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HK MTR Derails Tsuen Wan line train towards Central derailed at Yau Ma Tei station on Sunday morning HK time causing the train to strike the platform edge and ripped of several sets of doors. Some passengers were evacuated via the station, some via the rear of the train back up to Mong Kok...

Sad to say that after around 30 years of sterling service my old BR 'Express' branded Parker pen eventually needs a refuelling. I honestly cannot remember when or where I bought this pen but it is one of the best writing implements I've ever used. I'm sure it will work just as well with a new...

Flew back from Hong Kong to UK the other day on CX251 and now Cathay seem to no longer be flying over Russia on some (all ??) European routes meaning a longer flight. Not that they're flying that many flight these days of course but that's another story. CX 271 to Amsterdam also affected today...

I'll be likely travelling from either Guildford or Woking to Bexleyheath on Monday 23, probably early or mid afternoon. This is a single journey only, no return needed. Looking online there is a single ticket via Waterloo at about 14.10 or 16.50 via Waterloo / Waterloo East. Looking at the...

Are there any extras or specials or anything out of the ordinary to and from the North-West of England and London for the game at Wembley at 2pm on Sunday.? I guess as it is a Sunday there may be engineering works to hamper the flow of the supporters but at least the timing of the game is not...

I guess the escalator won that one. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i0WmZRVsBSM I seriously don't know what to say about the woman trying that in a wheelchair, at least she wasn't badly hurt it seems. Silly, very silly.

I'm sure we have had one of these before but what the heck.. Following on from the Reminiscences thread, this picture made me drool with joy at the names from the past. A 'Texan' was my choccy of choice and could easily chew on one for a loooooong time. Many are still around of course but...

For no reason I can think of, I was looking at the Bradshaws 1922 timetable and thought it would be fun to list all the stations on the ECML from Edinburgh Waverley to KingsCross Edinburgh Waverley Abbeyhill Piershill Portobello Joppa New Hailes Inveresk Prestonpans for...

Don't know why but this story from the local news here just made me laugh. Maybe it is the way it is worded - forged watermelons. Source: http://www.rthk.org.hk/rthk/news/elocal/news.htm?elocal&20111009&56&789663 It seems that there is no end to the temerity of some people, they will try to...

Not sure where to put this thread so stuck it here, if needed please move elsewhere if appropriate. Anyway saw this on Railway Eye recently and thought I'd just pass it on.The top 1000 websites viewed by DfT (central) staff for the first 5 months of this year...

http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2011-07/23/content_12969095.htm Train was from Hangzhou to Wenzhou and 2 of the coaches came off the bridge. Looks nasty. :cry:

The Top Gear episode filmed on the GCR recently is on BBC2 this Sunday July 17 at 8pm. http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b012qrz1 Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May attempt to make train travel cheaper, faster and more interesting by replacing the conventional carriages and...

Yowzer!!! Well that one is well and truly fried....Glad everyone got out safely.

Alrighty then, I've eventually managed to cobble together the routeing of one of my first ever all line rovers, that being in the summer of 1984 when I was 17 going on 18. I was never one for taking numbers unfortunately so this is just a list of the trains I went on. Not that interesting...

Albeit for only 40 weeks. http://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/north-east-news/evening-chronicle-news/2011/03/04/metro-menaces-caused-chaos-after-thefts-72703-28279632/

This is for June this year so I've used the Eureka times for part of this query and current times for the other. Could I just clarify something regarding the all-line rover on the early arrivals into London. I think I understand but just to make sure. For example, say I am in Newcastle and...

It has been some time since the first Metrocars went to Doncaster for refurbishment and I am just wondering if there is any update on the progress thus far? I'm guess i'm waiting like an excited kid really, just interested to see what the final refurb will look like. :D Didn't want to...

Found this in the Mirror. Seems like a strange thing to do to make the taxpayer pay for the prosecution failing but that's up to the courts I suppose. I always thought that if you lose in court you are liable for all the costs involved. If this is a common occurrence then Southern can't lose...

This is Qatar Airways. http://www.thepeninsulaqatar.com/qatar/129158-qatar-airways-pilot-dies-mid-flight-.html I remember the recent thread about using only one pilot on planes because as Mr. O'Leary says they "land themselves". Well this plane didn't and declared an emergency as the...

It's amazing what you can find on the Internet whilst looking for something else. A bit of artistic license has been taken but quite good none the less. http://www.animalsontheunderground.com/the_animals.html