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Hi all. Please could someone knowledgeable help me in my endeavours to properly pronounce Shepreth? Is it SHEP-wreth or SHEE-pruth? Or possibly even she-PRETH, or shee-preeth? Many thanks, -backontrack

Hi all. Just throwing ideas around I know, but it's pretty clear that the partial reopening of the Waverley Route has had a great effect on the Borders region. I wonder if that could be replicated in England in Lincolnshire. So here's the germ of an idea for a new railway. Lincolnshire's...

This is a debate that has been opened up recently with Julie Walters' new programme as well as Series 9 of Great British Railway - and I'd be interested to know people's views.

(Or, How I Learned To Stop Worrying And Love Crayons) Coldplay famously sang that they were just guessing at numbers and figures. Well, this thread is about pulling the science apart. And, yes, nobody said it was easy. We're going back to the start. Welcome to Britain. A small island of the...

Back in 2014 there was a thread when people used the forum search function to see which stations did not get many mentions on the forum. The criteria involved using the 'advanced search' option to discount the Quiz section, which contains many station-themed puzzles and games so would alter the...

I would probably argue that the Levenmouth Line has the best business case - extant track, a service to extend, population to serve...ticks all the boxes. Something like, say, Aberystwyth to Cardigan, does not have such a good business case.

The real crunch poll. If anyone's asking about the 180s, they're in with the DMU poll.

Hmm. Mine might well be the Class 444. I don't get all the gushing over the piggies as I've never actually been on a 442!

Mine might well be the 333. Or the 380. My plan is to use the answers from this poll, the DMU poll, a DC-EMU poll, and a high-speed poll to create a definitive vote to find the forum's favourite train on the UK network.

I think mine might be the Adelante...

This subject sort of sprung up on the Express Motors thread, but I didn't want to drag that discussion off-topic so I created a new one here. The demise of Express Motors could bring around an end to the X1 bus, which competed with the trains between Llandudno, Deganwy, Llandudno Junction...

What's to be done with the line between Goole and Knottingley? Should it be shut for good, given a new lease of line, or just simply left to moulder as normal? Suggestions on a postcard please.

In this section you'll find some guides to travelling around some towns, cities and areas by bus, containing information about routes and operators. This is an ongoing project and still very much under construction - feel free to contribute a guide if you'd like - not that you'd have to! THE...

The only railway station in Lincolnshire with a better-than occasional InterCity service is Grantham (Lincoln's is set to improve by the sounds of things, but only to London). Besides the routes from other towns into Doncaster, Sheffield, Manchester, Nottingham or Leicester, only Grantham has...

We all need to laugh a bit in this day and age, so, who makes you laugh? You can share favourite 'bits' here; standup, clips from panel shows, sitcom snippets, whatever tickles your funnybone. One of the best comedians today is Eddie Izzard. Here is his fantastic Death Star Canteen sketch...

There didn't seem to be a thread for the events that have unfolded in Catalonia. Until now. On 1 October, Catalonia held a referendum on the issue of independence from Spain. The region's largest city is Barçelona. Catalonia has its own proud culture and identity, and the independence debate...

Supposing you had the ability to reopen fifteen railway routes in the UK. Which would you choose? Here are mine: 1) Workington-Darlington via Keswick, Penrith, Kirkby Stephen and Barnard Castle 2) York to Beverley via Stamford Bridge, Pocklington and Market Weighton 3) The Callander and...

If all the proposed closures go ahead, the following stations will be closed: ENNISCORTHY WEXFORD O'HANRAHAN ROSSLARE STRAND ROSSLARE EUROPORT CARRICK-ON-SUIR CLONMEL CAHIR TIPPERARY BALLYBROPHY JUNCTION ROSCREA CLOUGHJORDAN NENAGH BIRDHILL CASTLECONNELL GORT ARDRAHAN CRAUGHWELL It...

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-highlands-islands-41056593

...just curious...