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...Phillip Hammond is off to Defence to replace Liam Fox. Has anyone heard of Ms Greening before? Positive news?

Recent threads have referred to various TOCs having a route that is their "lowest priority". For example, it was claimed that Birmingham - Stansted has gone from being a "flagship" route for Central Trains to a b-list one for XC. There are claims that London Midland treat the Chase line...

http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2011/sep/23/labour-aim-rail-energy-prices Sounds interesting, but presumably the usual hot air you get at party conferences...

We know that electrification is happening in a number of new areas (Cardiff, Bristol, Blackpool, Bolton etc). We know that huge sums of money are being spent on Crossrail and Thameslink, which will help other areas (trickle down theory doesn't seem to work in economics, but it is used a lot...

When was the last service to get “new for old” (i.e. brand new stock on a route replacing life expired stock on that same route which was withdrawn straight after)? If the Merseyrail order does go through this will see brand new EMUs replacing the 507/508s, but there’s not been a lot of...

There have been a number of threads about additional EMUs for Lancashire, the West Midlands and the Manchester Airport - Glasgow/Edinburgh services. There have also been a few mentions of additional EMUs for SWT (lengthening the Windsor Line platforms/ additional capacity on other lines/...

Does anyone know how flexible the "any permitted" route is between Sheffield and Leuchars? The "obvious" way is via the ECML, but is it permitted to go Via Manchester Via Settle Via Sunderland (etc) Thanks in advance - I'm just fancying a more scenic trip than I normally do :lol...

There's been discussion of a few of these in various threads recently: Wrexham - Chester Montrose - Arbroath Dore Station Coventry - Leamington Spa ...but which is the biggest priority to "double"?

Simple question: Which is the longest currently timetabled service not to run under any electrified wires/ on any third rail track? I think the answer has to be ATW's Cardiff - Holyhead service (though these will run under the wires if/when Crewe - Chester gets electrified). The Far North...

In all the talk of electrification, there's been many suggestions of wiring up parts of the Chiltern franchise and the "Thames Trains" parts of the FGW franchise. Both of these would release a number of Clubman trains (165s at Chiltern, 165s and 166s at FGW). But where can these units go...

A bit of algebra for you... We all know there's a lot of DMUs which need withdrawing (Pacers) or extending (XC Voyagers being just one example). However new DMUs aren't being built in large number - there's a reluctance to because nobody wants lumbered with (old) diesels. Does anyone know...

As a contrast to the IEP debate, which diesel services currently spend the biggest part of their journey on electrified lines? Obvious examples are: Manchester Airport - Edinburgh Harrogate - London Morpeth - Metro Centre London - Chester (Manchester Airport - Edinburgh will be...

Following a discussion with Nym about the effects of the "Lancashire Triangle" electrification I was wondering what through services were lost when lines were electrified? Did the Sunderland/ Middlesbrough - London services end when the ECML was electrified, or did these continue for a bit...

After low floor buses were introduced in the mid-90s, and slowly became common by the millennium, we are now at the stage where very few high floor buses are used by bigger operators (excluding school services etc), and in fact the earliest low floor buses are approaching the "life expired"...

It looks like we will have an SNP government in Holyrood and Labour will be able to govern in Cardiff Bay without the need for Plaid (based on results known so far) How do you think this will affect current train provision? In Scotland I'd expect little change, maybe more chance of...

We know that the new Metrolink lines are being built and the proposed frequencies on each line, but has anyone seen a guide to which routes will be paired up? For example, all Rochdale services to run to Manchester Airport, all Oldham services to run to East Didsbury (that kind of thing)...

First of all, its only on 29 April 2011. Secondly you need to be called William, Catherine or Kate to qualify... http://www.chilternrailways.co.uk/news/we-say-%e2%80%9ci-do%e2%80%9d-free-travel-royal-wedding-day Good to see a TOC attracting the right kind of publicity though, and hopefully...

There have been threads about DMU cascades, quite a few over the months (understandable, given the situation with the 172s, the need to replace Pacers etc). But less has been said about the EMU situation. There are big NXEMU orders on the way for Thameslink and Crossrail. There will be new...

Place your bets now - which single service do you think will arrive at its "final" station late tomorrow? How many separate journeys are late more often than they are on time (at the final station, allowing for the inevitable padding etc)

This comment (on the thread about the Green Party) got me thinking: How would you improve transpennine links? At the moment the three lines (Hope Valley, Marsden and Todmorden) are all very busy (both in terms of services per hour and in passengers per service). Its hard to make easy...