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  1. NorthernSpirit

    Paraguay - railway to return?

    Currently the South American nation of Paraguay doesn't have a functioning rail network after the system was closed, however they are plans that a section of line between the capital Asuncion and Ypacaraí is to reopen. Hopefully the rest of the line can be rebuilt back to Encarnacion...
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    Transpennine Route Upgrade: what does the future hold for provision at stations such as Ravensthorpe?

    Ravensthorpe railway station, is it now closed? Why I ask is because on the screens it states that services (usually the Bradford/Halifax to Leeds via Mirfield) are still calling at Raventhorpe. Yet on posters (in Northern's corporate font from the Office of Rail and Road) state the station...
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    Stansted Airport Tracked Transit System to close.

    Stansted Airport’s Tracked Transit System which is the airside automated people mover is to close as the airport is to expand, this would mean that the last five Adtranz C-100 in service anywhere and the four Bombardier CX-100’s APM units would be retired from service...
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    Pacer Withdrawals: The list (Reference)

    To avoid clogging up the Northern Pacer Withdrawls thread and to have something to refer back to in years to come - I am going to post any updates to it on this thread. The aims of this list is to storyboard the withdrawls from the begining to the end, its also to note down which Pacer's have...
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    My idea to end through services from Scarbrorough beyond York and just run a shuttle

    I think its time just to have the Scarborough journeys running as shuttles between York and Scarborough, two units running back and forth all day would be a lot less disruptive and we wouldn't be seeing as many cancellations. TransPennine Express does give me the impression that they have...
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    First West Yorkshire & York discussion

    Since we've already got a South West and Wales discussion, lets have one for West Yorkshire and York. I'll start it off with two vehicles in Huddersfield were seen (one was 69561) in a new baby blue livery similar to that of what is seen in Bristol, is this the new route branding for the 372 or...
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    The impending death of the West Yorkshire bus timetables?

    The changes in December 2016 saw the end of the West Yorkshire combined book timetable being consigned to the history books, has the same now happened to the bus timetables? Over the past few weeks when I’ve popped into Huddersfield bus station travel centre to either purchase pre-paid Metro...
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    Huddersfield bus station's rucksack guy

    Following on from this thread: http://www.railforums.co.uk/showthread.php?p=2693719#post2693719 It seems that "rucksack guy" of Huddersfield bus station is at it again. Only yesterday when my mate was heading to Huddersfield that he complained regarding his MCard, complained about his...
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    Eastbourne show

    Its that time of the year again where the East Sussex town of Eastbourne hosts its anual Airshow. The last time I went there was a queuing system in place at the railway station, I've tuned into the nine day RSL called "Radio Airbourne" (87.7 FM) for further information regrding the travel...
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    Peakbus - West Yorkshire to the Peak District

    Other than the 61A which ran from Huddersfield to Buxton (which has been replaced with the summer service 951) and the 473 which ran from Glossop to Chatsworth. So what other services went over Holme Moss other than the one mentioned?
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    This Is Graeme Park: Radio Show

    Anyone else listen to it? Its hosted by the former Hacienda DJ who use to DJ in the now closed nightclub which was located on Whitworth Street West, Deansgate. It use to be on Kiss 102 (North West) 105 (Yorkshire) before it changed to Galaxy and now its on a fair few community radio stations...
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    Leeds - Goole in the late 1990s

    Over the years the Leeds to Goole service has been downgraded to nothing more than three trains per day, two to Leeds (0704 and 1849 from Goole) and one to Goole (1716 from Leeds) with no Sunday service. What I'm asking is, what were the old departure times on this route? as I did read...

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