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I haven't done anything like this for many years - but now the opportunity presented itself. I realised that down the years I've somewhat neglected the Scarborough-Hull line. Yet it's a real survivor - and what's more it's a line with a lot of worthwhile places to visit. The Yorkshire Coast...

I grew up with BR blue. The late 1970s was a time of “standardisation” – yet looking back, the variety of locos and stock that visited Scarborough was positively exotic compared with today. Yet in fact, the writing was already on the wall. The older enthusiasts bemoaned that it was nothing...

In an accident at 2.30am, a train on the Saltsjöbanan local line in Stockholm barrelled through the buffers at the Salsjöbaden terminus and into an apartment building. It is believed the driver was a cleaner. She was the only person injured (seriously) in the crash. The train would have had...

I wonder what the fate will be for this oddity, which was withdrawn way back in 1996 and moved to to Brush Traction in Loughborough for use as a test bed for refurbished Class 56 power units, and renumbered from 56 009 to 56 201. I don't know when it was last used for this purpose? It's been...

I'd wanted to do this for some time, as it's an overnight service with an early departure and late arrival, allowing for maximum enjoyment of the journey. In this case, a Saturday departure meant an even later arrival at Copenhagen, 10.54 rather than 10.07 (presumably engineering works...

Hi - just puzzling on if I travel London Euston to Bushey (on a Saturday), is this covered by Oyster card/one day travelcard (zone 1-6) if travelling with London Midland's service (to Tring)? Not a route I have used before and I'm not sure of the situation with Oysters and travelcards on...

Old news (announced in November) but I just discovered this: that Veolia have taken over from SJ running the Malmö-Berlin spring-autumn night train. No problem, but sadly the trains seem to be composed solely of 6-berth couchettes. No proper sleeper berths. At £235 for a couchette compartment...

Both these stations are notorious for the once a week "ghost train" service. Both are in urban, well-populated areas and would surely attract passengers? Both have considerable support from "friends" groups, raising the above issue. Both stations are in good condition, and reading the...

Maybe I am missing something, but I don't seem to be able to find any Grand Central Services from London to York after the 07.48, or any Hull Trains services at all (London-Hull), on Saturday April 7 (Easter Saturday). Where are they? Thanks.

Anyone travelling at the last minute to a final destination for Christmas? How busy is/was your train? Anyone cutting it to the wire and taking THE last service to a destination until 27th?

Spotted at 11.15, just caught it before it departed.

I was quite surprised to learn that what were basically two class 11 English Electric shunters operating in Sweden from 1949. Both scrapped, as far as I know. http://www.flickr.com/photos/gronlund/3933915135

Am relatively new here, so apologies if this has been done before. Maybe it has, but I am curious as to your opinions. What do you think about closing the network for all of December 25 and in most parts for December 26? When I mention this to people in northern Europe, where I have lived...

Well, not quite... But I have noticed that the TPE relief services that operate a few times a day on summer Saturdays and Sundays between Scarborough and York only are not listed: - in the main TPE pocket timetable - on the printed departure boards at Scarborough (station by station)...