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I've come across a newspaper account of a derailment near St Germans in May 1859 on the newly opened stretch of line between Liskeard and Plymouth. It seems an engine jumped the tracks on the Grove viaduct and crashed down into the creek below. The driver, the stoker and one of the guards was...

Virgin has just sent out a text message to tell passengers that the 1633 Euston to Blackpool has been cancelled. The reason they gave was "more trains than usual needing repairs at the same time" Has VT been hit by a sudden surge of mechanical problems or is they maintenance plan going astray?

I was in Hawes in North Yorkshire today and was interested to find out that the Wensleydale Railway has a long term ambition to extend their current line from Redmire through to Garsdale on the Settle-Carlisle. I think it is a great ambition and would be a huge tourist attraction but I...

Northbound problems due to a freight train failure north of Crewe. Indefinite delays. --- old post above --- --- new post below --- That should have read 29/7

Forgive me if this is in the wrong forum but I couldn't decide where else to put it. I was listening to Law in Action on BBC R4 this afternoon and it had an item on a guy who was threatened with prosecution by Northern Rail. You can hear the full programme here. The segment about the fare is...

Posters have appeared at Preston station threatening £100 fines for various 'offences' in the multi-storey station car park including not parking squarely between the markings. The posters carry an NCP logo, something I've not seen before found that particular car park which I think was operated...

There's a chap sitting opposite me on VT this morning whose ticket is endorsed CON50. I understand from one of RJ's informative posts that this indicates a 50% discount. However, I was wondering who the people are who are entitled to this and how they get it.

Lately a female TM with a pronounced American accent has appeared on VT services out of Euston. First time I heard her make an announcement just before departure she told us we were on the "Glasgow Flyer" (the 1630 Preston-Glasgow only service. Since then I have heard her a few times and it's...

This on the BBC website this morning. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-31149024 Too long to quote the whole thing but here are he first few paragraphs There seem to be a number of errors/misunderstandings in this piece, notably the constant reference to the power of TOCs to "fine"...

The three parts of the 1972 series Nairn Across Britain have been put on iPlayer as part of the BBC4 collections. For the benefit of younger readers, Nairn was an architectural historian who presented a number of programmes for the BBC. In the third part of this series he travelled from Leeds...

Isn't it time TOCs started offering the alternative of money refunds for delay repay rather than travel vouchers? I have collected quite a few vouchers due to various delays. I can't redeem them online, I can't redeem that at my local station because it is unstaffed. The only way I can do it...

The other morning on a southbound Pendolino I was sitting across the aisle from a man who arrived at an empty four seated table. He then proceeded to 1. Hang his overcoat on the hook by the RH window seat 2. Put his bag on the LH window seat. 3. Placed his laptop on the table in front of...

. Nortbern Rail's Twitter feed is usually sprinkled with cancelled trains but this one seems quite bizarre. Are they actually saying they have taken a train off because there are too many passengers?

Ive noticed over the last two or three trips that VT gateline staff at Euston are using temporary barriers at the end of the platforms when they check tickets, rather than standing at the bottom of the ramp. Yesterday, when I arrived at Euston we had to queue to get off the statin as the...

More problems this morning. This from VT site Virgin currently Tweeting they have ordered 20 coaches.

I was on a TPE service the other day and a very large woman got on at Preston. Not to put too fine a point on it she absolutely stank. Within a few minutes everyone within six seats of her had moved elsewhere in the train but you could still smell her halfway down the carriage. Being...

This BBC article details the new rolling stock for the Piccadilly, Bakerloo, Central and Waterloo and City Lines http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-29520761 What struck me was this quote from RMT general Secretary, Mick Cash in response to the suggestion that the trains would be...

Between 15 and 30 min delays out of Euston on VT services tonight. Incoming trains delayed by signal problems near Crewe. Not a great week for WCML

Anyone know what the problem is at Watford that is causing delays and cancellations out of Euston? I'm currently on the 1830 VT service to Glasgow which is crawling through Bushey at walking pace.

There are regular postings on our forum by people who have problems because they board a train at a station with no ticket facilities, or there is a TVM that doesn't work. It made me wonder why the number of outlets selling rail tickets is so restricted. In London every other newsagent can...