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Looks like everything's going wrong for Greater Anglia this morning. There's been problems with the overhead on the GEML between Norwich and Ipswich, a faulty level crossing at Attleborough causing havoc for Cambridge passengers, and now the Oulton Broad swing bridge has failed. :(

As of Monday 20th November, the Anglian Bus name is consigned to the history books, with all remaining services folded into KonectBus. The pvr for Anglian has dropped from about 95 to, no joke, 18 in the last three years, with more cuts coming when the 61 and 85 come off at the start of January...

The last few years have seen the growth of "alternative" news sites in opposition to the "biased MSM" (mainstream media), such as Breitbart and The Canary to name a couple. I was wondering what other members on here think of them. I have to say, having read some of the things on The Canary...

Do I hear the sound of a dam about to burst here?

I was reading up on the history of the DLR, and discovered that the system reused an old railway viaduct between Mudchute and Island Gardens between 1987 and 1999. When the Lewisham extension was built in the late 1990s, the original stations were demolished and the line sent underground...

Whilst having a poke around for photos of the disused Holborn branch this afternoon, I stumbled across this urbex website which has a number of reports detailing clandestine visits to parts of the Tube network, as well as other metro systems. Whilst what they're doing is clearly hideously...

Link to said document. Imagine being shy or on the autistic spectrum at this school. You simply wouldn't survive because Bazza Smith would destroy your self-worth. I am absolutely seething reading that document. Yes, there are problems with schools in Great Yarmouth but this is absolutely the...

This is probably going to be shot down within 30 seconds, but I was wondering, with scores of 317/319/321s coming off lease in the next few years with seemingly little chance of further service in this country, could some of the ROSCOs offer these sets to operators abroad, either as full trains...

Was this locomotive a depot pet, as from Flickr it seems to have only ever carried BR Blue during its career? It lasted in service until April 1999, and was eventually cut up at Booths in 2006. it seems unusual given pretty much all the other surviving 56s were painted in Loadhaul/Transrail/EWS...

I've used the Norwich-London service a number of times this month, and it seems that the cafe bar cannot take card payments at present. Do any of the Greater Anglia employees on here know anything about this?

Perhaps a bit of a daft thread, but have there ever been RHD (right hand drive) mobile cranes and/or roadsweepers in this country. I understand why roadsweepers would be LHD, given that they're used to sweep gutters at the side of the road, but I'm not sure why mobile cranes are LHD.

In all my years of catching trains between Lowestoft and Norwich, I don't think I have ever seen rolling stock going through the carriage wash at Crown Point. At what times during the day does it tend to be used, and does it involve a complex series of shunts, given it's at the end of a siding a...

In the next few weeks I am travelling to Edinburgh. Going up, I am booked on the 1300 service from Kings Cross to Waverley on Tuesday 13th June, returning on the 1100 on Saturday 17th June. How likely is it that I'll have a 43+MK3 formation, or a 91+MK4 formation on my journeys? Are they...

Apologies for hijacking the thread, but I was not aware the 92s were being upgraded. Is it mostly mechanical work which is being undertaken, or a proper full refurbishment?

It was bound to happen.

Bugger. 90 is a pretty good innings though. RIP Chuck.

Is there any indication or timetable for Royal Assent to be granted to the Hybrid Bill? I read somewhere that it was planned for the end of 2016, but it doesn't look like happening until early 2017 now.

Is there actually a single functioning political party in the UK bar the SNP at the moment? To be honest, the way things are going for the Tories, Labour, Lib Dems, UKIP and Greens, I can see there being a big realignment in the next decade, with new parties springing up.

The first episode has come and gone, your reactions people? I bet the bloke who bought that vase for £175 realises he got ripped off by a bunch of spivs. :lol: It's hard to pick out any favourites yet, but I kinda like Alana and Oliver, and "Big K" Karthik is totally awesome. Next week's...

Yup, old Jezza C is reshuffling his shadow cabinet once again. What's happened so far: - Diane Abbott is the new Shadow Home Secretary, replacing Andy Burnham who is concentrating on his bid to become the mayor of Greater Manchester. - Shami Chakrabarti is Shadow Attorney General - Rosie...