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hi, I was thinking of taking a trip that would include the Gravesend-Tilbury ferry this Saturday, before it (hopefully temporarily) ceases operation. Other plans for the day would mean I would have a Z1-6 travelcard. I am aware that there are not tickets that include the ferry but that there are...

https://www.railwaygazette.com/traction-and-rolling-stock/battery-power-to-extend-dublin-commuter-services-as-alstom-wins-dart-fleet-renewal/60537.article 1639827629 can't say I'm impressed at them going for battery power rather than more wires, but there we are

Hi, I'm looking for advice on how to bring down the cost of getting to Heathrow, given that I need to get the first train on a Monday morning(!) My flight is a BA one at 0845, terminal 5. I have hold luggage to drop, so I need to do that by 0800. If I get the 0454 from Cambridge, I make St...

I realised I hadn't seen a post about this- there was a better article with pictures of carriages undergoing refurbishment but I can't find it. Text has been through Google Translate. Article is here, translated text below (as per rules). Summary: CP have bought 51 coaches (not Talgo) from RENFE...

This is a fairly big move This will be the first ferry from Dunkerque to anywhere other than Dover in a long while yes? the picture is fairly generic, the article doesn't say which ships (it'll need a pair) are going to be assigned to it

This weekend there's a bridge being lifted into place across the river Cam, near Cambridge North station adjacent to the railway bridge. This is happening in the early hours of Sunday morning (around 2am!). As far as I've been led to believe this is because the proximity means that Network Rail...

A Rotterdam Metro train appears to have runaway in the sidings beyond De Akkers in Spijkenisse, the south terminus of lines C&D, coming to rest on a giant sculpture of whale (or dolphin) tail that rises from the canal

Platform at Cambridge station to be extended to make room for new longer trains Make a lot of sense operationally, allowing 2x720/5 to use platform 4 and also allowing Great northern 12-car services to use it. The existing signals for northbound trains from P4 are over 55m from the top of the...

The current situation has seen changes in stock use with, it seems, some trains being retired earlier than planned. That I know of, Greater Anglia have withdrawn their Mark 3 fleet, and should easily have enough 745s in service by the time they can go back to a "normal" timetable. Likewise...

MARVEL as RENFE transfer existing services to a "cheap and cheerful" subsidiary and move them outside of any sort of inter-operable ticketing etc, just like SNCF TGV Ouigo

via Richard Clinnick on Twitter:

via Richard Clinnick on Twitter:

In the October 2019 Modern Railways it is let slip that as part of the Regional part of East Midlands Railway going all-Turbostar that they will take on Class 171s from Southern, with those being replaced on diesel services by Electrostars equipped with batteries. Two questions: 1. Have GTR...

Buried deep within the A414 Corridor Strategy Document, which can be found here Having made it clear that by "Mass Rapid Transit" they mean "Bus Rapid Transit" (via buslanes and possibly bus guideways), page 126 has this bit (bold emphasis mine) This isn't exactly a firm commitment to rip up...

There's speculation that the Southeastern bidders may look to replace the Electrostar fleet as well as the Networkers. Could, with a bit of work, Southern take them on? Infrastructure work required: Electrification of Uckfield Branch and Marshlink (AC- see below) Work to make the entire system...

Network Rail are to close the BML between Three Bridges and Brighton & Lewes for two 9 day periods (was surprised I couldn't find a thread about this already)

In Geoff Marshall's video on Combe Junction part of the junction procedure is shown, with the guard operating the ground frame. The driver moves through the junction, and the points are reset- which seems a bit odd given the next train through the junction is the same unit returning. Are there...

Travelling (erm, later today) to Gatwick, and back next Sunday. I have a Network Railcard and preffered route is to Kings Cross and then Thameslink. Any advice as to going cheaper than an Off Peak Return at £31.30?

I know this is "International" but I thought this section would like to see this video of a level crossing being replaced with a road underpass Note the cycleways (both sides) don't go as far down as they only need 3m headroom

There's a minor fuss being made at the moment over the ticket machines at Cambridge and Cambridge North (the latter especially as there's no ticket office) defaulting to show "Liverpool Street Only" tickets first (being the cheapest) when most going to London want the faster Kings Cross trains...