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Your wish is my command! I've remembered - I got this data from Forum Member 43106. I THINK he's got similar stuff for WCML, ECML, MML & GWR from the same times. Put out a shout - I think you'll find him helpful

I have MOST of the XC timetables since about 1992. I've attached a batch of them that include 2003. The trouble is that they are 'split' at Birmingham. I hope that's OK. I got them from another contributer to this forum.

Name: Neil Whyte Username: Whyte Hayven Age: 40-something...does it matter? Height: 5 foot 10 inches, I think - not checked my height for years - never needed to! Weight: Too bloody heavy - I really should loose about 5-6 stone! Location: S.W. Nottigham, but moved down from Whitehaven, W...

When I worked in London from 2001-2004, I bought a 1-Day Travel card (ODTC) on about 3 Saturdays out of every 4.......and I abused it! I'm into buses as well as railways, so I travelled on almost EVERY rail line (in BOTH directions!) within the range of one of these tickets. On one occasion, I...

...and it happened to me as well! I had a reserved seat from Newcastle to Kings Cross. At Doncaster, we were told that we would be delayed there for 10 minutes to cover for a cancelled Leeds to Kings Cross service. In effect, the train BECAME the Leeds service but from Donny. We stopped at...

Try looking at NR's Working Timetable... http://www.networkrail.co.uk/browseDirectory.aspx?root=&dir=%5cTimetables%5cWorking%20timetable%20(WTT)%5cDecember%202012%20-%20May%202013 It'll tell you what's supposed to be on that service, but it won't be 100% accurate - that'll be down to the TOC.

With reference to The Clansman, my memories of it are at odds with what's been said, but I suspect changes over the years have made both of us correct. Firstly, the northbound London - Birmingham/Wolverhampton section was NOT scheduled to be part of the half-hourly London -...

I can confirm this. While at Aston Uni in mid-September 1994, I stayed at one of the 3 hi-rises on the campus (Grant Tower?) and my bedroom window looked towards Grand Junction and St. Andrew's (Birmingham City F.C.) and I actually saw an HST set going from the Saltley line towards Bordesley...

One comedian not mentioned is the late, great Dave Allen ("Thank you, and may your God go with you"). I saw him and Billy Connolly the same week at the Edinburgh Playhouse. Allen won by a country mile. Jasper Carrott (or Bob Davis, as his mum knew him) was also damned good, but his Golden Balls...

Although I live in Edinburgh now, I got dragged on holiday in the early 60's to a static caravan at Skelmorlie or Wemyss Bay. My parents were more interested in scenery and the like, so trains were thin on the ground. Then my dad got taken ill and had to stay in bed all day, so I and my mum took...

I'm not sure if the diversion I suffered in February 1991 was due to stringing up the ECML, but there were 2 types of diversion. London - Leeds services were being sent from Kings Cross via Lincoln to Doncaster then to Leeds, but London - Newcastle (& beyond) started from St. Pancras. Mine went...

I was at the NRM 2 months ago, and there was a notice somewhere there that said there were no plans to make Mallard railworthy, preferring to keep it on permanent display in York.

Yep, it's been available for a few months now. Agreed - some of the abbreviations, symbols and terminology is way over my head, but that's a non-railway professional talking. MOST Dwell times can be deduced, but only IF the arrival AND departure times are quoted. In the current WTT, there...

Many thanks Rat. Considering what they title the subject, it's no wonder I couldn't find it!

With judicious use of search words, you can usually find most data off the Network Rail web-site, but I can't find the list of dwell times and turn-round times for stations. I've got an old copy that I transferred onto a Word Doc, but that was a couple of years ago. I particularly want to know...

There was a bit of discussion about an M25 railway on this forum 2 or 3 years ago, but IIRC it was for simply connecting up the lines radiating from London, rather than providing lines that let you avoid London. I've been told that there is (or was) some sort of law that prevents (or prevented)...

A certain gentleman from St. Albans told me about the Bedpan Line, but he also told me of the Goblin, which was an acronym for the Gospel Oak to Barking LINe. Was this true, or just his invention?

This makes the hairs on the back of my neck stand on end! zpDZP09cTvI

It would appear that I didn't get it right. The line from Leeds to SELBY is to be wired up, which doesn't make sense to me, as very little terminates at Selby, and there's no other OHLE there. Will there be any OHLE coonections to the ECML in the Selby area? (inviting comments like "If not, why...

If the BBC website is to be believed, the line from Neville Hill to Hambledon Junction is also to be electrified. I presume this is to allow Kings Cross - Skipton/Bradford services to be direct services, avoiding reversing at Leeds.