Search results

Question for any ticket inspectors here, what would you do if the fare dodger was some 200lb rugby player and he/she threatened to bash your head in?

Could the original Eurostar e300 (class 373) stock be used for classic compatible services?

Imagine this completely hypothetical situation: there's a hard Brexit and EU countries impose tariffs on UK exports and we retaliate with our own import duties, faced with such trade barriers foreign rolling stock manufacturers like Bomabardier, Hitachi, Alstom etc who have significant...

Why not just build phase one, is the WCML stretched for capacity north of Rugby too?

Manchester United FC halt

How dare you! Bradford and Dewsbury are colourful, vibrant, enriched, multicultural and globalised cities of the 21st century that we should look to emulate across the whole country, you're clearly a dinosaur who doesn't appreciate diversity! :wink:

Is the Grayrigg derailment and subsequent right off of a Pendolino unit the reason why London to Scotland via Birmingham services are run by Voyagers?

Going slightly off topic, expansion itself is still far from a given and even any preliminary work ought to be postponed until the whole post Brexit future can be determined. The big banks and financial services, the driving force of London and the south east's economy are already transferring...

Does Haywards Heath count? There's a tunnel a few hundred yards to the south, isn't this particular tunnel the biggest barrier to four tracking the route between Balcombe tunnel junction and Brighton?

What will be the service pattern of fast trains to London from places like Stoke and Coventry post HS2? Can they still expect the same 3 trains per hour with current journey times maintained?

Why not expand capacity at and improve links to airports? It's a much less expensive solution than building a new high speed line and low cost airlines are both cheaper and faster than a train with a maximum in service speed of 186mph. As for the environmental reasons can anyone prove that a...

Regarding the choice of 5ft6in broad gauge on the Indian Rail network I heard from various BBC documentaries that it was done to provide greater stability in the high winds of the monsoons, allow for larger fire boxes and probably most importantly to transport freight, troops plus armaments in...

Not completely relevant to the topic at hand but since this is a thread about the Central Line it's probably ok to put forward my question: Once Crossrail is up and running is there any longer the need for the short spur on this line from North Acton to Ealing Broadway via West Acton? West Acton...

Taking a slight tangent does any one foresee the Princes Risborough to Oxford via Thame route ever re-opening? Maybe once the east-west rail link is complete the route via Bicester will carry Oxford to Cambridge services and a re-instated Thame line would take over the London to Oxford via High...

How about the Bromley North branch and why is the West Highland line north of Hellensburgh and the Kyle line still open?

On a completely unrelated note, is the line really being upgraded for 140mph running? thought it was just 125mph with journey time savings based on the faster acceleration of electric trains.

So are we back to using Headspans? I really don't see what alternative there is, maybe run the bi-modes in diesel between Reading and Didcot?

My question isn't strictly speaking relevant to the thread title but I've wanted to know this for a long time: Why was the Hope Valley line between Manchester and Sheffield kept open instead of the electrified and presumably faster Woodhead route?

The line was presumably re-opened (partially) to allow people living in the Borders to commute to work in Edinburgh, would a single track line with a 75mph max. speed allow quick enough journey times to make commuting from Hawick viable? Also the old station and route through Hawick was on top...

Thank you, I wonder why West Ealing and Hanwell are only served by four trains per hour, is that timetable an overall improvement to current service levels?