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Anyone know what these jobs are, they start next Monday? http://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/search/advanced/XTS/2019/02/18/0600-2000?stp=S&show=all&order=wtt

Work starts in November 2018 to provide Kidderminster with a national rail station fit for purpose. During the circa nine month construction period there will be reduced facilities at the station. Train services will continue to operate as normal and the adjacent SVR operation is unaffected...

Well the Dft interpritation of the consultation has been published and there is little mention of services in or out of Worcestershire, a county the current franchise serves poorly from Bristol and Oxford. The full document is linked below:- http://gwr.passenger.chat/gwf_consult_output.pdf

Well the timetable change hiatus has put the cat amongst the pigeons but the Class 710 thread included a comment that a 172 had been released. Is this true? Can Snow Hill Lines have have a capacity boost at the end of the year. Has the 172 been released, if so where is it?

Time to start a thread about these things, so lets start with the most important bit of passenger comfort information. The Seats! WM have put out a release re the seats, check out the link below...

WMT have plans to alter how services work through Birmingham New Street from the December timetable change. What we know so far is that the electrified Chase Line services are planned to operate through to International with every other one down to Euston. The GOBLIN 172s come to WMR and will be...

Many will be affected by these essential works, here is an early heads up from WMCA documents. Link to full document package:- https://westmidlandscombinedauthority.org.uk/media/1807/papers-for-transport-delivery-committee-3-april-2017.pdf

The Campaign for Better Transport have prduced this lobby document, your thoughts all. http://www.railtechnologymagazine.com/HS2/chancellor-urged-to-focus-on-small-rail-improvements-in-autumn-statement/156965 [/LIST]

The Severn Valley Railway is voted best heritage site in a recent poll. Can we please have a better national rail service to and from on a Sunday. Link provided below. http://www.countryfile.com/article/winners-bbc-countryfile-magazine-awards-201415

The roads running north south through the Black Country are stuffed full and seriously congested. The reasons for that are not totally acknowledged by the elected representatives of the area. The fact is that much of the traffic originates from North Worcestershire and Staffordshire because the...

The Class 139 Depot was broken into over Christmas with both Railcars suffering damage. Who are the idiots responsible.:( https://www.facebook.com/StourbridgeShuttle/photos/a.391016494276577.94656.381315915246635/880724051972483/?type=1&fref=nf

The attached link is the DfT Consultation. https://www.gov.uk/government/news/government-consults-on-the-future-of-rail-services-in-the-north

Should the rail network allow open access operators or should the franchised operators be contacted to cover these routes. My view is that if there is a need it should be in the Service Level Commitment of the TOC.

London Midland say that three extra class 323 units will cover the Redditch Branch enhancement and Bromsgrove extensions with new class 350s to cover the current diagrams they work, Redditch yes but Bromsgrove no! Then what happens when the Chase Line gets electrified in 2017, no plan! Our own...

http://www.londonmidland.com/about-us/latest-news/#/pressreleases/london-midland-announces-restructuring-plan-977159 Just an idea. What if some of the 150 staff were moved to staffing stations and on revenue protection, would that not give the LM balance sheet a better result?

First one due on or around 15th April 2014

A short but informative article on the upgraded Severn Valley connection http://www.therailengineer.com/2013/09/04/connecting-the-severn-valley/

With all this talk of unit cascades across a number of threads on this forum, no one has put forward any plans to move away from the micro fleet syndrome that many TOCs are stuck with, so consider this: GOBLIN gets wired EGIP gets wired Bedford-Bletchley gets wired Walsall-Rugeley gets...

Open Train Times are now showing times from the December timetable change, here is an example, it's quite a re-cast on my local line with some improvements. http://www.opentraintimes.com/location/SBJ/2013-12-09/0000-2359

Nothing on the sticky at the top of this section so are there any Pendos allocated to Birmingham Preston jobs on a Sunday or is it all DEMU stuff?