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The airport is currently on fire, specifically the short term car park, which I believe is right next to the DART.

IanVisits reports: Now planning permission is one thing, Network Rail presumably still own the viaduct and would still need to approve this project and negotiate lease terms. But I wonder, if they were going to object, would they not have done so by now? If NR do allow this, I think that not...

This might be a slightly basic question for those of you who actually work on rolling stock but I've not been able to figure it out from Googling. Looking at the Class 99, I see it will be built in Co-Co formation with bogies that have 6 wheels. Now, I'm familiar with how train wheels are...

I was wondering if anyone knew what the deal was with Stainer Street at London Bridge, particularly the Southern half of it. After a brief period being open to the public after the rebuild was completed it seems to have been behind scaffolding for the better part of the pandemic. Passing through...

I saw this train yesterday and I think it was a Voyager: https://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/train/C22742/2020-09-04/detailed I assume this is a transfer between Central Rivers TMD and Ilford depot. Probably answered by own question, but is Ilford where Bombardier is doing the class 220 refurb...

Moderator note: Split from https://www.railforums.co.uk/threads/london-city-airport-missing-on-elizabeth-line-map-osi-indication.208475/ Background from the other thread, we were talking about building a Crossrail station for LCY and wondering if there were other options. DLR trains running...

I was trying to think of other stations like London Blackfriars that span a river, with entrances on both sides. So far I've come up with Möckernbrücke on the Berlin U-bahn (although the trains don't run over the river, the station incorporates a bridge for passengers) but other than that I'm...

I'm just doing a quick history check here on Stratford. I noticed in this panorama as recently as 2009, there was a gateline directly in front of the Jubilee Line platforms. I assume this changed when the DLR took over the line from Canning Town and the low level platforms, and/or when the new...

So a bit of background: my Monzo card was damaged, so I ordered a replacement. It arrived, and I used the app to swap over to it as the active card in the evening. The next morning, I went to work as usual. I used Apple Pay (associated with the Monzo account) to pay for a trip on London...

If I want to travel from Forest Hill to East Croydon, the National Rail website will often recommend going up to London Bridge and on to Thameslink as the fastest option. Now, I am 99% sure that if I hold a Zone 2-5 travelcard, I would be committing fare evasion if I touch Zone 1 to change...

A new tube map is coming to reflect the extension of TfL rail out to Reading. The section in question looks like this: I have to say I think it's a bit of a stretch to include it. Particularly in this style. Also considering the GWML crosses the Thames between Taplow and Maidenhead... Plus...

I found a video on YouTube of a driver's eye view of NLL from North Woolwich to Stratford low level and beyond a few months ago. Try as I might, I've been unable to find it again. Anyone to have a link stored away somewhere? Thanks.

I've been wondering about Crossrail/CR2 and thinking to myself, if it were possible, could it be more cost effective to widen an existing Underground deep tube tunnel to take a larger train? I know there are massive impracticalities here from the point of view of keeping existing services...

Seems rather serious. Problems with the signalling system apparently. I'm assuming the backup system either wasn't functional or is also affected, if they even have a backup system.

Recent concept next generation lift designs have multiple passenger compartments in each shaft with one shaft as 'down' and the other as 'up', almost like a vertical train line. Here is a concept video from thyssenkrupp: Something like this certainly could make lifts very competitive with...

Looking at http://carto.metro.free.fr/cartes/metro-tram-london/, I can't help but notice that the North London line is very nearly 4-tracked all the way from Highbury & Islington to Camden Road West junction. There are a few sections where tracks have been torn up (although the railway land and...

The Romford-Upminster line is a piece of railway in passenger service that is entirely unsignalled, yet has been electrified with OHLE. Are there any other lines or pieces of track that share these two properties? I admit that I can't think of any but I'm not very knowledgeable about anywhere...

Interesting configuration of SSR services today due to Engineering Works: A special Circle line service operates between Edgware Road and Barking (via Victoria) and Hammersmith & City line trains operate between Hammersmith and Kings Cross St Pancras Has the Circle Line ever run out to Barking...

Howdy all, Wondering if anyone has found scans of (very) old timetables for the Met or District (although would be interested in any of the lines). Anything from the beginnings to about 1950 is what I'm after. I know there are a few on sale at the LT Museum, but my interest in this is just a...

I noticed the sections of both the DLR and District that run parallel to it have also been closed. So guessing they're doing something major that would make running trains nearby hazardous? Sorry if this has been covered in another thread, I couldn't find it.