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RMT members vote to accept pay offer from Network Rail. The dispute is concluded. Click on the link for details https://www.rmt.org.uk/news/members-updates/defend-jobs-pay-and-conditions--network-rail200223/?preview=true

Bridge between Ketton and Luffenham damaged by Bridge bash and line currently closed.

RMT have announced further industrial action...

I will shortly be cycling Land's End to John O'Groats (known as LEJOG). The route I'm taking for this iconic trip will be 1028 miles, 69,881 feet of climb, over a leisurely 3 weeks. For those interested, I will be posting a daily review of my travels, both the cycling itself, and the train...

mods note - split from here. Mid Cornwall Metro scheme? I've obviously missed this one. Any idea what it is or involves please?

Reported in the upcoming September Modern Railways that the defferred May 2022 ECML timetable has been defferred again. "...yet to determine when the major timetable rewrite on the East Coast will be implemented..." The article also mentions "...The May 2023 timetable would take advantage...

Hopefully someone may be able to answer... Does anyone know when LNER will be opening bookings for Sunday 2nd October please? After cycling LEJOG (Land's End to John O'Gaunt) I will be returning from Inverness to Peterborough and I'm aware that the engineering work means it will be a bus to...

As per the title, the changes that are planned for the December 2022 timetable change. The big one should be the WCML rewrite, assuming that it is still going ahead. Feel free to add and update the thread.

For those interested, Qantas confirmed the go ahead for project sunrise which will see non stop flights from the east coast of Australia to the London and New York etc. https://simpleflying.com/qantas-project-sunrise-airbus-aircraft-order/ Anyone fancy 20 hours in economy?

Following on from the recent consultation thread for the now defferred ECML May 2022 timetable... In the latest Modern Railways (May edition) which dropped through the letterbox this morning, there is the following in the article about the forthcoming May timetable changes, but referring to the...

Reports on the cesspit known as twitter that the first southbound Lumo service was involved in an incident at Peterborough this morning with passengers reporting that the train nearly derailed. Reportedly aproached Peterborough platform 1 at 80mph instead of 30mph. Train on the move 90 late...

I'm not on any aviation forums, but maybe someone on here might know. When will Emirates launch it's premium economy product? Which routes will it be on? From my own web searching it appears to be currently only available for upgrades to certain loyalty program members, and its only on about...

Some old railway line have been converted to cycle/Walking routes and become very popular and successful in their own right. For example - Tissington/High Peak Trail in Derbyshire, Brampton Valley Way between Northampton and Market Harborough, Water Rail Way between Lincoln and Boston etc etc...

Whilst researching for my replanned (from 2021) New Zealand trip, noticed that following their suspension during covid, neither of the long distant trains are planned for return, leaving just the Tranz-Alpine and local services around the cities...

After cycling LEJOG, i planned to return from Inverness on Sunday 02/10/22. However it appears the the Highland Mainline is shut all weekend for engineering work. I'm also aware that there will also be work between Edinburgh and Newcastle meaning the usual diversion via Carlisle, which I had...

On a similar topic to the thread about the withdrawal of the GWR service to Brighton... How do the economics add up for the once/twice a day InterCity services? Eg, if you look at LNER, the Inverness and Aberdeen services require an extra 2 sets of 9 car Azumas. 24 sets required for the full...

The above quote (By "Mr Bun") has been taken from a thread over on WNXX about the Avanti 221s. Does anyone know anything more about this or is able to expand upon it?

https://www.networkrail.co.uk/running-the-railway/our-routes/anglia/improving-the-railway-in-anglia/cambridge-resignalling/ Closure of three signalboxes (Dullingham, Chippenham Junction, and Bury Yard), upgrades to seven level crossings, and the renewal of signalling equipment in Cambridge PSB...

This thread is for any news regarding the May 2022 timetable. Whilst the proposed ECML timetable has been deferred, are any enhancements planned for this timetable change? Personally I'm hoping for an earlier LNER Kings Cross to Edinburgh (stopping at Peterborough) but I doubt we'll see it...

Moderator note: Split from https://www.railforums.co.uk/threads/ely-north-junction-upgrade-proposals.68376/ Will also be interesting what the proposed extra passenger paths are used for. Making Cambridge-Peterborough half hourly should be high on the list of priorities.