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Just seen a clip on the news showing teams of cleaners in protective gear disinfecting trains in China. I am sure this sort of response must have contributed to the levelling off of coronavirus cases there. Now I've not been on a train for a week or so but I saw no evidence of such...

Apologies if I'm late to the party but LNR are making minor adjustments to their timetable out of Euston from March. "In early March 2020 we’ll make more short-term adjustments to services from Cheddington, Marston Green, Smethwick Galton Bridge, Coseley, the Chase line, and Jewellery Quarter...

Warning: there now follows a rant about something relatively unimportant. Does anyone know why the LNR ticket gates at Euston won't accept various commonly held tickets including (but not only) Super OffPeak travelcards 2 years after their introduction? Is it just a matter of reprogramming...

A recent thread on the introduction of Pacers turned my mind back to the period just before the 150s started operating the Calder Valley route. I remember the 110s but I have just read an article on www.stormrail.info that states the following: "In a panic over costs West Yorkshire PTE agreed...

I have the pleasure of travelling on the 1730 LNR Euston - Milton Keynes today. It's formed of 4 crush loaded carriages and has left people behind. I've noticed this train has been short formed a lot recently but it's far from alone; the LNR passenger Facebook groups have been full of posts...

Just seen at Watford Junction - new stop boards for the Caledonian Sleeper, evidently thought up by someone with a sense of humour! I presume they’re being introduced for the new rolling stock, but it made me wonder what they have used hitherto - were they normal numbered ones?

I have noticed these markings on a few of the south WCML stations. Anyone know what they are?

Morning all Oakham station, which I thought was managed by East Midlands Trains, is now apparently managed by an entity called “T.P.S Rail” (punctuation as on the signs!) Who are these people? Do they manage other stations? If EMT have sub-contracted the running of the station, are there...

Morning all Passing by Wembley yard is getting more and more interesting! I was getting used to seeing classes 56 and 37 there and then this morning I was greeted by the sight of 50008 Thunderer! Anyone know the reason(s) for this influx of elderly locomotives?

Afternoon all I see London Northwestern Railway’s 350267 has been re-liveried. I had thought at first glance that they had done a thorough job of it a la 350373 and I was quite impressed that they ere even bothering given that the /2s are not staying long, but on closer inspection all they...

Quite a different approach on this from London Midland, it appears. Cheddington, for example, has suffered a lot recently due to no extra stop orders being made; this week there's no northbound service from Euston to CED between 2154 and 2340 due to the engineering works timetable - LM used to...

Hi all This is my first post but I've been watching from a distance for a while! Just a quick question about a timetable oddity regarding London Midland. I got the 2244 LM service from Euston to Northampton tonight, as I often do. However, tonight it stopped at Cheddington whereas it...