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What projects (new trains, electrification, new stations etc) are you most looking forward to that are still currently planned to complete in 2021 (even if you suspect they may be delayed)? Let’s try to keep it positive :) 1609461888 I’ll start: Class 360 electric trains to Corby.

Now that the Great Western Mainline, Midland Mainline and even the Great Eastern Mainline are in a much better state than a few years ago with many more electric trains and myriad infrastructure improvements, does the forum feel that the Chiltern Mainline has picked up the "unfairly treated...

The latest update from the SPT website is that the trains were delivered getting on for 18 months ago now. http://www.spt.co.uk/2019/05/first-new-subway-trains-arrive/ I haven't found any other information elsewhere. What's happening with these units?

It’s been a year of doom and gloom for many. However, some good has happened this year and it would be a shame not to highlight it. Indeed I believe the absence of good news recently has been just as bad as the volume of bad news. With that in mind I thought it might be a nice idea to have a...

Having been fortunate enough to stay at Rannoch Station on Saturday night I noticed on the platform the modern (and somewhat out of place, but very nice) Caledonian Sleeper screen. On this screen it said that “Caledonian Sleeper daytime services are currently suspended due to COVID-19”. I...

With the government (supposedly) now supporting a bi modal future for U.K. rail freight I had a few theoretical questions I thought it might be interesting to discuss. Lets use the admittedly naive idea that if 25kV AC or 3rd Rail DC exists a given train will be fully powered by that method...

The original thread has been locked: https://www.railforums.co.uk/threads/remaining-operational-semaphore-signals-on-the-network.75577/ and the state of play has changed dramatically since. Where, if anywhere, still uses semaphore signals on the U.K. rail network? D

What’s going on here then?

Now that Transport for London are providing stations between St. Albans and Luton Airport Parkway with a contactless-only version of the Oyster system do they currently have in place any plans to allow attaching a Railcard discount to contactless credit/debit cards? Currently you can only...

I have a keen interest in green energy and transportation and have been searching for a map of the current state of electrification of railway in the UK. The closest I've found is (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/17/UK_rail_electrification_by_2019.pdf) but as we all know this is...

In November of last year DAfT announced that oyster would extend as far as Luton Airport Parkway on Thameslink in “early 2019”. It now being May I would say we are somewhat past “early 2019” and yet I cannot find any additional information online. Does anyone have any additional information...

Unless I am going completely nuts the motor noises of the class 700 fleet have changed significantly in the last week or so. Particularly noticeable at St. Pancras because of the existing issues with noise there. There is a completely new additional “dull” motor noise. Can anyone else...