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I'm having trouble finding plans for the Leicester station rennovation. Are they around anywhere? I heard (can't remember where, might have been here) that they are planning possible extra platforms. Not sure where these would go. I imagine one could fit on the car park side (adjacent the...

My Dad's train's just had to reverse at Rolfe Street, any idea why? (Not sure what train, but it will be one from Birmingham International towards Wolverhampton.)

Express and Star, 2010: http://www.expressandstar.com/news/2010/05/18/lives-risked-to-avoid-bill/ Birmingham Post: http://www.birminghampost.net/news/west-midlands-news/2009/11/05/court-slams-wolverhampton-council-over-student-flats-built-near-gas-depot-65233-25100712/ Express and Star...

General Birmingham Gateway Plus thread? Haven't seen one so starting one. Was reading cracked and found this: http://www.cracked.com/article_19682_5-most-embarrassing-architectural-failures.html Scroll down to number 4: #4. The Walt Disney Concert Hall "Shoots Heat Rays" The...

Talk on Facebook is that this is the new National Express West Midlands livery. Is this for the Olympics? ;) http://wmbusphotos.com/NXWM/4001-4224/4177.html It's not an Ex-London bus, as it's also shown in the old Travel WM livery. If it is a new livery, then why weren't the...

http://www.expressandstar.com/news/2012/02/03/replacement-trams-to-be-built-in-spain/ Up to 25 new trams - that's good news. Was originally going to be 19, to replace the 16 existing trams. Unfortunately, this is yet another blow to Bombardier, and I'm sure the media will spare no...

Network West Midlands lists a route change for the 900: http://www.networkwestmidlands.com/web/FILES/servicechanges/26th_February.pdf Does this mean it won't serve the B4104 (Copse Drive, specifically)?

We all know about the 6%... but how about 50%+?... The fare from Leicester to Nottingham or Derby with a railcard has gone from £6.10 before Christmas, to £9.80 now. Adding a railcard brings the fare up to £12.00 for some reason. This is really going to damage my budget, especially given...

Given our history etc, the UK is very protective of it's Greenbelt. That's understandable and a good stance to take in my opinion, but... Companies are all too keen to build on greenbelt as opposed to brown. What I'm wondering is why there are no policies of offsetting greenbelt with...

I regularly go Leicester to Wolverhampton, with a LEI-BHM return, and a Network West Midlands off peak pass. Now, usually, I stay in the station at New Street and just board the first train after 1800 (the 1801 to Liverpool Lime Street). However on this occasion I was a bit early, so I left...

http://www.expressandstar.com/news/2012/01/09/first-glimpse-at-5m-light-rail-network/ It looks like the new tram-trains are to be based on Parry People Mover as they're made by the same company.

Forgive this for sounding like an anti-HS2 thread, far from it. However it's an interesting road to travel down. Imagine the government scraped up £32bn from somewhere. What could be done with the railway network with that kind of money, high speed lines aside? According to Wikipedia, the...

I'm watching the J.K.Rowling story... a made-for-tv film about the author of Harry Potter. ...and it's amusingly cringeworthy. The current part is set in 1993. So far: - She's took a Virgin Pendelino (in 1993) from London to Manchester, to get to Edinburgh - The interior of the...

So with another shoddy day on the railways in terms of the people using them I thought I'd start a thread on this. What things do you try and do, or what things should be done as a given, to just make things a little happier on the railways? 1. Passengers should wait until people have...

I thought a good idea would be to bring back the original 1960s Mini with a G-Whiz inside, but that's another story. It led me to think though whether another idea has been done: an electric locomotive, behind the facade of a steam engine? Are there any out there which do this? What I mean is...

Caught the... must have been 13:16, Leicester to Birmingham train on Wednesday. While we were leaving the station, we passed a stationary train like none I've ever seen before. Wondering if anybody knows what it was? The train consisted of: 2 diesel engines 2 tank cars 4 London...

Hi, I am wondering if anybody has plans for the new Snow Hill metro station? With the reinstation of Platform 4 etc. It's a particularly problematic spot as currently, you can exit the tram straight onto platform 3, which completely misses the ticket barriers and any opportunity to...

I figured it's partially related; http://www.expressandstar.com/news/2011/11/07/all-sandwells-metal-drain-covers-to-be-replaced/ -- because it could mean a potential rise in rail thefts. Those stealing the manhole covers will look elsewhere. I mean it make sense as a thing to do, if...

So I caught the 3 today, one of the shiny new ones they bought us (won't make up for them not going into the bus station sorry nx). Anyway, everyone throws their tickets in the metro bin, nothing new there. What was new was that they were First group tickets. Read anything into this? Or...

When I get bored, I try and plan things, albeit badly. This is something I've wanted to see in action for a while, and basically I'm wondering how feasible it is! What I have created is an 11 platform Wolverhampton station. Platforms 1 to 6 remain the same (although renumbered 6 becomes...