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According to National Rail there is severe disruption in the Preston area today due to a Trespass incident. It happened around 10am this morning. Lines have now reopened but disruption is expected until 7pm. What was going to be a bad day for Avanti with the Glasgow Central closure is sadly...

Regarding the Northern Smart card is it only for season tickets or can I load off peak tickets onto it? I regularly travel on Northern so it would be beneficial than having to carry paper tickets around, I prefer not to use e tickets if my phone battery goes then they are useless.

At Kents Bank I have noticed on Platform 2 when exiting the station via the crossing this sign informs that anyone crossing the line by use of the crossing after 23:00 and before 07:00 must use the telephone before crossing. While it might seem straightforward that one needs to phone the signal...

Back in the early 2000s I remember the Manchester Airport to Skegness trains which had Longport, Etruria, Netherfield, Radcliffe (Notts), Elton & Orston, Rauceby, Heckington, Swineshead, Hubberts Bridge, Thorpe Culvert and Havenhouse were all request stops for at least some of the trains...

Obviously nuclear fuel is regularly moved by train, perfectly safely on the same tracks used by passenger trains. I was reading however, that a concern that nuclear opponents raised during the 1984 testing was that around the same time there was the Summit Tunnel fire which burned for several...

While going through my attic I found an old deck of Virgin Trains cards from the Virgin Trainz kid bags which were give out free on Virgin Trains in the early 2000s. Does anyone else remember the early 2000s when Virgin Trains used to give our freebies? I know I had a lot of the free Kidz bags...

Just seen this tucked away on the Government's website. Suprisingly they are not planning to close it due to lack of use but rather it's in the way of a planned development. Given that there are a fair few people now using the station I can't see the government allowing it to be closed without...

Looking at the new Lumo serice from Stirling to Euston I noticed the service is going to be 416 miles and operated by Class 222 Diesel-electric trains even though the line is electrified all the way from London to Stirling via Whifflet. I don't blame Lumo for using Class 222 trains for the...

Looking at RTT the first day that Lumo is listed as running passenger services is Sunday the 17th of May 2026. I am aware that RTT is not the "official" source for a Lumo start date but how realistic is that start date? Also when will fares start to be available? Also has there been any...

A friend of mine has just moved to London as a student and has the 18+ student Oyster card. Can he also add his 16-25 railcard to the Oyster card and is there any benefit in doing so? I have a disabled railcard and have added it to my Oyster card to get the discounts but I am unsure of how it...

With the Bee Network branding coming to some Greater Manchester trains I was wondering if there were plans to reintroduce Public Transport Executive branding to other areas under Great British Railway branding. Of course in the British Rail days there were trains in the Transport for Greater...

Earlier today A friend of mine was travelling today to Penrith and due to the disruption he got stuck in Preston and a family member had to drive from Penrith to pick him up. Avanti said that the delay would be at least 3 hours and likely more, hence why his mum drove to pick him up. He was on...

A friend of mine is staying in the Midlands and is due to return to Cumbria today but due to the Furness line being shut she can't return home. What are her rights in regards accomodation and other things? Would the railway pay for a taxi to get her home from Oxenholme Lake District? Or would...

Just seen this from EMR. Given that all EMR stations have ticket machines now it makes sense to increase the penalty fare area.

Looking at the government regulations it seems that the "critical uses" exemption on the use of Halon 1301 for most things will expire on the 31st of December 2025. Given that the Channel Tunnel is one of the few things that is still allowed to use Halon as a fire suppressant I was wondering if...

I know this is minor but when GBR fully takes over the railway network will the TOC part of the announcements disappear? As I am sure you are aware a station announcement normally says "platform X for the XXXX [TOC NAME] service to.......". Given that GBR will be the main operator I was...

I know it's the Republic of Ireland but I saw this on RTE News, it's a couple of days old. While it's ambitious I do question if there will be enough of a market for it in Cork. Cork's population is only about 225,000. The Luas has worked well in Dublin but I can't see it working in Cork.

Back in 2008 I remember reading that a Class 153 operated by East Midlands Trains was repainted into East Midlands Trains Livery and was the last unit to have regional railways liverty. This was 11 years after the end of British Rail and meant for the entire Central Trains franchise it was in...

I remember at some stations on the West Coast Mainline they has the zone signs with colours such as "Gold Zone" which were designed to allow passengers to know where to stand on the platform. Let's face it though very few people actually knew what they were for and very quickly they became...

While on Youtube a video on Merseyrail fire safety video from 2004 popped up and I don't know why but I watched it. Two things caught my eye which are the "Badger Line" and the "Tech System". I was wondering if they still use them. Both are used in tunnels where radio signals don't work very...