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Hello, In a couple of weeks I will be on holiday in Ireland and we are planning a day out by hireing a car when we are staying near Dublin Airport. Being near the airport i presume there is plenty of places to choose from but my question is about payment having never done this before. Someone...

There appears to be disruption across the midlands this afternoon due to overhead wire problems at New Street with few departures since around 1330 and what has run has been delayed by up to 2 hours. Possibly to early to tell but is this likely to continue into tomorrow...

Not seen it mentioned anywhere but looking through the Cross Country website I stumbled across this consultation for Boxing Day services from Birmingham to Derby, Leicester and Manchester which if happens would be from next year. Closing date is today at 5pm.

I have a holiday booked in Jersey traveling via ferry from Portsmouth on the 14th and returning via Poole on the 21st. Looking at the SWR journey planner for trains to Portsmouth from London on the 13th it suggests that 'Buses replace trains Haslemere and Petersfield' on all the services via...

To start the thread off with some good news posted on the facebook page. If everything goes to plan the full railway will be open again from 10th June after a landslip near Duffield. https://www.facebook.com/wyvernrail

Just been through Derby station and after 3 years of no timetables on the racks, I have just picked up the new Cross Country booklets for the timetable change later this month. Hopefully EMR are not far behind as I do prefer paper timetables.

Hello, I have noticed that Hull Trains are diverting into St Pancras this weekend was thinking of going on one of these services due to the different routing. Are these services likely to be busy? Also are the EMR services likely to be full with the ECML being shut?

This weeks Radio Times shows a new series of 'Inside the factory' on BBC2 9pm from Monday. The first episode sees Gregg Wallace at Alstom/Bombardier in Derby by the looks of things following the production of the class 720's.

Yesterday morning I got 1V04 0704 Nottingham - Cardiff from Willington which left Nottingham on time and ran into Derby 3 mins late at 0737 with a scheduled departure of 0738. While watching the train on Open Train Times map not long after the arrival the incoming Matlock service 2A15 got the...

Walking along London Road earlier in Derby I noticed a 720 with a pink line on the driving vehicle which goes from the cab to the roof and I think pink doors. So I'm assuming this is one of the first C2C units to be built (well 2 coaches of it).

Possibly a continuation from the action at Christmas but the RMT has called a strike for this Saturday and on Saturday 5th March. https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/disruption

Looking at the allocations on RTT I have come across a 10 car IET which is showing operated by a 800 and a 802. Is RTT showing this correctly as I didn't think the two classes were compatible with each other. Realtime Trains - 1A83 1018 Penzance to London Paddington Realtime Trains - 1C60...

Starting straight after Tim Dunn's 'The Architecture The Railways Built' on the Yesterday channel tomorrow (11/9) is a new 10 part series called 'Hornby: A Model World' going behind the scenes at Hornby with the first episode focusing on the Merchant Navy.

Just to inconvenience EMR passengers even more the RMT are now going to strike on the London routes over safety of 12 car class 360 units. Personally I don't get it as other TOC's run trains without staff on portion of the train. Does anyone know what the revised timetable would look like as I...

I thought it might be useful to have a single place for the frequently requested diagrams for EMR with the introduction of the 170 and 180's and less HST's about. This can be updated when required to show the progress of the fleet change over the next few years. Hopefully this will be of use to...

Just seen a advert for this show. Starts next Monday at 10pm (after Paddington). Not sure if it is a one off or series.

EMR have announced this afternoon a reduction of services on the regional side from Monday which mostly affects routes out of Nottingham. This is because of a number of a number of cancelations in recent weeks due to a shortage of staff although it looks like there is no change to the weekend...

Like the title says is this crossing unique? It use to just be a manned gated crossing which the attendant would close/open the gates but in the last 6 months Network Rail have added the 'wig wag' lights as shown. These are controlled by the attendant which he or she turns on and off before...

Can someone tell me why Avanti and beforehand Virgin would use 'RA' indicators instead of the Train Manager giving the driver 2 on the buzzer? The only other time I have seen them used is on driver only services.

First part taken from the 'Do you have any model railway projects on the go?' thread. Here is my current (and first) project that i have very slowly been doing over the last year and a half. Currently unnamed it is a modern image 4 platform terminus along with some carriage sidings and a...