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  1. Jamesrob637

    Transpennine Train Lengths

    Good photos but I hope that 3-car 185 was just an exceptional short formed rather than booked 3-car!
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    GoVolta

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GoVolta https://govolta.nl/nl?_fl=en Anybody have any experience, please? Appreciate it's only run since 19/03/26.
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    Newport SIMS scrap drags

    Hi, given several types of train are being scrapped now and over the next few years, would it be easier to just list the scrap drags in one dedicated thread and maybe copy the link to this thread in the other individual class threads? Incidentally, with this only being a 4-day week south of...
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    Bruxelles day ticket

    Hi all Me and my wife are staying near Diegem (at the airport) and would like to explore Brussels a bit on Monday 29 September. Do you know whether we can buy a 2-together day ticket or anything like that, please? TIA
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    Heatwave thresholds

    Will there be any change to the 3-day heatwave thresholds in the UK? On the eastern side, they extend to very near Scarborough. However, on the western side, Warrington or north Derbyshire (the Greater Manchester border) is the limit, some 50 miles south.
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    Northern Rail Liverpool to Manchester via the CLC around 2019

    Before Covid, did the Semifast Liverpool to Manchester Airport used to skip Widnes? I think 195s worked it as one of their first routes. TIA
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    Rollende Landstrassen not rolling anymore

    Happy Friday https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.bahnonline.ch/76562/rollende-autobahn-wird-ende-2025-eingestellt/%3famp=1 It has been announced that the operation of the RoLa (Rollende Landstraßen) will cease at the end of 2025. This is as much a climate political as a social political decision...
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    High speed lines set to enter service in 2025 - not China

    Hi all, will any (predominantly European) high-speed tracks enter traffic this year? Many of Germany's look to be 2026 now, Spain likewise. TIA
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    Direct Paris to Berlin train

    Hi all, does anybody have experience of the direct Paris to Berlin ICE? Does it keep well its schedule? I am probably travelling on it the 11th of June.
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    Peroni

    Merry Christmas everybody. Does anybody recognise the station featured in the new Peroni advert, both on the coast and inland?
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    Dame Maggie Smith has died aged 89

    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cgk7375ngkxo?fbclid=IwY2xjawFjll1leHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHSrpa3whyD0Ykhy5eCdsj-iwz8ZJPIO3XSoDLz4zllRO5FyAJUQdKgKc2Q_aem_PzBHLUrcN-ZDyIFTuMZJVg&sfnsn=scwspwa Actress Dame Maggie Smith, known for the Harry Potter films and Downton Abbey, has died at the age of 89, her...
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    Northern 323 diagrams

    Apparently all 17 323s have now been transferred from WMR. Are they working many Manchester diagrams to Blackpool as 6-car? Also, are more Liverpool to Blackpool going over to 323 operation and freeing up 331s for work elsewhere?
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    Alcudia to Menorca ferry

    I am looking at the ferry from Alcudia to Menorca, but I can only see extortionate prices like 90 Euro per foot passenger. Has anyone used this service?
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    Paddington to Plymouth in 2.5 hours?

    Could this be done with only one stop at Exeter? 1 hour 45 to Exeter and 45 to Plymouth.
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    Köln tickets

    After my Flixtrain from Berlin arrives around lunchtime, I have several hours to kill in Köln before my late flight at 23:00. Am I best off buying a 24 hour ticket if I want to do several trips? If it's nice, I may just walk everywhere until the ride to the airport and simply pay a one-way to there.
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    Flixtrain: Berlin to Köln ticket query

    Not Flixbus but Flixtrain; when I buy a Flixtrain ticket from Berlin Hbf to Köln, there's no add on is there? I'll probably have a 24h ticket from the previous afternoon anyway.
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    Autotrader and other apps valuing older vehicles

    Autotrader will give a rough estimate what my nearly 15 year old Skoda is worth privately and part ex, as one of my 5-vehicle allowance. However, I have tried a friend's 20 year old 53-reg Polo and it won't recognise hers. I have also tried my old car which would've effectively turned 20 next...
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    Is this the fastest sub-1hr from London

    https://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/service/gb-nr:C27655/2024-01-03/detailed#allox_id=0 I will be travelling on this service in a couple of weeks. London to Nuneaton is 96-97 miles according to the Railmiles engine, and the timing is sub-1hr at 55-56 mins. Anything else travel further from London...
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    What are the chances of...

    ASLEF announcing a strike this week that could take place on the 17th or before? Or do they only meet up again for talks once all the schools etc. have resumed next week? A load of us from work are travelling by train on the 17th to the 19th.
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    Small train yard near Stoke-on-Trent

    Apparently there is a small train yard just off the B5045 Shelton New Road in Stoke on Trent. An ex-FGW MK3 can be seen from this Google Street View image: https://maps.app.goo.gl/5BHFFS5diAs42Wro7 Does anybody know the purpose or history of this yard?

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