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Whilst lots of talk about HS2 meaning more paths for freight, a particular problem is that the existing network cannot handle piggyback freight at all nor outsize traffic like military tanks etc. I am not sure if HS1 can handle piggy-back freight (please advise!). How much better to create a...

I suggest all franchise agreements should have a clause which means that cancellations would incur a penalty of 150% of the cost of the operator providing the (rail) service. Should the operator use bustitution, this would incur 125% of the cost of providing the rail service unless genuinely...

The island platform waiting shelter and all information screens have been flattened. Foundations dug for new shelter? Lack of any Passenger Information System (PIS) on the island platform is ridiculous, even temporarily as it so far from main platform. The missing PIS screens haven't been...

Just been on my first 5-car class 802 hudds to Leeds. Negative points No branding, just silver paint. No first class stickers anywhere. No seat reservations. No hot water on trolley. Seats bases like planks, no lumbar support, cushions presumably made of steel or other non-forgiving material and...

Hi folks, My wife and I are delighted (well one of us is anyway!) to be travelling on the following route in February. 1. TPE Huddersfield to Manchester (first) 2. TPE to Edinburgh via Glasgow (first) 3. Scotrail Edinburgh to Thurso (second) Stay 3 nights in B&B and return. Can I upgrade...

Northern Barnsley-> hudds 19.03 delayed 45 mins. Numerous cancellations at hudds on TPE and delays on Northern. All seemingly due to crew shortages from other services. (delay repay might be my friend) What is causing this, are crews being diagrammed too tightly?

I am at mirfield station and there is some work going on suspect it's a trial piling - anyone any further info?

Whilst I have never believed HS2 will actually get north of Birmingham, beating in mind how slow the journey is between say Leeds or Manchester and Brighton, why does pretty much everything stop in London and require complex tube journeys? I am aware that there was a historical act of parliament...

The Victorians, such as Brunel, certainly didn't always get it right. There were many cost over runs and sometimes things didn't go to plan (eg atmospheric). However despite 150 years of 'progress' and unbelievable amounts of planning before projects take place (or are scrapped), the truth is...

I am sat looking at 195111 andi appears to have a retractable mini snow plough fitted - is the permanent fitting of mini snowploughs now a standard requirement on new MU's?

Just passed through Kirkgate and men in yellow appear to be doing some work on far most bridge from station entrance (across platforms). I thought that bridge's far track was out of use - is it being brought back into use or am I completely mistaken?

Bearing in mind that unintended signalling faults in particular seem to paralyse large areas now with major control centres, what would happen if terrorists or other countries actually tried to deliberately sabotage our rail system?

Car manufacturers the world over are expending vast sums of money on self-driving car technology, which they will doubtless want to recover from the poor motorist in price hikes. Who is actually driving this? (no pun intended) -no one I know wants a self-driven car -perhaps haulage...

Mod Note: Posts #1 - #17 originally in this thread. In relatively flat places like London or indeed pretty much anywhere in Lincolnshire, cycling to a station and then using the train is a reasonable course of action and the provision of cycle lanes can be a good idea. However, there are always...

Lorry,Van and car drivers pass a test and are then able to drive anywhere without a retest. Clearly the rail system of having traction knowledge and route knowledge which also expires places rail at at a significant disadvantage. How about what is effectively a satnav with video and audio for...

On several threads, the subject of the power draw of freight locos or high speed passenger locos exceeding the capacity of more than one is in a section. Could a second wire be dropped alongside the existing catenary, but electrically insulated from it with a separate power supply to beef up...

With the impending withdrawal of most if not all pacers, could the better examples be used for freight, particularly parcels? Remove seats, have a freight loading ramp ( would disability ramp do?) Fit some anchor points to stop stuff sliding around Can run up to 75MPH Reasonable acceleration...

The 185's are excellent (in my opinion) if a touch on the heavy side. They have not deteriorated like many similar types of stock and are reliable. They are thirsty, but have oodles of power, but some are looking for a home. I for one think that they would be far preferable to the horrible...

I would like to nominate the Northern class 142? with thick high backed seats. I am just short of 6 feet tall and I have to sit with my legs at a 45 degree angle. If there isnt a law against such a seat pitch there should be. Any clarification as to who makes the seats above or indeed that...

A particular problem that affects trains and track capacity is the speed with which trains can stop. The ability to stop questions quickly is governed by the maximum rail adhesion before wheelslip occurs and basically the train skids. More wheels and greater weight help, but the reality is...