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Proof it can happen, Didcot June 04t June 04

Visited the Churnet Valley Railway yesterday for the Saturday Lunch train. Plenty of signs saying prebooked travel only. One way system from ticket office( mobile number was asked for for track n trace even tho an email address was already known ) through the station to the platform. Plenty of...

A trailing crossover was installed just north of the high level platforms, the idea being in the rush hour trains trains could reverse at Tamworth without going further north. But this never happened and the crossover was eventually removed.

There was a stopper all week at 08 17 except Sunday. Now there is none. National Rail planner showss a Saturday stopper but woth an advisory it might change.

Polesworth. You are likely to have a long wait for a train as with the emergency timetable even the 1 train a day no longer stops .

As the road bridge is now traffic light controlled, a simple rephasing of the light to turn the bridge into a pedestrian crossing with a slope down to the southbound platform would solve the problem. With all the new housing being proposed for Polesworth maybe the develoopers could make a very...

Interesting. According to the special time table NO trains stop at Polesworth! But according to National Rail journey planner the 0817 does. As for the bridge, they could have lifted it or refurbished it in the temporary compound used for the resignalling of the line and replaced it (similar...

BBC Northern Ireland news website is saying that Rotala has ordered 163 buses, with 128 of these being double deckers. The new double decker buses are Street Deck models, and have been ordered to supply Rotala's Diamond Bus North West subsidiary, for delivery this year. The other 35 buses...

6 months from the date the ballot closed.

Bentley, near Doncaster. Only access between platforms is the nearby level crossing.

I remember back in the late1970's using the over night motorrail from Birmingham International to Inverness and return. The train had started at Euston. Wife and I had a mk1 compartment complete with pillow and blanket to use. On the return as a class47 preferred the ground to the rails at...

They were not running as steam train were in operation yesterday and today. Maybe during the week they will be out and about being tested.

BBC now reporting 11 coaches destroyed. Suggestion is that it was an electrical fault. Link below: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-stoke-staffordshire-46720754

319 456 at Quorn on The Great Central Railway today. Renumbered 379 464 was down the line at Swithland sidings.

There has been a fire at their depot. https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midlands-news/live-updates-large-fire-rips-15608389

Birmingham to Stanstead and reverse are going via Tamworth already ,but rather late running

Picture from bbc website showing Tornado arriving in shropshire. https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/live-experience/cps/624/cpsprodpb/vivo/live/images/2018/3/15/4a93bb5e-c6e5-41ee-80ec-f3de83521e8d.jpg

The IMDb website says it was Ropley Station on the Mid Hants Railway.

By opening slow lines first enables trains to stop at Atherstone, so saves organising more replacement transport

Article from local paper Tamworth Herald STRONG winds have forced essential repair work to a lorry-battered bridge to be delayed – causing traffic chaos in North Warwickshire. Trains were cancelled and a major road, between Atherstone and Nuneaton, remained closed today (December 28) after...