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Potentially getting very off topic for the current Kings Cross layout changes thread now. AIUI the route was to be from a new dedicated Kings Cross airport station on the goods yards north of the canal roughly where the recent major developments are, with the route passing over the 4 track...

Saw this earlier, via “skyscrapercity”... Network Rail have stated their intention to close two AHBC crossings on the Durham coast line, and replace them with full barriers, however South Tyneside have proposed complete closure and a single road bridge and local road changes instead. (There...

Moderator note: Split from https://www.railforums.co.uk/threads/introduction-of-york-to-scarborough-northern-service.199847/ The EMR St Pancras services won’t be running in 2021 onwards though, so you’ll not have that after this year...

As many will know from the thread in general discussion, trains in the Southampton direction cannot call at Eastleigh due to temporary track limitations. An option shown on the NRES service changes webpage for travel to the west of Southampton is to “circulate via Winchester”. As far as I can...

Moderator note: split from https://www.railforums.co.uk/threads/tpe-newcastle-to-edinburgh.152309/page-3#post-4168005 That doesn’t mean it can’t ever be changed. Once the Edinburgh service settles down I don’t see why some further calls can’t be added if properly negotiated. I see they...

Local media reporting that Oyster PAYG will finally reach Epsom by March. Goes on to report the usual stuff about zone 6 should have been extended, with a resultant fares cut. I suspect that has always been one of the main reasons for the delay, the wrong question was being asked. Now that...

in the current thread about Farringdon in the general discussion section this post: ...reveals that NRES season ticket calculator shows London Bridge is covered by a St Albans City to London Terminals season. This goes against nearly all previous discussions in these forums, so is it an error...

I’ve checked for evidence of this before without it ever happening, but the Lymington flyer seems booked for an EMU all week from the December timetable change date. ECS from Bournemouth every day, no sign of any ECS DMU paths from Salisbury. Another 158 to be used on a more appropriate...

Just received my next 3 year Senior Railcard, about 3 weeks before the current one runs out. Am I likely to run into any difficulties using the new one straight away, or should I play it safe and carry both for the overlapping period?

Following a post of just the front cover in the ECML franchise thread, I thought some people might be interested in the whole brochure, describing the LNER Silver Jubilee service: Silver Jubilee service:

Copied from the Heathrow Express website: https://www.heathrowexpress.com/news/corporate-news-pr/2018/05/01/important-changes-to-heathrow-express-tickets-from-2-may-2018 Also, to put to bed the questions a few weeks back about free inter-terminal travel with barriers in place:

London Thameslink fares to be available from the GN and from the South, at long last: Note at least one glaring inconsistency. Tickets marked Great Northern only are also valid on Thameslink, but meanwhile in the south validity is kept separate. Weird.

Tyne Wear Metro fleet replacement funding confirmed in budget today, at £337 million.

Does anyone remember a few years ago there was a chap who posted regularly in various forums and the uk.railway usenet group about a proposed high speed ring network, and he also sometimes referred to it as a 'thorn shaped' network. Michael Bell I think it was? Seems he's still going on...

The HS2 hub station at Toton is being provided as a regional hub and a parkway for outbound HS2 passengers from the East Midlands, so once it is up and running will it really just be called "Toton", or will it be given some more appropriate name to signify its overall function, which includes...

Within the overall announcement about the Southwestern franchise, First Group mention working with stakeholders to introduce new stations at Wilton, Merrow and Park Barn. Wilton (Parkway) I was already aware of - although it is on the Westbury line rather than the West of England line - but I'd...

There has been a further update, published September 2016, to the enhancements milestones document here: http://www.networkrail.co.uk/Enhancements-Delivery-Plan-Sept-2016.pdf Am just looking through it, many projects have not been updated since January or March, but a few have further...

I thought I'd start a new thread rather than continue to clutter up the Fawley refinery last train discussion. There'd been a couple of questions about Eastleigh station, that then led off at a bit if a tangent to the state of the remaining identical swing bridge at Brockenhurst: Not...

Anyone who has used Fareham in the last couple of months will have noticed the older footbridge at the south end of the station is currently out of use, allegedly 'for safety reasons'. All passengers heading for P1, (the up platform) now have to use the access for all footbridge and lifts...

Every now and again people ask if there are any figures available for ticketless travel, so I thought I'd provide a link to a recent survey done for the SWT area, it has been published with the new franchise ITT supporting info: All fairly predictable? Reading and Windsor being the longest...