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Interesting situation on the ldbs this morning:- The 0600 Edinburgh-Kings Cross is cancelled due to an "operating incident" yet there is an "additional train" running from Grantham to London at 0926, ie in the times of the cancelled train. From where would they get the stock to run this...

I think it's time the farce of seat reservations was discontinued throughout the network. The electronic displays above the seats on pendos and voyagers sometimes go unnoticed by people eager to settle in a seat before the train starts, and then there is the bad feeling later down the journey...

AFAIK both lines linking Manchester Piccadilly and Oxford Rd, along with platforms 13 & 14 at Piccadilly [not sure about 1-4 at Oxford Rd], are signalled for bi-drectional running, although personally, I have never experienced this. But that doesn't mean it doesn't happen, and in view of the...

I believe the turn-out from the down line to the platform loop approaching Rhyl from Prestatyn is approach-controlled, as I think the line speed is 75mph and the turn-out 35mph. This means every train accelerates to line speed out of Prestatyn, then prematurely slows down for the...

I've just been re-reading J.M.Dunn's guide to The Chester and Holyhead Railway, and he claims that this tunnel - the first just after the left-hand curve out of Chester towards Saltney Junction - is unique in that four tracks pass through the one tunnel. Now the layout at this point has been...

Interesting one, this! Mrs Welshman and I are going on a cruise up the Manchester Ship Canal! [Who says I don't know how to give a girl a good time?!!]. We want to go from Rhyl to Birkenhead Woodside ferry to catch the boat, and then return from Salford Quays via tram to Piccadilly then...

Does anyone know what they are doing on the ECML between KX and Peterborough this weekend? The revised timetable on the EC website shows only a very limited service, with some Leeds trains starting/terminating at Huntingdon with FCC connections to/from KX.

Does anyone know what happened to the Holyhead Pendolino drag at Rhyl today? It was reported as standing just west of Rhyl station, and the NR website warned of delays due to a train breakdown. Apparently Chester-Llandudno Junction traffic was running through Rhyl on the through line, and...

I find TOC websites ideal for gleaning information, provided they are kept up to date! The least helpful at the moment is ATW's, which is still wishing me a Happy Christmas and warning of delays due to bad weather on December 28th! Yet it still has no mention of the Club 55 offer, which I...

I'm confused!! Sometimes I'm classed as a "first class passenger" and at other times I'm a "gateline assistant" I'm actually neither, but wonder where these appellations come from. I have enough of an identity crisis as it is!!!:?

Yesterday, I attempted to travel on the 1140 First Scotrail from Fort William to Glasgow. Arriving at the station about 1100, I was surprised to find the stock for the 0830 departure to Mallaig in the sidings, going nowhere, and later discovered there had been emergency trackwork on the Mallaig...

According to today's East Midlands news on BBC1, Network Rail is considering inviting tenders to run a faster service from Nottingham to London King's Cross via Grantham, from 2014. The present service of around 1hr 45m is considered too slow by passengers. How would this new service be...

I was on an EMT 158 the other day, when the conductor asked if we would like the hopper ventilators opening. As it was a warm day, it was very welcome. The conductor then told us they had to get permission from some central authority before opening them, whereas it had originally been sensibly...

Sorry if this has been raised before, but I am still relatively new to this site. Like many, I look for the cheapest fares by using split-ticketing. The attitude of the TOCs seems to be "we can't do anything about it, but we wish it didn't happen" I occasionally travel between North Wales and...

Please pardon me if this has been raised before, but as a new member of this forum I'm wondering if anyone can help. I need to go to London on one of Virgin's Super-Voyagers in three week's time, and have been attempting to book via their website. It allows me to request a forward/rearward...