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Hi - Long time avid reader, infrequent poster. I am putting together a one-place study based on Shrivenham station (Great Western mainline, just east of Swindon) and the people who worked there and I have a note about the line being quadrupled through the station in 1933. Currently there are...

I hope people don't mind but I have posted the whole article (as it is a bit long), but if anyone can help then please contact Northern Rail https://www.lep.co.uk/retro/search-for-lancashire-relatives-of-former-railway-workers-who-died-in-the-first-world-war-1-9816449 Rail operator Northern is...

Can anyone help with the location of Mansby Bridge - it is described as somewhere between Broxbourne and Stratford, on the Eastern Counties Railway in 1847 newspapers. Thanks in advance

Please excuse the slightly off-field question, but my wife was at a conference this weekend and one of the questions (in a bird or fish round) was name a steam locomotive that was named after a fish. I can think of plenty of birds, but not one fish. Please help as my reputation as the fount of...

I am travelling north to south on Vietnam Railways and trying to work out the significance of the staff stood by the railway holding flags. It is largely single track with passing places, but the flag holders are more frequent (sometimes a few hundred yards apart). Please can anyone shed some light?

Drove through on the way south yesterday and noticed that there was some activity which looks like the laying of sidings on the Wick side of the road bridge. Does anyone know if this is just in connection with the Dounray traffic or whether there are plans for anything else please? I did a...

I hope someone can help. I read somewhere about a metro style train service where the line is tunnelled along under a riverbed with the station accessed via a bridge. Can't remember where (Switzerland, Germany?) - does it ring a bell with anyone? Thanks

Hi Following the announcement of the council committing money to reopening the station http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-derbyshire-21671078 Does anyone know what is planned? I think the previous Ilkeston stations (Town and North?) were on lines now closed, so is it likely that a new...

Hi. Has anyone changed trains there? We have an hour and a quarter between trains and wondered if anyone knows how far it is from the town or whether there are any nearby cafes to pass the time. Thanks

Hi, I hope that someone can help with advice on the cheapest way to travel on FIP free passes/reduced rate tickets from London to Ivrea (north of Turin on the way to Aosta) and back. I know that you can't use free coupons on cross-border TGVs, but wonder if there are any tips on using local...

When I went past yesterday, there seemed to be a lot of leveling and laying of gravel/ballast at the former sidings site at Moreton cutting (between Didcot and Cholsey) and what looked like a load of pipes. Does anybody know what this is being done for? Looks like a storage area being created...