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ECML was shut in the St Neots area c. 1605-1700 due to a trespass incident with consequential delays. For clarification I was not caught up in this - merely noticed a queue of stationary trains on Railcam track diagrams and could see that there would be an impact on subsequent journeys ex Kings...

Is there anywhere online which shows a tabulation of recent poor timekeeping performance by section of route? I'd be interested to see if the section through Manchester Piccadilly (Pl 13/14) and Manchester Oxford Road is the worst as quite often trains seem to require around 10 minutes more than...

Do any mainland European countries still sell national or regional timetables in book format?

A quick look at Railcam track diagrams at 1445 currently shows only 1 train in Kings Cross and inbound trains progressing nose to tail all utilising the Hertford loop.

The "SOS Messages" which used to be transmitted on the radio. I can't remember the format completely verbatim but it was along the lines of: "Here is an SOS message. Would Mr Anthony Ponsonby believed to be touring in the Basingstoke area please contact his brother Mr Ernest Ponsonby regarding...

Parameters are as follows. Excludes London Underground, Trams/Light Rail or stretches principally enabling stock to enter/leave service from/to depots/stabling points. Physically has to be only two tracks in operational use. Any hour of the week can be picked even if highest number of trains per...

I'll offer up a couple for starters. "Full and standing" and "as booked".

At one time convention seemed to dictate that Guard/Driver communication on diesel units took the form of buzzers whilst electric units had bells. What is the situation on units currently in service where there is still provision for Guard operation as opposed to DOO?

Source: https://www.nationalrail.co.uk/status-and-disruptions/ Have there been any other locations so far where rail operations have been impacted?

Criteria: i) Excluding London Underground but including Overground and Elizabeth Line; ii) The frequency must be sustained for at least the 10am to 3pm time period; iii) Each journey should have the same stopping pattern; iv) The service must be from Terminal 'A' to Terminal 'B' and whilst it is...

Wondering if the Stourbridge Town-Stourbridge Junction operation scores the highest or if any other "shuttle" type service achieves a better total of single journeys in a day's operation?

Which journey currently has the longest amount of scheduled standing time at an intermediate station?

Disruption currently between Oxenholme and Carlisle due to a derailed freight train. Anyone know which is the train which has become derailed? Information originally noted from https://www.nationalrail.co.uk/service-disruptions/oxenholme-20240529/

An interesting illustration of why forum admins are right to get a bit jumpy if a post maligns a company or its representatives without compelling justification. From "Daily Record" online article dated 5 May 2024 by Norman Silvester Link: Billionaire McGill's bus tycoons bankrupt blogger over...

1A87 the 1559 ex Bradford Interchange-Kings Cross coasted to a stand at St Neots this evening at 1811, where passengers were detrained at some point, with fire service attending due to smoke coming from 180114. Is this likely to be "just one of these things"? Or is there a possibility of too...

Rather like taxes and the poor there is a sense that recurring significant unreliability of Thameslink will always be with us. Trains are currently being delayed by c.30 minutes northbound in the Blackfriars area due to signalling fault. Meanwhile a number of real-time information system...

National Rail flagging up weather related disruption affecting 3rd rail and stopping the job between Brockenhurst and Lymington Pier and also between Weymouth and Bournemouth. Normally weather issues affecting the 3rd rail have an ice connotation but presumably something different this morning...

Manchester Airport and Manchester Piccadilly.

I don't expect that this will happen very often due to limited spare resources in the right place at the right time. However do any of the TOCs ever inject an additional train in on the time of a severely delayed train at an intermediate point of the journey with both the "on time" duplicate and...

In many cases the Real Time Trains website for LNER trains into Kings Cross shows for each specific train, at the foot of the timing information, which next journey the set is booked to form. This can sometimes be a quick and useful means of confirming if late running of incoming services is...