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I think the "track circuit" diagram in the waiting area is some help with this kind of thing. It isn't really possible to tell from my photograph, but the little boxes on the diagram are labelled with the departure time of the train. If the train in question is on the diagram then it's on its...

There are now much bigger displays in the upstairs waiting lounge showing approaching trains on a kind of track circuit diagram which might help when trains are out of their timetabled order. The advice/instructions when to go down to the platforms are now much clearer. There are also...

I did also include the key proviso "countries which, like the UK, can borrow in their own currency" on which all your examples fail. On this topic Paul Krugman, receiver of the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences, says "We know that advanced economies with stable governments that...

But also wrong. Countries, unlike households, can print money and for countries which, like the UK, can borrow in their own currency this may be a wise thing to do if the end result is improved infrastructure.

Does anyone know where the recent floodings have actually occurred? There is a dip between the two Llanrwst stations which was (is?) very prone to flooding putting the track underwater so a pump was put there a few years ago. Based on observations in Dolwyddelan I would be surprised if recent...

Possibly not for long though - several hours of heavy snow are forecast this evening.

I think it is a bit more complicated than that. The two recent big problems - the Blaenau tunnel and the rock face near Pont-y-Pant - have indeed been south of Betws. The most frequent problem is flooding, which happens in, not surprisingly, the flood plain of the Conwy north of Betws.

My point is that, as things stand, rail operators cannot just shrug their shoulders and abandon a service they no longer wish to continue with.

Also in the current legislative framework having a rail link is a much firmer commitment to providing public transport in rural areas compared with bus services. In the 12 years or so I have been a regular traveller to Dolwyddelan not only has the X1 service come and pretty much gone, but also...

In the interests of accuracy, Dolwyddelan has a similar settled population to Betws-y-Coed. Tourism and leisure travel create the difference in usage between the two stations.

These days Express Motors doesn't provide an even half-decent service "upstream" of Betws-y-Coed. It used to be kind of OK with feasible connections at Blaenau to/from Dolgellau and Porthmadog but cuts by Gwynedd County Council have brought an end to that. Integration with Snowdon Sherpa and...

Wilmcote?

I hope I can slip in with post #5000 to thank the contributors to this thread. It has been, still is and, I have every hope, will continue to be fascinating and informative in equal measure.

I have never been sure where to ask this question but this thread seems kind of appropriate: why do continental stations have so many more platforms and other infrastructure? For example, I recently caught a train at Bari Centrale in southern Italy which has 9 through platforms and 6 terminal...

Mods: Isn't it time to change the title of this thread to "Pont Briwet not closed to trains until 2015"?

I am very puzzled by the rationale for this 'improvement' to the service provided by Arriva in new timetable "05.35 Llandudno to Blaenau Ffestiniog - Calls additionally at Tal-y-Cafn" Currently this train is not timetabled to stop at any of the request stops - e.g. Dolwyddelan - and according...

A short while back I was on the last train of the day up the Conway valley which, fairly unusually, made a request stop at Pont-y-Pant for a passenger to alight. This was a young woman of (I think) Chinese ethnicity, so not a local, and dressed in ordinary street clothes, so not a...

This very interesting programme on BBC2 last night with Evan Davies provided economic arguments which may be of interest to readers of RailUKforums: And maybe therein lies some kind of answer to the critical mass of London. It's not a second city called Hebden Bridge, but a super-city that...

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... says our local free rag. http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/withington-residents-say-new-tram-4043498