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(Carved out from another current thread about choosing the "safest" place to travel on a train)... Must be a few routes across the network. Some examples... Middlesbrough -> Whitby (Northern service, train reverses at Battersby Junction): Leeds -> Manchester Victoria via Calder Valley...

Anyone know anything about the history of the former Portfield Sidings, which, before disconnection, used to branch off the main coastal line between Chichester and Barnham (West Sussex). Was located about a mile and a quarter to the east of Chichester station.

Anyone got any more details of the Greater Manchester "Saver Seven" ticket product, which was introduced in the mid 1970s and available for quite a few years thereafter. It was a multi-modal type travel ticket, with availability on both buses within the Greater Manchester area and local trains...

Written by Scott Hellewell & Colin Reeve and published by Venture Publications in Glossop. Mentions that a further title in the series would cover the extensions to Rochdale, Ashton and East Didsbury. Did this ever get published? :?:

How's the GB rail network been coping so far with the impact of Storm "Christoph"? Understand that there's been some flooding of rail lines in the Chorley area (between Bolton and Preston) a little earlier and also at Wennington (between Giggleswick and Carnforth). Can't be the only locations...

Have these two Scottish coastal towns ever been rail linked (other than by looping all the way round to Paisley/Glasgow?)

Moderator note: split from https://www.railforums.co.uk/threads/no-smoking-seats.212898/ When were smoking carriages / compartments discontinued on the GB network? Used to hate boarding inter city trains only to find that the only free and still available seats were in (what I called) the...

Recently acquired a copy of "The End of the Woodhead Route: Electric Trains Stop Here" by Stephen Heginbotham (Amberley Publishing - 2020). The book talks about a sand-drag siding located near to Valehouse Signal Box and used for runaway trains coming down from Woodhead tunnel. Apparently...

Interesting re-run of the 2005 documentary on the Palma - Soller railway just been shown on Freeview channel 23 just now (CCXTV), the English language portion narrated by Leonard Pearcey. Also includes the tramway from Soller to Port de Soller. Link to film footage (initially Spanish language)...

Interesting little anecdote which appears in "Railways in and around Manchester and Stockport (The Modern Era)" (2018) by E.M. Johnson. (Book Law / Foxline). Mentions an occasion when the diesel hauled loco for the Boat Train to Manchester (from Harwich) failed at Sheffield Victoria and had to...

Anyone got (or remember) the conditions of this late 1970s BR ticket product? Vaguely remember it being available as a day return product from Manchester Victoria to Glasgow Central (or Edinburgh Waverley) and priced at about £4-50. Travelling on a Saturday meant having to be at Manchester...

Anyone able to post a "before and after" OS map and/or photos of the area surrounding Liverpool South Parkway station, which station opened in c. June 2006.

Anyone know anything about the history of the miniature railway at a property near Balcombe in West Sussex. (To the West of Wakehurst Place).

Anyone got any further info on the circumstances of the rail accident that occurred sometime in December 1958 on the CLC Liverpool to Manchester (Central) line. Location was approximately where the M60 motorway now crosses above the line, near the Urmston / Stretford border, in the Greater...

Too young to remember Stockport Tiviot Dale station. Where in the town centre was it located, exactly? Presumably the station site and/or connecting trackbed now part buried under the M60 motorway.

Is there a website where you can type in your postcode (or indeed that of anywhere else in the UK) and you can see what COVID-19 lockdown restrictions are currently in force? Fast losing track of the "rules" in my local area. :s

Quite interesting programme broadcast on Channel 4 tonight, in particular, the feature on the volunteers at Wemyss Bay station. Is it a re-run though? https://tv24.co.uk/p/scotlands-scenic-railways-season-1-zpkp0

Is there such a thing as "Blackpool Stations" as a ticketing destination (or origin) or do you always have to choose either Blackpool North or Blackpool South? :?:

Couple of letters received in the post today... First from TV Licensing claiming that my TV Licence (due for renewal end August) hasn't been paid. Second my bank statement for August showing that my cheque sent to TV Licensing in early August (together with their payment slip) was cashed on...

Tonight's reboot of the popular "All Creatures Great and Small" TV series on Channel 5 starts with the James Herriot character departing on a steam train for Yorkshire hauled by loco 3924 (?) from a supposed Scottish LMS station, possibly meant to be Glasgow. Anyone know where the scene was...