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I'd like to go to London from Tonbridge next Sunday, 12 Feb. However, there are lots of engineering works happening affecting various routes. Buses are replacing trains between Sevenoaks and Grove Park, so that's the SEML out. Via Swanley is also out due to buses between Swanley and Beckenham...

Network Rail has lost a case where Japanese Knotweed on its property has affected the sale of a house adjoining. The homeowner sued for compensation and won. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-south-east-wales-38867039

Govia Thameslink have apparently failed a Department for Transport security test which took place in November. http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/railway-terror-alert-after-staff-9562777

Yesterday (14 December) a Sprinter train was evacuated at Amsterdam Sloterdijk due to a fire in a toilet. Two youths are susected of causing the fire. http://www.telegraaf.nl/binnenland/27237943/__Trein_vat_vlam_in_Amsterdam__mogelijk_sprake_van_opzet__.html

Reports coming in that two underground stations have been evacuated due to a fire on a train. http://metro.co.uk/2016/11/27/finsbury-park-and-highbury-and-islington-stations-evacuated-after-reports-of-fire-on-tube-train-6286342/

Two passenger trains have collided in Iran. Reports of 36 dead and 95 injured. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-38105651

Reports coming in that a cyclist has been killed on a level crossing in Aylesbury. http://www.bucksherald.co.uk/news/updated-cyclist-sadly-dies-after-being-hit-by-train-in-aylesbury-1-7671655

A train has collided with a tractor at Dymchurch. Locomotive derailed, driver and four passengers injured. http://www.kentonline.co.uk/hythe/news/train-derails-after-crash-with-102247/

Coming this Thursday on BBC2 at 20:00. Full Steam Ahead, the first of a 6 episode series looking how railways changed the UK in the early C19th. It's being done by the same team responsible for the Medieval, Victorian, Edwardian and Wartime Farm series with Ruth Goodman, Alex Langlands and Peter...

Some locomotives are easier to travel behind than others. Some are very hard to travel behind. In the latter category, is the BTH diesel-electric on the K&ESR. This fine locomotive hauled two Tenterden Town - Bodiam return trips yesterday. I managed a ride behind her on the first trip. Shown...

The RAIU have issued a report into SPADs occurring in Ireland between January 2012 and June 2015. http://www.raiu.ie/download/pdf/spad_final_r2016_r001.pdf It's been a few days since I posted this. I know there are over 1,000 paragraphs to get through, but I got the impression that Irish...