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Does anybody know the reason for the delay to this service. At Charing we heard initially that it was a fire on one of the diesels at Lenham, then that it was failure of a diesel.

With all of the major work being carried out, not only Crossrail, there is probaly a lot of railway archeology being uncovered. The Shakespeare Cliff is one example where it won't be practical to preserve it, but how much of it is even appreciated, let alone recorded. Crossrail Press release...

Not sure that this is the right forum but some might be interested in the future of the last cross channel train ferry. Nigel Scutt posted this on the Dover Marina facebook page There is some information on Nord Pas-de-Calais here and some photos here

http://www.boredpanda.com/turtle-tunnel-train-track-safety-japan-railways/

My son-in-law told me that the doors on a 395, on which he was travelling, opened before the train came to a halt at Canterbury West. I understood that there were interlocks to prevent this occurring. Is this not the case? Regards Bushy

Newtown Bridge on Ashford to Hastings line suffered a strike today. http://www.kentonline.co.uk/ashford/news/lorry-stuck-under-bridge-25248/ The other half was caught the wrong side of the bridge at about 1345, so the road was closed for over two hours. Real time trains indicates that...

Kentish Express Interestingly ITV Meridian have pointed to HS1 on their map of the incident location. Regards Bushy

Does anybody know when the EDNE (Emergency Do Not Enter) sign was installed at the entrance to the International Concourse from the Domestic subway at Ashford?

Does anybody know why there was a Southern 377 at Ashford this morning - going down through platform 5 at 0735. I can't see anything on RTT that would match. Regards Bushy

Not a good week for Kent Coast Commuters. After the overrunning engineering works at New Cross earlier in the week, there was a signal failure at Paddock Wood this evening, stopping all services. The 1841 from Charing Cross got as far as Orpington where train staff advised that a Hastings...

Work on Bourne End Railway Bridge may have been delayed last weekend ... Lorry rolls off the edge of Bourne End Marina crushing boat

Out of curiosity only, what would a sign with the characters 'NM', stuck on the screen of a 465, mean. I noticed it today on a train running between Maidstone and Ashford. There was some smaller wording which I couldn't read from where I was watching. The sign was of black lettering on a yellow...