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Ignoring the reasons why, see this thread: https://www.railforums.co.uk/threads/all-cross-country-services-suspended-23-08-26.306275/ I thought it might be useful and interesting to see what other operators were able to achieve to support CrossCountry passengers. Working through the thread I...

I saw this earlier today and I just can't rationalise what is going on... With screengrab showing London to Leeds journeys (attached): 22:00 £47.45 ('discounted' from £72) 23:33 £218.65 ('discounted' from £230) 23:35 £82:20 ('discounted' from £124.70 - from St Pancras, involving an RRB and...

I think its time for this thread... So far we've seen TPE talking of their West Coast services returning to 2 hourly: https://www.railforums.co.uk/threads/tpe-to-go-2-hourly-glasgow-edinburgh-on-wcml-from-june-still-at-110mph.262360/ On past form the first schedules will be uploaded any day...

I was reading Network Rail's Sheffield Area Strategic Advice Refresh 2022 (available here: https://www.networkrail.co.uk/running-the-railway/long-term-planning/) and a few things occurred to me. Background being the following three scenarios: Clearly all the above is written on the basis of...

I'm wondering whether anyone has any recommendations for photo albums. I have a collection of photos in sizes from 114mm*88mm to 250mm*100mm - sizes from 35mm film to APS in the 1980s to early 2000. I'm looking for some kind of consistent series of albums I can use to store them all and add...

Reading and looking at how the 158s and 159s performed in the Salisbury/Fisherton Tunnel incident got me thinking about how these units have performed in previous incidents, and nothing really came to mind. I wonder if anyone can recall any relevant incidents? Discussion of today's incident is...

Mod Note: Posts #1 - #9 originally in this thread. Wait for the uproar from North Yorkshire County Council after they part funded the enhancement of the signalling between York and Knaresborough on the basis the half hourly service could run from May 22!

I've been pondering which TOC has the longest (number of carriages) shortest (shortest formation they operate) train. For example, TPE's longest shortest train would be a 185 at 3 carriages, whereas LNER's would be a 5 car Azuma. Is there any operator whose shortest train is longer than 5...

This thread is intended to be an opportunity for positive only comments, links and thoughts around reopenings in England to be posted. As far as I am aware the following projects have made it to a reasonable stage in their process to mean we can reasonably expect some progress to be made in the...

Wonder if anyone has any info or recollection of this? https://www.flickr.com/photos/37028493@N07/4117774140/in/album-72157622731065963/ It's been suggested to me that this service was likely a Summer only service from Hull to Edinburgh, that perhaps only operated in 1991. Any info gratefully...

Can't see that this has been mentioned on the forum as yet, apologies if it has! Any views of thoughts from local members? Almost sounds too good to be true to me.

In the context of this incident and others of a similar nature: https://www.gov.uk/raib-reports/report-08-2018-collision-at-stainforth-road-level-crossing In essence there can be an issue with AHB (Automatic Half Barrier) crossings where the barriers are raised after a preset amount of time...

Is it just me or is every single preserved railway that has reopened only operating with Steam traction? I get thats the obvious option if you're looking at the mass market but surely there is some market to be had with enthusiasts? Be good to hear from anyone of any diesel operation they...

Reminded of this question by this thread https://www.railforums.co.uk/threads/rugby-roc-evacuated-18-09-18-evening.169945/ Based on this list https://wiki.openraildata.com/index.php/List_of_Train_Describers it seems that the current ROC migration situation is as below. Any updates/corrections...

As I suspect many of you will realise we've had an expensive year with our Forum upgrade, however I'm pleased to be able to say we have generated an operating surplus of £500.00 which we shall once again be giving to a railway preservation project of your choice. We're looking for specific...

I wonder if anyone has any journey planners that they recommend - I'm looking for something that enables via/avoid/calling/operator restrictions and such. I have been using FastJP which does intend to meet these requirements, but with the ongoing issue with refining a journey where spurious...

As a result of a recent review carried out by forum staff regarding the structure and layout of RailUK Forums, we are today launching our most comprehensive revision to the forum since our launch in 2005. Following an extensive review we have concluded that particularly the current rules with...

I wonder if anyone can confirm how 'semi permanently coupled' the stock on the Waterloo and City line is? Is there space within the depot to even remarshal then? Does anyone know which pairs are currently coupled?

The Forum Team have reviewed the structure of our Forum and decided to make some amendments to the Categories and Forums that make up the site. All the Forums which relate to Railway Hobbies and Activities have been moved into a Category together, which will include our ever popular Quizzes and...

After all the controversy about the National Railway Museum disposing of exhibits, on a number of occasions almost in a secretive fashion, this seems to be the next instalment in their efforts to loose their way...