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Today I ended up in a pub 100 meters and across the road from Blackwater railway station. It's large screen TVs wasn't showing any sport but had still adverts for local businesses scrolling on it and the live departures for the railway station. Has anybody else seen this in other pubs that...

I found an article on the tunnelling plans for hs2 phase 1. http://tunneltalk.com/UK-high-speed-rail-28Oct2014-HS2-procurement-and-TBM-drive-strategy.php Procurement for the major civils contracts for HS2 is expected to begin at the end of this month (September 2015). Alistair Cowan, for...

I found an article on the infrastructure of crossrail that I find interesting . http://www.londonreconnections.com/2015/crossrail-end-beginning/ It's a very long article so difficult to cut and paste. It talks about Philosophy, Timetables, driver advisory aids, Timetable vs interval service...

One thing that confuses me is trying to understand how the number of trains that can use a line changes as the speed of the line increases. When trains are running slower presumably they can get closer to the train in front but take longer to clear a given section. So if trains are run at 400...

Today Railway Gazette international hosted an hour long talk on the future of high speed rail broadly focusing on the UK but considering experiences of other countries. The following people spoke. Nicola Shaw, Chief executive HS1. Colin Stewart, Global rail business leader. Amanda White, head...

Watching the routemaster on tv tonight, and seeing all the queues associated with the Blackwell tunnel, I am wondering why do people bother driving in that part of London? Is there a lack of rail routes in the area or are these people determined to drive?

I have read that Northern Ireland's last remaining section of jointed track to be replaced by continuously welded rail. Would I be right in guessing that there isn't any left in Great Britain now either? I guess that there would be some on heritage railways still, I hope it is used somewhere...

When looking at replacing level crossings with bridges I understand that one of the problems is the amount of land required for the ramp part of the bridge. Whilst each level crossing has its own challenges, can anybody tell me roughly how long the bridge would have to be to cross a two...

As I understand once Reading station remodelling has finished in about six weeks time, the focus will move onto building flyovers for the fast lines to the west of the station. Does anybody know what the disruption will be like, ie will there be a reduction in service, or will the extra five...

Just listened to a radio4 Interview of professor Robert Mair, who talks about Crossrail, and the challenges of digging through soft soil under cities. The best bit was how he explained how they managed to dig under the houses of parliament. It's available on iplayer, the programme is called...

Given the recent announcements on electrification how long will it take to role out electrification over the rest of the railway? I am assuming a similar level of funding to that that has been promised. I also appreciate that there may be remote parts of the network that may not be worth...