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I was at Cardiff Station on a freezing cold night last Friday and I am sure that steelwork was not there, there was a pacer in platform 0 at the time, anyway that is one less to put up then!, thanks for pointing this out.

I did a return trip from London Paddington to Cardiff yesterday, 15/12/17, I have not got positive news I am afraid for London-Cardiff to be live by this time next year. First of all there is still no wiring on Platform 2 at Paddington. The following is all looking at the up-lines only, from...

I found this on the Steventon Oxfordshire Village Website, quote:- The consultation period on Network Rail’s application for demolition of Steventon Railway bridge and provision of a replacement bridge closes on 31st August 2017. On Thursday 20th July the Rt. Hon. Chris Grayling MP in a written...

I did a return journey from London to Cardiff yesterday, firstly Maidenhead to Tilehurst, from what I could see there is not much more to do, the only thing missing is the A/T cable in the Reading area, it is missing from about half a mile east of Reading to about just passed the train depot...

I saw a clip on the TV yesterday with David Cameron saying that "We will electrify the Welsh Valleys and all the way through to Swansea", so be careful and don't take nothing for granted

I do pass by the western end of the GOBLIN line quiet regularly by bus near Gospel Oak and the return wires has gone up in the last month or so

I travelled between Gospel Oak and Barking today, even though I could only see the south side of the line, I guess the north side is hardly any different, it is not good news as regards electrification progress About 95% of the masts are installed, out of these about 70-75% have the support arms...

I have just done a trip from London to Cardiff, so starting at Paddington, still no sign of any wires or anything else for that matter on Platforms 1 & 2. Onto the journey then, obviously I could not see the down main so I cannot comment on this, even though the juice was switched on last...

I live in the London area and in the last few weeks I have seen a few small sections of the GOBLIN line on my travels Firstly the good news, new wiring is installed from the bay platform at Barking up to the existing wiring on the flyover west of the station. There is also new wiring at...

This is from the Steventon Oxfordshire Village Website:- Village News - Railway Railway electrificaton - BRIDGE UPDATE - January 2017 Steventon Parish Council (PC), Oxfordshire County Council (OCC) and Ed Vaizey’s assistant met with Network Rail (NR) on Monday 9th January to...

Sorry it is Twyford, I should know what part of the country I am in!

I went through Reading station yesterday and yes, Platforms 13 & 14 are now wired, the wiring stops just east of the station, I cannot comment on the west side of the station as it caught me out as I was not looking, all change for London via Waterloo was the prime concern!, but it does not go...

Last night I got on a brand new Borisbus, LT846 on the 21 route, I was surprised that the bus did not have opening windows, so it is the case that these buses come over from Ireland, then more money is spent so that they have to be modified so that we do not roast in the summer, why can't they...

I did a trip from London to Cardiff yesterday and I am pleased to report some really good progress in certain locations since I last did this journey four months ago, but there is still no wiring at Paddington on Platforms 1 & 2 I am sad to say, perhaps they will get done over the Christmas...

There have been two bits of "Positive" news in the last week about the GWR electrification http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/uploads/monthly_12_2016/post-6818-0-40369800-1480874096_thumb.png...

Quote:-These schemes paused will produce £146m to £165m in savings to be reinvested elsewhere, I may be wrong but doing the simple maths, is that all that Network Rail had left for the now paused parts of the GWR electrification?

Major Electrification work happening this weekend in South Wales Please see this Link http://www.networkrailmediacentre.co.uk/news/rail-passengers-to-check-before-they-travel-ahead-of-south-wales-mainline-upgrade-this-weekend This must be the last bridges to be demolished east of Cardiff, as...

No problem, I will not be going down that part of the world until just before Christmas now so it will be interesting what progress there will be in four months. Don't forget the original completion dates were for Newbury, Oxford and Bristol all to be completed by Dec 2016!

I did a trip from London to Newport and then Cardiff to London yesterday. All the following is of the relief lines, so new to me:- there are a few short wire runs in and around the West Drayton area. From the train care depot at Reading to Tilehurst on the up relief only, support arms have...

I have just done a return trip from London Paddington to Bristol TM over the last week and last Saturday on my out journey from London I noticed that between Wootton Bassett and Chippenham on the up side there is around 60+ piles installed and also three masts sitting upright, on my return...