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The allocations are usually viewable later on the night before. EMR have been operating 4 & 5 carriages on odd weekends recently so may be the same for this extra tomorrow.

Definitely still see a variety of 350s on the Stoke On Trent route. I guess the ultimate mixture (8 carriages) elsewhere though would be seeing the Eurovision branded one coupled to an old stickered London Midland with green seats.

Strange how the purple route misses out on boxing day and new year's day services. Regarding freight trains on boxing Day throughout the UK though, what about newspaper trains? Would there have been newspapers on boxing day in years gone by and were they delivered by rail like on normal days...

Back in the 80s and possibly 70s, Sheffield operated Christmas day bus services. I was too young to remember the exact details but in recent years I did track down the timetables for Christmas 1985 I think. Back then, Sheffield had an extensive night bus network but I've no details if these ever...

Thanks for the link above. Looks great as a departure board view with horizontal scrolling destination places, until it speeds up!

Love the train allocation graphics this year. I look forward to seeing this train and route details each year. Been keeping an eye on real time trains the past week waiting for this to appear! Currently showing as being at platform - North Pole. I've only just noticed at all the stations (I...

Just noticed the times and route listed for this year's Christmas special on Real Time Trains: https://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/service/gb-nr:S73184/2023-12-24/detailed

Real Time Trains shows it as cancelled due to train operators request. The train was still there in platform 3 when I left after 5pm.

Having travelled through Ardwick station many times I've often wondered how the current bridge is still standing and safe to use with all the rust. I'm curious to know now that Ardwick is getting a new bridge, will any of the other Northern stations with bridge issues get a new bridge e.g...

Welcome to the forum I'm also interested in asbestos on the UK railway strangely enough. I can recommend trying the 'what do they know ' website as there are quite a few asbestos survey reports requested via freedom of information act. Definitely one on there for Crewe station.

Good question. I've often wondered about ticket checking policies. I have a smart card season ticket with separate photocard, traveling 5 days a week. 4 carriage train, not even half full. Varied range of experiences as below, photocard always shown with smartcard: 1. No sight or sound (no...

What were the shifts and opening times for small station booking offices in the 70s and 80s compared to current shifts and opening times please? By small station, think 2 platforms, current booking office opening times Monday to Saturday say 6am to 12pm mid-day, closed Sundays. Station served...

It's rare to see freight wagons that are graffiti free never mind dirt which is an added extra. Only last week I saw a Freightliner train with maybe a dozen hoppers, all had large colourful graffiti on. Some of them had the large Freightliner name completely covered. Some looked like the...

I wasn't aware the stations close so early on strike days. Does Crewe reopen after a few hours for the Caledonian Sleeper? At Crewe this morning there were quite a few waiting for the TFW to Manchester about 7:30am. Obviously nowhere near as many as a normal day though.

So I take it they have to dig some sort of temporary access tunnel under the live tracks for piping cement? Or, is there any form of under track access already there? I've not been through Dore for a few years.

I'm not quite sure how the EMR weekly visit would work or be worthwhile really. Kidsgrove for example is currently single staffed 6 mornings per week but is changing to the weekly visit system. What happens in winter if station platforms need gritting but the weekly visit isn't until say 5...

So far this week I've only had 1 announcement onboard which 'advertised' first class is free to use with standard class tickets. Mainly been on 350/2s this week so far with first class doors locked open. All first class signs still around. However, the refurbished train below didn't have first...

Here's a 350/2 on the last weekday in service before first class goes. The doors are locked open but still says first class. The first class seat headcovers haven't been around all week. Still says first class on the exterior windows.

Ah and I was looking forward to gbr and all the station signs being in rail alphabet 2.

Ah so that's why it was 25 minutes late at Kidsgrove then. I was waiting to video it. When it did pass through though it was a lovely sight. Surprised how few passengers were on though at this point.