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Are there any counties at all in which no diesel passenger trains run (including ones that manage to pass through the county without stopping)? I'm thinking the answer is "no"? The through trains to last remaining non-electric lines south of London I think do for those counties. Essex has diesel...

(Telegraph link) There aren't words, are there? Thoughts to the deceased's family, the driver and the witnesses.

went to London with a mate yesterday- him from Ely, me joining the train at Cambridge. Anyway, he'd turned up at Ely in plenty of time to find no windows at the office open and only one functioning machine- the queue was long and winding. So he chanced it- and boarded the train without a ticket...

the Olympic delivery agency are tendering for someone to provide late services. Specced as locos and carriages, to run from Kings Cross, St Pancras, Euston and Padington.

A lot of larger stations have platform sections lettered, especially where services or just sets are split, with departure boards showing the part of the platform the service will leave from. Most seem to be done A, B C etc, but I've noticed there are some exceptions: Cambridge- platforms 1 and...

Anyone able to shed any more light on this? It's hardly an unreliable source. But unless the twisty bits of the route get a tilt upgrade, what would be the point? Seems a lot of work to put one return service in- all the EPS equipment, signage, clearence work, driving route/stock training...

Channel 4 showed a documentary on the subject of "one unders" on the Underground on Friday evening, and it is available to watch here. It is pretty hard going- consisting almost entirely of interviews with drivers/ex drivers, people that deal with the aftermath and the widow of a man that...

apparently this is still on. What will it actually consist of? I know the core is the Edinburgh-Falkirk High-Glasgow Queen Street route and have seen Stirling mentioned as a near certainty. Where will the Stirling wires terminate? At present, many of the local services terminate at Dunblane or...

I'd been led to believe that before XC could run anything longer than three car Turbostars to Stansted Airport, their platform would need to be extended. I was a bit surprised then on my home last night to see a double two-car formation, something I've never seen before down this way, speed...

The big A14 upgrade from Cambridge to Huntingdon has been "suspended". Nothing quite like stiffing voters in your own safe seats...

and old tyres. An interesting project. For those too busy to read the above, a military base in the US has had two old wooden railway bridges replaced with new structures made primarily from a composite formed from old tyres and plastic milk bottles. They belive the new structure should have...

Off to Whitstable for the weekend. Going to go by train. Going to do a journey not offered by the journey planners, but that's because I feel I can get from Kings Cross to St Pancras Southeastern platforms in under twenty minutes (the connection time I've got worked out is actually 18 minutes-...

A group of comedians were travelling back from Cornwall when they realised they'd forgotten to get any pasties. They put out an emergency call on Twitter. Here's what greeted them at Plymouth

try not to vomit at the sight. Most buses are ugly, but some are uglier than others. Though, of course, the look are only half the problem. The biger problems include: The cost of the damn things The design flaws- not a chance of that "open platform" being open. Doors will inevitably close...

Good to see some strong action being taken against this driver. I'm guessing his collection of unrelated excuses may not have helped in sentencing. Am I right in thinking that at the end of the ban, he has to start from scratch with regards getting a driving licence? (also, retro photo...

I've got family coming to visit at the weekend- travelling down Friday. Whilst I'm sure every effort is being made to reopen the route via Berwick, there now also seem to be problems on the Carlisle-Newcastle line. There is also no replacement bus service. If this persists, what would be their...

On my way to work (cycling) this morning, I was running a bit earlier than usual. I got to the Granham's Road CCTV Level Crossing just after the gates came down. Usually, as I'm coming down the cycle path by the railway (not shown on that image- old pictures!) the half seven service to Stansted...

I've been thinking a bit about liveries and service levels. I've seen it suggested that the "ScotRail" and LOROL concept of having a fixed livery, no matter the operator, could be the basis for reliverying "Intercity" trains, so that customers can recognise a designated "Intercity" and know what...

Finally, an actual timescale for a much needed upgrade to the station. This is the aerial shot of the station, for those unfamiliar with the location. The non-electrified siding to the east side have all gone. The current layout has a single long through platform, split into a 12 car and a...

With TOCs increasingly turning to loco hauled sets to cover for MU shortfalls, it seems these tend to have to operate with locos at either end- with one dead in tow. I realise this might take investment (shock!), but surely there's now something of a market for the ROSCOs to have small fleets of...