwyth (well, until the bit where there's a ditch between the two lines and no fence is neccesary). Both were BR until VoR privatisation in 1989. The million dollar question from the viewpoint of this...

I also travelled on several Trenitalia services recently (Aberystwyth - Cagliari and back via Marseilles). The sheer size of the yards and stations was quite a surprise. Maybe a result of lower land values compared to the UK providing less of an incentive to sell off railway land? The main...

However they arrive? That wouldn't encourage people to travel by rail, coach etc 1696968369 Also, doing this annually would be unfair on people who take a once in a lifetime trip halfway across the globe and otherwise do the rest of their travel in a low carbon. There would have to be some way...

hmmm... so they're saying that they will run some services round to Milan from 1 October. News to me: they cancelled my 3rd October train! And the return leg! Passengers for start of October were informed that everything was cancelled apart from some Paris-Lyon services

Since partial hourly service introduction, there's some good connections between Aberystwyth and the Coast Line at Dyfi Junction, and vica versa. This usually saves an hour of travel time. Even before the hourly service was introduced, the only way to connect to Aberystwyth from the last train...

I and some friends were recently on a Welsh Highland service that arrived back to Caernarfon 2 hours late (quite an exception as I understand it). I joked with the guard about delay repay, but we received a 1/3 refund without even asking for it! It seems all the other passengers received the...

Afon Wen as well then; and Morfa Mawddach of course

Aberystwyth. 5 platforms, extensive yards, loco shed, coaling stage etc. down to 1 platform

Stats for the British zone of Germany from official reconstruction reports: 1000 track kilometers intact out of 13,000km at the end of WWII. By November 1946 12,000km were operational. 1,300 rail bridges had been destroyed (nearly all of them). By November 1946, 1100 had been rebuilt. Over...

O. T. maybe but really disappointing that the cabinet member said "we're getting back into the scenario where everybody's realising quite radically that this is a car-dominated area". That's kind of the reason for reinstatement of passenger services...

I think Llangollen used to do a bit of propelling or top-and-tailing out of Corwen East. Speed limit for propelling was 5mph with a guard looking out from a rear coach window IIRC

The pattern on the proposed timetables is every 2 hours a 4-car train (2+2) between Machynlleth and Shrewsbury with Aberystwyth and Pwllheli portions splitting/joining at Machynlleth with the gaps filled by a 2-car train between Aberystwyth and Shrewsbury. Portion working leaves/arrives...

Lots of Welsh railway maps, plans and blueprints are at the National Library of Wales in Aberystwyth