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Hi. I can’t find a thread on this. Does anybody know why the speed limit at South Croydon has not been fixed overnight? It was there 2 days ago and as it is on the TL routes, is infecting the rest of the network very easily. Bearing in mind how timetable sensitive this route is, I would have...

Hi. My sister is heading down with my niece for her first ever trip to London today and is at Meols Cop station awaiting the 9.10 to Wigan. The train info board is not showing the train at all even though national rail says it exists and that is the time train we have booked the ticket for...

When at City Thameslink I always notice how it is a u shape, with a gradient rising in either direction from the lowest point on the platform. Are there any other stations with a prominent ‘u’ like this?

What on earth are Chiltern playing at with the state of the gate lines at Marylebone and Moor Street? At Moor Street there are just not enough. No where near enough. It must be the worst station in the UK for the time it takes to get through. It is a terminus station and needs about double the...

I am on a train at city thameslink that is currently delayed by 15 mins because of a train at Blackfriars that is stuck because nobody can find a ‘relief driver’. They don’t swap drivers at Blackfriars in the middle of the evening peak as standard do they?

Moderator note: split from https://www.railforums.co.uk/threads/the-gamechanger-solution-to-the-problem-of-leaves-on-the-line.246960/ An interesting point on the environmental front is that I learned recently that reeds soak up more carbon than the equivalent area of Amazon rain forest. I...

Farringdon Thameslink southbound has a 5mph on it today because of a broken rail. I am sure I recall other fairly recent broken rail incidents in the core. Is that right and if so, surely this is a bit odd considering the overall incidence of broken rails on the network?

The fares booking engines seem to be getting more bonkers by the day, as well as completely unusable because of the amount of disruption. What is this though? I have seen Advance fares prices ridiculously close to the flexible fare, which is blatantly out of order. Pricing at above the...

I tried to book a return off peak London to Kendal for this Thursday to Sunday earlier. However and wherever I try and do it, it is impossible. On the Avanti site it offers the right fare but then won’t book it because it can’t make a seat reservation. That is not right is it, as it is not an...

I need to travel to from London to Windermere on Thursday for my Dad’s 80th. How are the London - Glasgow services getting on today so far? I am assuming my only work around is London to Crewe, Crewe to Manchester, Manchester to Windermere with alternative operators?

Does anybody know what is the state of the Victorian viaducts on the route, especially between Marsden and Huddersfield? It is obviously now planned to keep them for both TRU and NPR. There are quite a few of them, they are big (impressed me since I was a child) and they are coming up to 175...

I think TfN risk being completely taken for a ride here. They must realise TRU and NPR need aligning to become the same thing. If I were them I would regroup and then try for the following, Manchester Picc HS2 station above ground becomes a super modest addition to an already grand station. A...

I have noticed an increasing trend for escalators that are exposed to the elements. Paddington Crossrail is an example. I had previously thought, obviously incorrectly, that escalators need to be ‘inside’. That is obviously incorrect as there are escalators outside in non-railway settings...

Finding it hard to work out if there is left luggage and secure bike storage at Glasgow Queen Street. Would appreciate any info! Thanks

Yesterday I booked a London to Glasgow service for 30th April, via Edinburgh due to the WCML blockades. The service I wanted to book didn’t have a bike space, but by the time I had found that out because of the absolutely stupid procedure where you have to book a ticket then ask if there is a...

Sorry, I would normally trust my own work on this but I have to get this one right and so would appreciate the forum’s advice. Travelling to Glasgow from London with bike for a weeks cycling holiday on the 30th. WCML seems to be down. Thinking options are, Travel Fri to Southport, stay with...

How did Northern Civitys end up with such a naff front end? It has been bothering me since they were introduced. They looks ridiculous. Yet looking at the rest of the ‘family’ in Europe they seem to have very decent and similar designs. On the basis it is surely more costly to change a...

NR always say in their press releases that there is never a good time…but Easter (Christmas) etc are always the quietest time. I have never really believed that for long distance services. I have had to travel a LOT from south to north at Easter and Christmas, have often been screwed by...

Spotted (and had to use this) on a platform in Barcelona. Interesting solution, allowing passengers to alight so no need to move through the train but preventing boarding. Perhaps not to bad from a safety perspective as most people will have cleared the section by the time the train pulls away.

Some posts split from this thread… I do think going on strike at weekends just as British people finally get to emerge from a really yuck 2 years and hopefully have a bit of fun shows the sort of ‘solidarity’ railway workers seem to love, or at least their unions do and their members don’t pull...