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What sections of the railway network are primarily (still) in place to service the UK nuclear industry? For example, the branch line from Saxmundham to just beyond Leiston (for Sizewell) and the Cumbrian Coast line to/from Sellafield.

Any examples of significant investment in GB railway infrastructure opened since the Second World War but now closed / largely redundant. For example... The "new" double track Woodhead Tunnel (Opened 1954, closed 1981). Waterloo International (Eurostar) platforms. (Opened 1994, closed 2007)...

This thread concerns companies (business concerns or even brand names) with parent companies that aren't generally known. For example... One Stop Stores, owned by Tesco. Pringles, owned by Kellogg's. Altrincham Retail Park, owned by the Crown Estate. Any others? Must be quite a few!

Without hopefully going too off topic, what train classes are currently in operation across the network, with NO toilet provision?

How many operational train sets are there on the Island Line (Isle of Wight)? And are they still using 80 year plus ex London Underground stock over there? Invariably there always seems to be some sort of service disruption on the Island Line, presumably the trains (and to a lesser extent, the...

What's the apparent routeing of the train in this jaunty 1959 British Transport Films piece? Seems to take in East Anglia first (Beccles Bank signal box, then Spooner Row) before eventually proceeding along, I think, the old Penrith -> Keswick line (?) with Lake District mountains in the...

Anyone know where the scenes at "Bigbury on Sea" station were actually taken. (11mins, 23 secs on film clip). Lead character 'Lovejoy' (played by Ian McShane) is seen arriving on a single carriage (Regional Railways?) 153 unit. https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x58y57l

By catenary, I'm meaning overhead electrical supply equipment rather than signalling arrays. Regularly scheduled direct train services, (but no changes en route). (Please quote mileage with suggestions).

Which train services to/from UK ferry terminals still attract (in normal circumstances) a decent amount of passenger traffic, and which, by contrast, are scarcely still worth running?

Looks like the Embsay and Bolton Abbey Steam Railway in Yorkshire are hopeful of restarting operations on Saturday 25th July 2020. https://www.embsayboltonabbeyrailway.org.uk Is it possible to actually pre-book tickets yet for services on or after this date? (Have tried to do so but the...

Any update on the extent of the track damage on the Fort William -> Mallaig line (between Glenfinnan and Lochailort) following the thunderstorms on Thursday which I believe will mean that the line will be out of use until mid July. Hear that the ballast under some 80 metres of track was washed...

Recently acquired a second hand copy of the above book from February 1996. Essentially, it's a collection of sixty or so articles that first appeared in the "Independent on Sunday" newspaper, which focus on the absurdities and various inconsistencies of the about-to-be-privatised rail industry...

Anyone got any further information as regards the circumstances regarding the death of railway worker Jonathan Pilling who was found crushed against the buffers at Manchester Oxford Road station on Tuesday 17th February 1891. There is a well-maintained gravestone at a church on Thorley Lane in...

Motorail services in the UK ended in the mid 1990s, if I rightly recall. In its final years, what routes were still available, and how much did it typically cost on an Anglo-Scottish run to convey the vehicle, the driver and additional passengers (if any)?

See that the BBC News Channel have just now been running an interview with Greater Manchester mayor Andy Burnham discussing, amongst other things, the ongoing operation of the Manchester Metrolink system. This was accompanied by library footage of the old T68 green and white tram units...

Was there ever a short goods siding branching off the CLC Liverpool Central -> Manchester Central railway line (at a point just East of Trafford Park station) into what is now the Longford Trading Estate / what was the Stretford Gas Works site? If so, what was the branch/siding used for, and...

Since the Manchester Metrolink system introduced a zonal pricing structure 12 months ago, is through ticketing still available from stations on the National Rail network to Manchester Metrolink destinations, and is there any practical difference when booking same if travelling from (i) rail...

Was this 2014 (?) book ever actually published?

Is there any ticketing easement / acceptance allowing travel via and/or break of journey at Llandudno on an off peak return Manchester Stations to Bangor (Gwynedd) ticket? Or would additional ticket(s) be required from Llandudno Junction to/from Llandudno?

Anyone know where the railway viaduct is that appears in the opening credits of BBC North West Tonight (regional news programme)? Similarly after the ITV regional news programme for the North West, there's often a clip of a TPE (?) train whizzing through the countryside. Anyone know where that...