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That's assuming they even have an identified owner? What happened to Rail Express Systems on privatisation; did it become part of EWS, or was it just closed down?

Cross Country serving Didcot Parkway, Poole, Brighton, & Liverpool.

Class 121's also worked on their own on the Henley on Thames branch. They were rostered to work it on Sundays in the Summer; there were no trains on the line on Sundays in the Winter. (During the week, it was 3 car 117's which were full in the rush hour with people standing in the Guard's van).

As an aside, so slightly off topic, I'm sure others of a certain age remember stations having those red, wall mounted, Nestle chocolate machines. The ones that often took your money, and then when you tried pull the tray out to get your mits on your bar of fruit & nut, duly jammed up with the...

This is a picture of Yeoford station showing the Yeo river bridge as part of the platforms. The picture is taken looking towards Barnstaple; although it looks like double track, it is operated as two single lines: Barnstaple/Crediton (-Exeter) on the right; Okehampton/Crediton on the left with...

According to "London's Lost Rivers" by Tom Bolton, the River Fleet, now the Fleet sewer & no longer visible, runs underneath Kings Cross station. It says the curved front of the Great Northern Hotel follows the line of the former river bank. The railway that we now call Thameslink, was built...

Of all the first generation DMU's I travelled on, which was probably about three quarters of the various classes, I seem to remember the 101's as having really uncomfortable seats; with a sort of backwards curve that meant the top of your spine was bent backwards in an unnatural way. Far worse...

Don't Chiltern also own the down platform at Princes Risborough?

Surely Iran wouldn't make the same mistake again?

1. DfT/Network Rail to resume electrification work to Oxford, with GWR 387's extended from Didcot once work complete. 2. Hourly service south from Worcester to Cheltenham & Swindon or Bristol. 3. Okehampton back as part of the national network with trains running to/from Exeter 7 days a week. 4...

My occasional trips on the line (3 or 4 times a year) support what others have said: new Axminster loop started out as RH running; then changed to LH running. However, on a recent out & back trip, we had RH running in the up direction only. No doubt some of the passengers had to cross the...

I've just got home by train from Sunday lunch at the Beer Engine. It wasn't you I spoke to briefly on the road overbridge at Newton St. Cyres, just before a sudden shower of rain, was it, Mr Cowley? Note two heads above the bridge parapet in the middle picture.....

We're just back home after an enjoyable three nights in Bradford. There's some rather splendid Victorian buildings in the city centre, including our hotel: The Midland right next to Forster Square station. It was also a good base for trips out by train - we went to Todmorden & Hebden Bridge one...

Plus, of course, British Rail never actually closed anything. The final decision was -and still is- the Transport Minister's.

Definitely have to second that! The sights all the way from the main line at St. Erth are pretty good, but the elevated view out of the train window of sea, cliffs, golden beaches, and then the town of St Ives & it's harbour getting closer and closer are magnificent. Don't forget to sit on the...

Why split at Maidenhead? I haven't added your railcard discount, but surely it would have been cheaper to buy a through Cheap Day Single from Marlow to Reading (£9.70), rather than Marlow to Maidenhead (£4.70) + Maidenhead to Reading (£6.90), total £11.60? That aside, I hope you enjoyed your...

There's also Acton Main Line (to distinguish from all the other Actons on London Overground & Underground). Getting back to Cambridge, it's odd that there's no direct English equivalent of the German word "Hauptbahnhof"; which removes all ambiguity when travelling in German-speaking lands.

I believe a line was planned by the (original) GWR alongside the River Thames to connect up the Henley & Marlow branches & create a through route. There was opposition from boating vested interests and the plan was quietly dropped.

The Paris RER (Regional Express Network) is like Crossrail in London: suburban trains from one side of the city, crossing through the central area, before running out through the suburbs on the other side. Some lines are operated by RATP (Paris Metro operator), some by SNCF (French Railways)...

I've not tried it myself, but I have noticed that some pubs seem to like to serve cask beer at a temperature I think is too cold, and you end up with your hands wrapped round the glass to try and warm it up a bit and liberate the flavours. I don't know if they do this to try and make the beer...