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Reports suggest Woolfe was attacked by the UKIP defence spokesman Mike Hookem MEP. He then returned to the EU Parliament and collapsed shortly afterwards. Unconfirmed reports that Hookem is now on the run from the authorities. Whatever your views on UKIP, this is a really sad indication of the...

Just trying to work out the chronology of the Class 302/306/307 fleets on the Great Eastern Main Line post-war, as I'm a bit confused with it all, especially with the 302/307 fleet. Correct me if I'm wrong, but the 306s were effectively the Shenfield Metro fleet from new until the 315s came...

I was wondering what the 25/20mph speed restriction at Reedham is for. I presume it's for the swing bridge and the junction for the Berney Arms branch, but it seems to go on for a while longer in both directions. Is this due to old permanent way or the old signalling system? Closer to home...

The most obvious bottleneck must be the single track between Pudding Mill and Bow Church, but the service on this branch is only every 10 minutes, so presumably it's not a pressing problem. As the service on the DLR has increased, I've always felt that Canary Wharf might end up being a...

I have a good feeling what the answer to this question will be, but was any of the 1992 stock used on the Ongar branch for the short period of time it was open, or was it only 1962 stock (given the branch was closed about six months before the 1962 stock was finally withdrawn). Was any...

There appears to be some sort of speed restriction on the GEML for trains heading towards Diss, between Trowse Junction and the point where the line crosses over the Breckland Line. It's been there for quite some time, to the point that almost every MK3 set I've had in the last six months has...

Am I the only one who finds the female voice and tone of the automated announcements at this station rather irritating? An example from last weekend is "Update from the control room at Bank/Monument. The Central line is part suspended. No service between Bethnal Green and Marble Arch due to...

Back in January, I attempted one of the most insane trips ever, 24 consecutive hours of travelling around London. I succeeded in my goal, but swore to myself I'd never do it again... ...until now. With my degree effectively finished, I feel the need to do it again. Once again, I'll be leaving...

I'm just wondering if there are any Southeastern services that use 375s which stop within the Oyster PAYG area, other than of course the London zone 1 termini. I'm fairly sure I saw a 375 call at Lewisham once, but I can't be certain.

I wonder if Mladic will live long enough to be convicted as well, given he was in very poor health when he was captured. Either way, it's nice to see a bit of closure for the Balkans War. Hard to believe it was only 20 years or so ago.

I love being British sometimes. :lol::D

During the recent weekend engineering works for Crossrail works on the suburban end of the GEML, Abellio Greater Anglia have been running an earlier first service of the day on Saturdays from Ipswich, using a 321. The usual first service of the day towards London is at 05:43 (90/Mk3). Anyone...

Is there any official reason for there not being any next train indicators at the stations along this stretch of line? It's particularly annoying as the service pattern is (by tube standards) fairly infrequent, with a train every 8-12 minutes.

I note that Abellio Greater Anglia have installed realtime information screens on their 153 fleet. These are fitted at the "new cab" end of the 153s, at the end of the seating section. Mind you, the one I caught on Saturday morning on a Felixstowe to Ipswich service was convinced the train was...

I travelled on two 317s last weekend, a 317/6 between Tottenham Hale and Liverpool Street on Saturday, and repainted 317503 between Stratford and Tottenham yesterday. I couldn't believe how ancient the latter's interior was, what with the garish interior finish, unusual opening windows, first...

It seems that Norwich has all of its timetabled departures concentrated in the second half of an hour. It seems to go like something like this xx:30 "fast" train to London Liverpool Street (stopping at Diss, Ipswich, Manningtree, and Colchester) xx:36 to Great Yarmouth xx:40 to Cambridge xx:45...

The 312s were built in the mid-1970s, and indeed some of the units may have entered service after the final 313 units were built. With that in mind, I was wondering why the 312s were built as slam-door stock? Was it just that a 90mph EMU design was needed, and with the PEP stock still in...

http://www.standard.co.uk/news/transport/tfl-to-take-command-of-londons-entire-suburban-rail-network-a3161586.html Wow. I was expecting Southeastern to eventually give their suburban network up to London Overground, I wasn't expecting SWT and GTR to be part of any deal though. Discuss.

I noticed on Friday morning that Freightliner's 90043 has had a repaint into Powerhaul livery. It was one of their 90s that was still in the old Trainload grey livery, as it was when I last saw it in May. Does this mean that Freightliner are now without any locos in grey, or is there still a...

Last year, I posted plans for an insane trip where, taking advantage of the new Night Tube, I would attempt to do 24 straight hours of traveling around London during the first or second weekend in December. As I've wanted to experience the night bus network as well, this sounded perfectly...