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    Trivia: Stations that have a road bridge going over the platform(s).

    Trowbridge Ealing Broadway
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    Railway magazines

    The Railway Magazine are currently putting all of their back issues into a digital Richie which readers can subscribe to.
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    Stations with tunnels next to them.

    Bradford on Avon has a tunnel at the end of the platform. The closed station at Box was very close to its tunnel namesake
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    BBC: Eurostar train hits a boar in Northern France

    Pigs in France, cows in England: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cambridgeshire-37536771
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    "66152" in Tate Modern

    Turner Prize time again, this year with a train. https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2016/sep/26/runners-but-no-riders-turner-prize-show-train-josephine-pryde-bum
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    Where can I find old tube stock?

    Woolwich UTC has a C stock car in use as a classroom. An office next to Aldgate East station has the cab of a C stock car in the reception area. Buckinghamshire Railway Centre has a preserved set of stock.
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    Raised platforms at Euston

    Provides level access for wheelchair users to the wheelchair bays
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    Class 321 at Northfleet

    It is former London buses DMS1515 converted as described in other posts. It is owned by London Bus Company, the owner of which is also the owner of the Epping Ongar Railway. It is used as a promotional vehicle for the railway and also turns up at other places, for example at the opening of...
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    Map of the National Rail Network.

    GWR have done a double sided map. One side shows their network, the reverse has the whole UK network. Last one was August 2015, but they still show up in racks
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    Trivia: What are the UK's most awkward stations? (infrequent services)

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    TOPS Requests (including headcodes, allocations, traction, etc) [Instructions in Post 2]

    What worked the following freights on 25/8 please? 0604 Crewe Bas Hall S.S.M. to Felixstowe North F.L.T. 4M21 0310 Felixstowe North Gbrf to Trafford Pk Euro Tml Gbrf 0051 Coatbridge F.L.T. to Daventry Int Rft Recep Fl Thank you
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    TOPS Requests (including headcodes, allocations, traction, etc) [Instructions in Post 2]

    Thanks, is 4L97 the one booked to leave at 05:01?
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    TOPS Requests (including headcodes, allocations, traction, etc) [Instructions in Post 2]

    Anybody know what Freightliner's 70011 and 70014 are doing on 11/8? TIA
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    BBC Trainspotting Live

    Sighted at Swindon, according to Thomas: 59207 and a 155. Really?
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    Using NX for a "Local" journey.

    Never used them myself, but National Express offer journeys between Heathrow and London Victoria and vice versa. At one time there were dedicated LT Airbus services between the airport and central London. These passed to London Umited on privatisation who sold them to National Express. The...
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    Can a car beat the sleeper to its destination?

    Are the sleeper trains not dliberately given slow times so that passengers arrive at the terminal at a civilised hour rather than in the middle of the night? The idea being most want to use the train for a decent night's sleep.
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    Oyster or Travelcard for a London day bash?

    Railcard discounts are not valid on Travelcards until 09:30 when off peak prices start. Hayes and Harlington to Heathrow is outside of Oyster and Travelcard zone at all times. Remember that contactless credit / debit cards act in the same way as Oyster and cap at the relevant limit.
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    If Glastonbury moves to Longleat, can local stations cope?

    Westbury is the obvious choice for bus shuttles to Longleat. Three long platforms, plus sidings for stabling stock. Frome is single track, Dilton Marsh has a very short platform ( so short that it would not be built if it were a new station today). Warminster has a crossover south of the...
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    Brentford Branch potential re-opening

    There are a lot of large employers along this stretch of the Great West Road, so potentially lots of traffic in the peaks at least. Syon Lane station currently has a lot of commuters getting off in the morning and getting on in the evening.
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