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On Monday nights at 7.30pm, BBC 1 Northern Ireland are running a series called 'Walk The Line'. It is about old rail routes & episode 2 goes out tonight - 14 September. In the rest of the UK it is on Freesat 978 (HD). BBC i-player >...

The Welsh Government are now in the final stages of their consultation regarding the building of a new M4 south of Newport running from the Severn Bridge tolls to Castleton. (This is to avoided the hilly & twisting section to the north of Newport where traffic jams frequently occur due to the...

BBC 4 at 9pm on Wed 2 September, 2015 have 'The Trains That Time Forgot'. (NEW programme)! http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b068fvln

Double posting - no delete button. Unfortunately, I double posted and saw no facility to delete. The moderating team have now deleted the version of the double post where I had already removed the content. I will now briefly say the content again. ITV Wales are reporting that Network Rail...

I travelled on the 'Pembroke Coast Express' HST to Tenby the other day. As soon as we came onto the south Pembrokeshire branch line at Whitland, we were on the jointed rail - with wooden sleepers. (Bushes were practically hitting the train in places). So, that must mean that this track has been...

New plans have now been revealed for Cardiff Central. I am pleased that the wooden wavy roof design has been dropped in favour of a sleeker look. (Wood outdoors can go to look tatty with weathering - just look at the underside of outdoor sections of the Senedd roof)! If they have a large...

This week, ATW are running a direct train (1Z37) from Cardiff to Builth Road via the Swansea District Line in order to convey people to the Royal Welsh Show. It departs Cardiff at 7.14am & reaches Pontarddulais at 8.27. I could not find anything about it on the ATW or Royal Welsh websites so it...

First use 3 car 158's on the Portsmouth to Cardiff route - which also suffers from overcrowding. Yesterday, the first one I travelled on had only 1 coach with working air-conditioning. On my return trip, all 3 coaches had failed air conditioning. (It is really noisy going through the long Severn...

Yesterday, I travelled on a FGW HST and it was rather too cold - especially as most people were wearing thin summer clothes to cope with the heat outside. Conversely, in winter, when we have thicker clothing on for outdoor use, the heating is often too high. Why can't rail companies/staff...

I thought it would be worthwhile to start a discussion on the South Wales 'Metro'. Basically, this is the scheme to enhance transport links across south east Wales. One of the key issues that needs to be addressed is what form of transport will be used on the Cardiff Valley lines network -...

The Japanese English Language channel - NHK (HD) will have 2 programmes about rail travel today, Sunday 10 May 2015. 'Japan Railway Journal' at 11.10am (rpt. at 18.10). 'Train Cruise' at 12.10 (rpt. at 19.10). UK time. NHK is on Freesat 209; Sky 507 & Virgin 625.

A new station is surely needed on the Penarth Line at Cogan. It is regrettable that the Cardiff Bay Development Corporation gave permission for Tesco to build a store on land that would have been ideal for a Park & Ride to serve Penarth Marina. (They also permitted the filling in of an underpass...

It does not seem to make sense that a major tourist area such as north Wales has been denied the chance of having direct trains to/from Manchester Airport. Read story in this link:- http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/english-airport-welsh-business-travellers-8942206

The BBC 'Inside Out' series on BBC 1 at 7.30pm on Monday 23 March 2015 will have rail stories in some areas. London/ South/ Oxford & South East will all have an item about the revival of the 'Brighton Belle'. West Midlands will have an item about 50 years of The Severn Valley Railway...

The BBC Wales X-ray programme has done a report on the service provided by ATW in south-east Wales. It is on the i-player and is the first item (lasting 10 minutes):> http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b05n7skj

A series of 3 programmes - 'India's Frontier Railways' is on BBC 4 at 9pm on Thursdays from 12 March, 2015. http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0555xgw

The plans for the area north of Cardiff Central Station can be found in this planning application. Of most interest are the Masterplans. Click the link and then scroll to Masterplan & click 'View Document' for each part of 1 to 4. (A PDF will load for each part)...

In case you have not spotted it in the schedules, BBC 4 will be showing a programme about British Rail during the 1960's. 'Timeshift' on BBC 4 Tuesday 24 February 2015 at 9pm with a repeat on Thursday 26 February 2015 at 10pm.http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006np8r

I want to do a journey that links Malaga > Granada > Cordoba > Seville > Malaga. When I looked into doing this last year, a high speed line linked Malaga with Cordoba and Cordoba with Seville but nothing else. I know that construction was taking place. Could someone please enlighten me as to the...

I see that the Channel 4 programme 'Dispatches' is doing a programme about diesel cars on Monday 26 January 2015 at 8pm. It will be interesting to hear what they have to say and could have some information pertaining to the rail industry.