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Trains stopping where they are supposed to - at signals which are red or at danger, or wherever - is THE fundamental of railway safe working, to which every thing works - and pretty well every safety improvement has worked to support it: by improving the reliability of the right signal being at...

One of the questions that occurs to me, to which I haven't seen an answer, is when was the previous time a train had to stop at signal SY31? or received a caution (yellow or double yellow) at SY29R? Had it been earlier that day? How had it got on? (Perhaps the specific question is - had a...

There was a report in the American magazine Trains of a railfan in Erie, Pa. who had gone to the station to see the daily Amtrak train go through. And a couple of hours after the timetable said it would, it did. As he was wandering of the station guy - who knew him, and why he was there - called...

Ahh... "Journey": one of those terms that everyone thinks they know what it means: but then turns out to be used with several different meanings - that while all similar, are sufficiently different to cause problems if the one that is understood isn't the one that is meant...

It used to be the case that the the railway used to be seen as the 'reliable' form of transport - and in a number of closure cases, that without the railway, places might be cut off in bad conditions was an argument against closure. And the railway did its part in this - running the (or at least...

Yes, certainly for LPTB stock and LMSR and SR suburban emus, first class accommodation was reclassified as third (and in due course became second) - while I imagine that the same was true for GWR, LMSR and LNER hauled stock, I don't know: possibly, at least to some extent, the relevant vehicles...

By increasing passenger delay (if they don't make it) and aggravation (whether they do or not)...

One thought I've had is - at that time (1940s or before), to what extent would tickets have been bought in advance - even for such long journeys? The impression I have is that a high proportion - perhaps even most - would have been bought and issued at Euston, on day of travel. But I could be wrong.

Looking at the TimeTableWorld website 1944 Bradshaw (would not be very different in 1941) the options shown for London (Euston) - Inverness were the 1 0 aft, change ? via Glasgow (Central to Buchanan Street) for overnight to Inverness 5 30 mrn; or 7 20 aft through to Inverness (Sleeper for the...

My understanding is that - like any other retailer - TfL have no ability or right to write to a bankcard (unlike to an Oystercard, which is theirs) - what happens when one is tapped or scanned is that it read (so validity (as a bankcard) or blacklisting can be checked), a record made by TfL on...

Looking on Timetable World, the March 1944 Bradshaw shows a few trains with RC (Restaurant Car) note - the 10 0mrn or 1 0 aft to Glasgow or the 10 5mrn to Perth (I think that's all the day time Euston-Scotland services) are not among them. Nor is the 10 0 mrn from St Pancras (the Midland...

It's perhaps worth pointing out that the story of the stations in Villa Opicina isn't exactly simple. A very short summary: The original (SB) station, sometime Opicina Campagna, was opened in 1864, a few km from the town (or village) The Transalpina/kkStB line (from Trieste CM) was opened in...

Looking at Southern's Train Planning/Ticket Buying webpage it gives an Oyster/PAYG option (half the price of an ordinary single) - including when a 'Direct (no change)' (via Horsham when you check details) is chosen. And looking at the London Rail and Tube Map, it says that Oyster/PAYG 'is...

There is a difference between TfL (+Mayor & GLA) taking over resposibility for specifying services, fares and ticketing throughout Greater London for all services, whether run 'directly' or by TOC - which to my mind should definitely happen; and TfL actually taking over operational control, as...

My understanding is that the late '60s SR mu system - used on REPs, TCs, VEPs, etc - also included 73s and the PP variant of class 33; and (IIRC) that at one time there were trains from Salisbury and Southampton that combined at Basingstoke and continued to Waterloo VEP+TC+33. I think the only...

The Barrowmore Model Railway Group have at http://www.barrowmoremrg.co.uk/Prototype.html a lot of useful documents, including "BR LMR Guide to 4-position Train Identification System", dating I think from the introduction of the system, which explains things. But basically as you suppose: to...

Looking it up, a definition of gaming the system: In other words, it might be thought to be immoral or unfair conduct, but is not, strictly, considering the small print, unlawful or criminal conduct. And I suspect people's attitude to it is very dependent on their position. Without too much...

While fine in theory, the problem is perhaps that - at 10:11:33 - there are two trains at 10:14 (from platforms 2 & 9), hence two groups of stations - for these, and not knowing the station, are those indicated the platforms I should be working out how to get to and heading for? If I want...

I remember - back in the 1980s (communist days) - riding a Polish 'corridor' train through a corner of the USSR (i.e. passengers did not go through formalities to enter the USSR). But we did pick up an escort of Soviet border guards: apart from those on the loco, for the coaches there was a...

I have been in contact with Railmiles Support - in particular the London Bridge-Croydon issue, and they have given an explanation: as it is essentially a free spin off from their commercial product, under certain circumstances a simple A to B enquiry does not provide expected options (and whose...