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Afternoon all, Passing northwards along the MML, I've noticed a large amount of civils activity at Wellingborough Up Yard. It looks as if a lot of drainage works, possibly for fuel(?) are in progress at the moment; lots of preformed corrugated manholes/inspection chambers stored to one side...

Note for the mods: until such time as further details of schemes are announced, this is remaining in Speculative Discussion. One for @GRALISTAIR and the other OLE fans on the forum... Given the recent announcement of electrification works around Leeds as part of "NPR Phase 1", I've put the...

Hi all, Question regarding the service pattern for EMR's Liverpool-Norwich trains: Why is it that you have 5 hourly trains from Nottingham to Norwich in a row (1040, 1139, 1239, 1339 & 1439) and then a gap at what would be the 1539 departure? Pathing issues around Peterborough? Not enough stock...

This has rather gone under the radar, but the Swiss Parliament has approved a slew of new projects. Good to see that the Lötschberg base tunnel is finally being completed to its fullest extent - although whether the Steg branch will be included remains to be seen...

A lot of incremental changes to the OLE (Overhead Line Equipment) are currently being made in the York area - mainly from Holgate up to about Skelton Jn, but also increasingly from Holgate towards the station itself, and now inside the station proper! On the two-track section immediately north...

Morning all, I saw this quote in the MML Electrification Thread (https://www.railforums.co.uk/threads/mml-electrification-progress-updates.110445/page-246#post-6857429; quoted below) and it got me thinking. What would you say are the best schemes, as of yet not under construction, to release...

https://www.dartplus.ie/railwayorder/dartcoastalnorth There's a lot of very useful detail here, all within various PDFs. Good to see Portals being used as well!

Just as the title suggests - is there a definitive list on here as to which stations in the UK are, as of the date of publication of this thread: Already fully accessible (i.e. step-free) from Platform to Street; Currently having AfA works undertaken, or have had AfA schemes announced...

Well, seeing as most of the other threads relating to ETCS/ERTMS on the southern ECML have been closed, I thought I'd start a new thread relating to updates on the scheme. Most recently: Peterborough PSB (1972-2023) has now been closed, with Biggleswade to Grantham now under the control of York...

https://www.railtechnologymagazine.com/articles/tyne-and-wear-metro-upgrade-its-overhead-electrics-part-its-transformation Furrer + Frey have been awarded a contract to renew the 1.5kV DC OLE on the Tyne & Wear Metro, further increasing the "Swissification" of light rail in the North East. The...

My partner's trying to book a single from Peterborough to Leicester with a railcard; normally an off-peak ticket with that discount is £6.25. However, for Wed the 31st of May and Thurs the 1st of June, it's rocketed up to £17.55. That's a 181% increase! Is this because all the cheap seats have...

Hi all, I found myself on a train from Darlington to Middlesbrough yesterday evening and saw evidence of the recent (2021) resignalling works between Thornaby & Middlesbrough. I couldn't help but notice that some of the works still remain outstanding, with some equipment/cabinet bases having...

Morning all, As I type, I'm going to miss my Eurostar back to the UK from Paris; the Praha - Zürich sleeper (which I'm in at time of typing) is 4 hours late, as the portion of the train that originated from Budapest ran late. As a result, I have missed my connecting TGV Lyria from Zürich HB to...

Haven't seen a dedicated thread for this yet, so this seems to be the right place to start. https://www.modernrailways.com/article/decarbonising-western Glad to see that Tranche 0 looks very achievable in a shorter space of time, as the designs are mature. Tranches 3 to 5 look to be mainly...

Couldn't find a good place to start with the enabling works on the GWML for Old Oak Common "conventional" station, so here goes. Colas Rail & the South Rail System Alliance (SRSA; of which Colas is a part) have been doing a fair bit of tweaking on the GWML to allow work at OOC to begin. Their...

Hi all, So far, AIUI, the following ECRs (Electrical Control Rooms) have been transferred to their ROCs (Rail Operating Centres): LNE (York): Yes (at York ROC) EM (Derby/East Mids Control Centre): No (MML still at York ROC. Due date of transfer to Dery ROC/EMCC unknown) Anglia (Romford): Yes...

Afternoon all, does anyone know why the Up Fast in PBO is blocked? It's given me the most unusual view of 700s arriving in P4 & P5 during off-peak hours before reversing in Spital Sdgs. I've also seen NR orange-folk in the Up Fast cess behind Vortok fencing - anyone know what the fault is?

I keep hearing that, upon completion of the main TP corridor's wiring, the Nova 1s and Nova 3s will switch position, with an electric loco (poss. 93 or similar) taking over the Liverpool - Newcastle runs, while the 802s take over the Scarbados traffic. Of course that could all be folly, but it...

I'm not sure which thread to put this in, so I started one anew. Passing through the area on the weekend, I saw that two portal masts had gone up in the Main Cess & Relief Cess, just west of Acton ML station. The portal was boom-less on Saturday, but had gained a boom on Sunday with lots of...

STOP PRESS. https://www.linkedin.com/posts/nicholstim_principal-ole-design-engineer-jacobs-careers-activity-6866677443760050177-4j3n Jacobs (EWR's Programme Delivery partner) are seeking out OLE Design Engineers for East West Rail. I think there's more detail to come in tomorrow's IRP...