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The unions have too much power in the railways. Let the managers and decision-makers make the decisions they have to, and if you don't like it (and it's not illegal), go and work somewhere else.

May 2015 (from Google)

So no bench or white fence anymore! That box (whatever it is) is still on the wall though!

Thanks, everyone. Looking at the pic above and Google Maps and StreetView, I think I've identified the spot. The white picket fence and track behind are all handy pointers.

This family photo was taken somewhere on the Ffestiniog Railway in the mid-to-late 1970s. I'm at the front of the photo. I'm visiting the railway later this year with my family and would love to find the same spot and take another photo there. I wondered whether it was on the platform at...

Does anyone know whether hotter countries like Spain have problems with rails buckling, etc, in the heat, or is this just a British problem? !!!

Personally I love the S-stock trains, and they're proving popular with Londoners too ... http://www.railtechnologymagazine.com/Inbox/s-stock-is-the-best-thing-since-black-cab/125524

Thanks.

Does anyone know whether the rolling stock operating companies (Angel Trains, Porterbrook and Eversholt) run their own maintenance depots? If so, where are they? Thanks.

I knew Elizabeth line was the right answer all along :lol: I asked my misses the original quiz question last night, and she immediately replied the Elizabeth line. And as anyone married knows, the misses is always right :lol:

It's pretty clear to me that the quiz master didn't say: "What is the name of the latest London Underground line?" He said: "What is the name of the latest London underground line?" So in the generic sense of being underground and being in London, the Elizabeth Line is correct :lol:

I think that the Elizabeth Line was the obvious layman's answer. One can argue about whether it was technically correct or not, but this was a cruise ship quiz not a train specialists' quiz! I do think the quiz master should have allowed your answer though! And no, it didn't justify a sulk ;-)

Yes, they are in a similar vein.

Here's a collection of tube maps, covering various things like average rent, journeys, a geographically-accurate map, life expectancy, art nouveau, a 3D map, track and platform diagrams, a hexalinear night tube map, a New York-style map and the future as seen in 2004...

http://www.crossrail.co.uk/news/articles/new-images-unveiled-of-elizabeth-line-stations-set-to-open-in-2018 There's a gallery of artists impressions of many of the new and updated stations. The stations look spacious but all a bit the same grey/silver for my liking. A little more colour...

I find Google Maps very helpful for planning rail journeys. In Google Maps, this particular journey says to change trains at Baker Street (as you suggested).

Interesting article in today's Guardian: http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/apr/07/zac-goldsmith-tube-london-underground-tory-mayoral-candidate In summary: I liked these observations in the article too:

I've bought tickets for the Sunday.

Thanks for all the replies and offers of help. I don't need a map for any particular use, but was just curious as I couldn't find one when I searched Google images and wondered whether one actually existed!

Does anyone know whether a map exists showing the locations of all the train depots in the UK? Thanks.