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Should reducing or lengthening the train for capacity reasons at a mid point really be considered the same as splitting/joining in the sense of the original question? It’s not quite the same in terms of journey planning or timetabling.

That would just cause yet more duplication. There already is a live thread for the 387 to SN and 377 to SE, it’s in speculation though. Mod Post #1174 linked to it, I suppose to shift the 387 and 377 guesswork to a more appropriate place.

NLS old maps suggest a much greater coverage of the overall roof, hope this side by side view works: https://maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/side-by-side/#zoom=16.5&lat=54.89028&lon=-2.93251&layers=168&right=ESRIWorld There’s also a previous thread from 2014, a contributor there reckoned it was removed...

The public online sectional appendix for the last section, LN702 (still named Bedlington to Lynemouth “Alcan”) has a first entry of 0m 04ch at Bedlington North LC. Does that suggest a zero point at the platform? Then Ashington Junction (I think that’s the new crossover) is at 2m 62ch, and...

You’re right of course, but I guess many people will probably continue to post on the assumption that a lack of rolling stock is the only problem to solve.

It’s an unsignalled industrial siding from a relatively short distance beyond the current station. Will require full resignalling, perhaps some doubling if the passenger and freight services to Lynemouth need to completely avoid each other, additional S&C at Ashington to form a down loop...

It had been mentioned in this thread a week or so back, having appeared on X/Twitter, but I think the relevant posts have been moved to the new thread in the fares forum.

Yes, now I remember we had a thread a few years ago about historic BR, NSE, and early SWT timetables, and that had mentioned the specific services terminating at Wareham kept changing. I was thinking about the situation at or around the 2004 changes, at that time I think the 05/09/35/39 pattern...

1. I don’t remember it happening as it’s out of my area, but it was by late 2003 - when a number of other SRA inspired franchise specification changes occurred. 2. The route section between Cosham and Brighton was transferred to Southern in about 2007, and they introduced an hourly Southampton...

I think there should be more visibility of the problem and solution if RAIB actually investigated when there are real failures, such as on the Nine Elms Viaduct on the approach towards Waterloo. I’m sure streetview images of the ‘before’ condition of that stretch were fairly similar to the...

Only the initial 7 units were agreed by DfT to replace the HSTs, but they are now getting 12. But surely XC cannot fail to make visible capacity improvements with 12 units, given that they hardly ever used more than 2 or 3 HSTs, and their network is still smaller than it was a few years ago?

That’s exactly how it was explained in the track access application, so you‘re right. I quoted the relevant paragraph in post #80 last month.

This has been covered at length in the infrastructure forum, and we’ve been assured by posts, from those who seem to know, that it is all being changed except for the Newcastle to Sunderland route.

I knew that from the original thread. I was really only asking the general question; as an FAI takes place after criminal proceedings are completed, then like with an inquest does it get initially opened at the time of the incident and is it then adjourned until after the said criminal case?

You’re right, the first 6 are 10 x 20m platform lengths at Waterloo and couldn’t accept 12.450 or 10.444 if fast and slow were swapped, and they can’t be easily extended because the throat narrows and is on a tight curve. The flyover at Durnford Road would have to be completely rebuilt to work...

That will be to shuffle all the passengers who ignored the announcements and displays and got in the wrong unit…

There is a thread here, it’s also about ‘editing’: https://www.railforums.co.uk/threads/told-i%E2%80%99d-be-reported-but-details-not-taken.278199/

There was also a junction at Seaton Delaval, at the main road bridge just north of the station, it was mentioned in this thread back in 2022; post #499 and replies.

Yes, it’s a standard route learning service, been in the current weekday timetable since June. May well have run in previous timetable periods, it’s not easy to check.

I just checked their website and it isn’t on there yet. “All our trains have first class” is still the main takeaway, with 4 days left…