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The hoardings are now down and there’s a big notice announcing the official opening as being at 16.00 on Monday 7th September.

Just a query about responsibility and different delay repay thresholds. Arrived at Bristol Parkway (heading for Bath) when the next scheduled train was the 15.59. That should have enabled me to catch the 16.22 Portsmouth from Temple Meads, arriving in Bath at 16.34. However, the 15.59 was...

Am considering a trip to the Naples area in 2027 for a combination of track bashing and non-railway "culture". I'm familiar with the Italia in Tour 3 and 5 day passes which cover Trenitalia regional routes, but a lot of local stuff in the Naples area isn't TI, of course. Come across the Campania...

Think it was 68s (trees in the way) - appear to be heading to Eastleigh from Crewe - but whose are they?

Does anyone know the definitive ruling on whether the Spirit of Scotland Rover is valid on the seated portion of the Fort William Sleeper (and if so, where is it to be found in black and white)? Talking about the West Highland section only. Scotrail and National Rail sites both state "All...

If you travel from Bristol to Birmingham, between Stapleton Road and Bournville you pass through 17 stations (18 once Charfield opens), all of which (in their current iterations) opened on different dates. Any advance on 17 anywhere? Come to think of it, if you’re quick you can probably extend...

Does anyone have any idea when the above is likely to open. Wikipedia gives 2026 but seems not very up to date and the project’s own site is even less informative. I’m taking the year with a pinch of salt at the moment…

The threads on withdrawn ferries led me to think: where are there still regular ferries across inland (ie non-tidal) waterways in this country? Genuine regular ferries, not pleasure boat trips disguised for some kind of tax purpose. (This is going to be a bit of a grey area with things like the...

Inspired by the thread in corridor trains, this is sort of the other way around. Excluding any country which only had 1 railway station, what examples can we find of the phenomenon in the title? For the sake of argument - a station like St Pancras is one station so you can’t count the Eurostar...

Have just seen on GW journey check for Bristol Parkway (shortened version) “Emergency roadworks are causing serious delays accessing the station. Passengers with advance tickets may miss their booked trains - revenue staff exercise discretion” Full marks to who ever put this out! Slightly fewer...

Moderator note: Split from https://www.railforums.co.uk/threads/northumberland-line-reopening-progress-updates.204414/page-51 Only a very limited “full picture” (seeing a railway in purely direct commercial terms). You also need to think about improvements in the standard of living / quality...

Can anyone explain logic behind making this train (running to Boardmasters at Newquay in the path of the Penzance service) “set down only” at all stops from Swindon to Newton Abbott”? I could understand the logic of “pick up only” (though disagree with the principle of barring a train to its...

In connection with this weekend’s engineering work on the Severn Beach Line, helpful signs have been erected (presumably at all stations) giving the location of RRB stops. This is one of the two on the Bristol bound platform at Lawrence Hill. [Photograph shows standard GWR rail replacement...

Inspired by the “obscure services” thread: There are hundreds of stations from which it is possible to commute to London every day by direct train. Which ones are only served the other way around? (Ie you can arrive from London by direct train, do a normal-ish day’s work and return by direct...

Question prompted by this combination of screenshots. Not displaying on that screen are the cancellations of the 15.10 and 16.10 to Temple Meads and the 15.41 to Cardiff. At least from the perspective of Bath Spa (I doubt it is unique) this has gone beyond “minor disruption”, let alone “a good...

Anyone any idea what happened here. Look initially like a turnaround via the Rhubarb curve, but the time for Lawrence Hill (16.32) was as near as makes no difference the time passengers for stations for Warminster were being turfed off at Temple Meads and told to get the 16.45 so the train...

Discussion of turned AVANTI sets elsewhere set me thinking - is Newcastle the only place on NR where an all-stations stopper can “do the loop” and return whence it came without missing any stops in either direction (and without the driver “leaving their seat”)?

Apologies if there’s already an answer on here somewhere which I’ve failed to find, but does anyone know a source of accurate station to station distances for the Paris Metro? Lazy old me doesn’t really fancy hours of map measuring, trying to pick out tunnel routes on geodistance.

Trying to claim for an abandoned journey due to this morning’s fun and games at Bristol Parkway. Does anyone know whether the Bristol area Freedom Travelpass is officially a Rover or a Season Ticket as GWR require me to specify on the online claim.

While musing on the thread about weird termini, it occurred to me that my daily choice of trains consists of a sequence of 4 odd “one-off” workings, viz (times at Bath Spa): 06.47 Paddington - Swansea via Bristol Temple Meads and Parkway 06.47 Bath - Bristol TM stopper (5car IET!) 07.04 Bath -...