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My understanding is that National Highways (or whoever the relevant body is), will not allow re-opening the level crossing on the A5 between Oswestry-Gobowen, so any proposed rail service on that route will also require the cost of replacing it with a bridge. However, that might well be cheaper...

1715 Reading-Manchester appears to also have been P-coded all this week along with the 1744 Reading Newcastle. A 2 hour gap in Reading-Birmingham services in the middle of the evening peak, genius! Had to try and explain to a couple at Banbury with poor English why the 1831 train listed on...

Re: Equality Impact Assessment for the fares trial: DfT have now responded to one of the FOI requests asking for the Equality Impact Assessment for the fares trial. LNER responded to my (separate) FOI to let me know. Although DfT have confirmed an assessment did take place, they are refusing...

It seems that sometimes replacement buses are being used even though a through route would actually be available for diversion, because it's more operationally convenient for the TOC. E.g. this coming Sunday, the Chiltern line is shut Wembley-West Ruislip, but rather than diverting...

It's not unknown for TfL station staff to add the 'wrong' railcard discount onto an Oyster Card. (In my case, they added an 'NR Railcard' discount when they should have added a Disabled one, so my card got blocked and I had to spend a long time on the phone sorting it out). I don't know if the...

There are various reports on Facebook and Twitter that it was supposed to pick up some Chiltern staff at Banbury, instead of sailing straight through... e.g.: Chime Whistle Publishing (@ChimeWhistle) on X EDIT: Link added as requested:

According to reports, there was a fatality on the original planned route at Standish Jct, so the train was delayed and then diverted via the Cotswold line and Oxford instead of via Kemble. To make up some time, the planned steam haulage was ditched (so no need for water stops or servicing) and...

Don't forget between Haddenham and Bicester, 11 Jan 2024 https://www.railforums.co.uk/threads/major-landslide-between-haddenham-and-bicester-update-thread.260940/

This will be the first time they've travelled outside North America, and as slightly less tech-savvy folks, aren't as familiar with the fee-free options available with things like Revolut or mobile device payments, so will be simpler to just keep it to Oyster topped up by cash so they don't get...

Thanks. We'd rather they used Oyster as they don't want TfL putting lots of little charges on their card, each with a Foreign Exchange fee, much better if they can just top up once. It would be helpful if anyone with recent experience could please confirm whether Oyster Cards are available from...

Hi all, I know this should be in theory be an easy Google, but I'm struggling to find a definitive answer, especially from post-Elizabeth Line opening: I've got some friends visiting the UK for the first time, flying into Heathrow and staying near Paddington. I'm trying to give them appropriate...

GWR small prairie 4555, on hire for the season from Paignton & Dartmouth

Chinnor & Princes Risborough Railway is open on Sundays 10th/17th March, running from Platform 4 of Princes Risborough national rail station. https://www.chinnorrailway.co.uk/product.php?xProd=423 It may not be the longest or flashiest of lines, but I've always had a very warm welcome from the...

I came across this post earlier from Paralympian and prominent rail accessibility advocate Tanni Grey-Thompson on X/Twitter: https://x.com/Tanni_GT/status/1761104471738741132?s=20 Follow-up posts suggests that it was the ticket office at Kings Cross (so presumably staffed by LNER) and she...

It is unfortunate that the Irish railways use a different gauge. A through sleeper train London-West Midlands-Holyhead-(Train Ferry)-Dublin (drop a portion)-Belfast could be a good option for those who don't want to fly. It's doable by day train but the changes make it a bit of a slog...

A bit left field, but Denham. A few years back, the Down platform was moved from the outside of the track to between the two lines (where there were previously through lines). I don't know if passive provision was made to add another face on the opposite side of the island and reinstate a third...

Although I appreciate your distress and disappointment, unfortunately this issue is a regular one with railtours, and as others have said, more favourable T&Cs may well leave them unable to afford to run at all (or having to jack the price up even further to cover the risk). Having travelled...

LNER have now responded to an FOI request for the Equality Impact Assessment for the fare changes: https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/equality_impact_assessments_for_15 Basically, up to the DfT to carry out any Equality Impact Assessment (despite LNER trying to pretend that the DfT aren't...

Chiltern have suffered massive disruption over the last couple of days (Thursday evening/Friday morning screwed up by signalling power failure at Neasden, Friday night/Saturday morning by signalling failure between Leamington and Banbury). It therefore wouldn't be surprising if stock and crew...

Depending on what exactly you are after, there is (or at least was) part of a C Stock car in a building lobby in Aldgate. https://londonist.com/2016/04/why-is-there-a-tube-train-inside-an-office-in-aldgate If it's still there, it may be worth seeing whether the building owner would allow filming...