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A post in Feb 2015 reported the 'successful trial' of an aggregate flow from the Dungeness branch at Lydd to Cliffe Brett Marine. Since which....zilch. Why?

Two friends of mine wish to travel from Bekesbourne (Kent) to Oban, out on 26 Jun, returning on 3 to 4 July. 1) What is the best price and route? 2) Can the journey be broken in each direction, and how many times? 3) One has a senior railcard, the other is a US citizen. Are foreign...

The line between truth and fantasy is blurring, with Trump claiming non-existent massacres at Bowling Green and Sweden. Here is a chance to exercise your imagination with fake rail news! To start off: "Grayling proud as GTR achieves 99.99% reliability in latest results" "RMT chiefs pay...

Just been watching the excellent documentary 'India's Frontier Railways' on BBC4. When Nepal Railway's only loco ZDM 524 broke down they sacrificed a goat to it, and it seemed to work! I wonder how many goats would be needed to fix the current problems with the 73/9s? Must be worth a try...

It is reported that the Sheerness Steel works, which has been idle for several years, is about to be resurrected. At the same time the rail sidings have been removed, perhaps to allow for storage of imported cars. It seems a great pity that yet another rail connection to a significant industrial...

This report should be widely read. In its understated manner, it lays bare the extraordinary extent of management failure and under-resourcing at Network Rail. Forget the failure to manage new projects like electrification, the company apparently cannot even carry out routine essential...

This is probably a dumb question - if so, my apologies in advance! Do modern tramway systems operate in the same way as heavy rail, with signals and remote-controlled points, or do drivers control the points from the cab? Or what......? Thanks.

If it is not a military secret, I would like to know more about the narrow guage lines which criss-cross the shingle on the Lydd Ranges in Kent. I assume their main purpose is to transport targets and munitions across the difficult terrain, but I don't know if the system is still working, or has...

I noticed a gang of NR men carrying out some trackside work on the Dungeness branch today (Sunday), near Lydd. I was a little bemused to see that they had a look-out posted, despite the fact that the branch was totally devoid of traffic, and presumably will remain so for several days before the...

There are clearly many arguments for and against the building of a hub airport in the Thames Estuary, and I do not want to air them here. Rather, I would like to know members' views on the practicalities of rail links to such an airport in the event of it ever being built. I would like to...

Can anyone tell me where the new aggregates trains from Lydd, Kent will be going to? I have heard a rumour that it is Ridham Dock, Sittingbourne, but the track there has been out of use for a long time and is in very poor condition. When is this flow due to start and will it be DB 66's as usual...

I saw a reference in a local paper to a rail tour which will visit Grain (Kent) this summer, but I can't find any details. Can anyone help? Many thanks Fergus

Lydd Airport has recently obtained permission to lengthen its runway and build a new terminal building. At the moment it has no commercial passenger traffic, but its promoters want to see regular flights involving 737-sized aircraft. There is considerable doubt as to the viability of these...

I have just read in Rail magazine that Class 70s have been cleared to operate to Thamesport. Does anyone know if and when these locos make an appearance at Grain? Fergus

I saw 59201 in frest DB red livery today at Grain heading a train of loaded bogy waggons carrying crushed stone towards Hoo Junction. Can anyone tell me the destination of such trains? Also today a DRS 66 at Thamesport. Presumable on hire to FL? Which destinations do intermodals serve...

I would like to travel from Ashford International to Edinburgh on 18 Feb 2012, departing after 0900. I want to go via St Pancras and King's Cross and the ECML, but Trainline and the National Rail Enquiry site want to route me via Euston and Preston on the north-bound journey. I want to return...