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Youtube recently suggested a video showing Southern EMUs, in the 1990s. I was surprised by a couple of the shots, which showed a Headcode 92 EMU (BIG type ?) crossing with an HST on a slightly elevated line. Then later on, a 3 car DEMU (Hampshire type?) crossing with an HST in a different...

I've searched, but didn't find a thread about this incident, which seems surprising, so apologies in advance if I've missed it. As reported by the BBC in the link, a passenger train hit an obstruction on the track at 5:50am and the front bogie at least was derailed. The article also says that...

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2023/11/01/train-driver-salary-67k-easy-life-how-compares/

I've been trying to understand the various options for travel and payment between Reading and London on a weekday, can someone confirm that I've got this right ? This document https://content.tfl.gov.uk/national-rail-adult-fares.pdf specifies the Contactless PayG caps, where the Peak and...

Trains on the Down Main have been running slowly across the embankment between Purley on Thames and Pangbourne for a few days now. I wondered about the cause if anyone knows ?

I’ve been looking at planning a journey for an aged relative across London, minimising changes. An ideal solution would be Thameslink from Bickley to Farringdon, and then changing onto the Elizabeth line to Reading (I know this is a longer journey than using the tube and changing more often, but...

We have an overnight trip to London from Monday 18-Tues 19th from Tilehurst travelling outside peak hours. We have a family&friends railcard, and we're two adults plus one 16 y/o and one 15 y/o. We're likely to need multiple public transport hops while we're in London. Journey planners are...

I was travelling from Paddington to Pangbourne yesterday afternoon, and arrived at Paddington with an one day off-peak travelcard at about 1600. It turned out that the next train I could catch was the 1649 semi-fast, which seemed like rather a long wait. Up until 1600 you have the Didcot...

I'm dispatching my kids to London from Reading on Friday morning, and in order to reduce the risk of them getting lost and missing their rendezvous, it's simpler for them to get a direct train to Waterloo. They'll then be travelling around a bit in London and finishing the day at Chislehurst...

I've just seen two 10 car XC Voyagers, one in each direction, to the west of Reading on the GWML (1z27, 1z04). I've only ever seen single units previously. Have XC strengthened their Saturday services, or is this something temporary ?

I was trying to price a journey from Pangbourne to Dorking Deepdene on 8 May at around 19:00, and a return journey from Gatwick on Friday 12th mid-afternoon. It seems like the cheapest way is a £26.30 off peak return to Deepdene plus £6.10 Gatwick to Deepdene single. I had also looked at...

This train passed this morning, comprising a green livery Class 31 and a single (modern-looking, light silver or white coloured) coach. http://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/train/K96022/2016/04/27/advanced I was curious whether anyone can say what it was.

The 0630 Bournemouth to Manchester Piccadilly crosses with the 0730 Henley on Thames to Pangbourne :)