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The new (east) car park has opened. 193 new spaces (but when I used it last thursday there were a few roped off in one corner). The old car park is still open and both are heavily used. In the GWR news announcing the opening there is a paragraph: "““We’re not stopping there. We are...

When the NMT comes down through Castle Cary once a month the down train runs London/Newbury/Castle Cary/ Plymouth/Newton Abbot/Paignton. At Paignton it gets a new headcode and then goes To Bristol Temple Meads and back to Taunton and then gets a third headcode before it heads back up the B &...

Some years ago I visited Japan. None of the trains I travelled on (local as well as Shinkansen) had any way of knowing a seat was reserved, I just had a seat number and sat down (ok, not commuter services). I didn't really think about it, just put it down to "Japan is different". But I've...

The recent stranding of a Voyager at Dawlish, having been hit by a wave, had me wondering. If (and yes, I accept it's a big if) how do you electrify along the sea wall? Water and electricity don't seem to be happy bedfellows.

As I understand it the proposal to acquire more Hitachi trains to replace HSTs to Devon and Cornwall is actually for "IEP alikes". In particular, they will have the same diesel engines but there will be no power in reserve as (apparently) there is on "real" IEPs. Would it be fesible to...

Selective Door Opening. Forget current stock, this is a question about what might be feasible in the future. For instance, suppose you have a route which has platforms (except at the terminii) that can only service two cars. With modern things like GPS and balises and the kind of...

I live near Castle Cary. The standard route for London bound trains is up the Berks and Hants. Occasionally engineering works will send trains on a planned diversion via Swindon. I've always assumed that when the train is advertised as being diverted via Swindon I have to arrange any...

Did all the A4 tenders have corridors? In particular, does anyone know if "Eisenhower" was corridor eqquipped? Thank you.