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I didn't see a thread for this so I thought of making a new one - basically a discussion on any engineering work covering track not used by regular passenger service.

Hello, Wanted to ask about the following 455s whether they are still operating or whether they have faults/problems: 455703, 455726, 455740, 455742, 455847, 455866, 455905, 455919

Hello all, In a couple of weeks I am going to SWRs assesment centre in Southampton for a gateline role. What can I expect there and what steps are to follow after I have gone?

One of the limitations of an All Line Rover is that you can't board trains before 10am at certain stations, 2 of these being Kings Cross and Stevenage. 14.2 from the conditions of travel states that providing both your single/return ticket is valid and your rover is valid in terms of date etc...

Today, the 2J26 1024 Hampton Court to Waterloo was formed of 2 class 450s. I was wondering how often SWR do this, and why they did this instead of using a 455/456.

What are people's thoughts on gtr selling tickets for different brands. Is this fair or are they not complying to the contract?

I don't quite know why this happened, but on Thursday I tapped in to Kingston station. After going to the platform, I saw that my train was heavily delayed, so decided to leave the station and get a bus. I then tapped out of the station. As you can see, I had £5.30 before and it charged me £4.20...

Does anyone know if Class 379s have diagrams for non Stansted express services or is it just random?

As TFL Rail and Heathrow Express both allow oyster from Heathrow, I was wondering how the system calculates whether to charge you for Heathrow Express or TFL Rail between Heathrow and Paddington? Currently both run from Terminal 5, if I were to get TFL Rail to Paddington, would the system know...

I have been collecting wallets or card holders made by TOCs on my visits. So far I have wallets/card holders from the following TOCs: c2c Greater Anglia Northern Southeastern Southern I was wondering if anyone knew if any other TOCs made card holders, where they are able to take either on a...

The SWR franchise is said to be at risk of nationalisation, but I believe most of the disruption is down to capacity and bottlenecks rather than poor management. Network rail could improve the South West Mainline and minimise disruption, here are some ideas: - Improving track layout before...

Moderator note: Split from https://www.railforums.co.uk/threads/swr-to-be-nationalised.197990/ I don't think SWR should be nationalised, the problems are capacity and its something that won't be fixed under a different operator. I'm not happy with SWR as it is, especially with the strikes...

I am headed up to Norwich in February, and the return leg is in first class (The 1430 out). What are the benefits? I am aware of the leather seats and power sockets and all that but do you get served meals or refreshments?

As the frequently requested diagrams page states it is out of date after December 15th, have the diagrams changed of the 387s? The 10:49 service to Shoeburyness was a 357 the last time I checked.

I was wondering what routes the 144s would operate during 2020 when more 142s are being scrapped. Rail Magazine state that they will operate in South Yorkshire, but are there any routes where they are almost certain to operate? I know the Huddersfield to Sheffield has cropped up a bit, but are...

Apologies if this has been posted elsewhere, but does anyone know the diagrams of 172/0s other than the Leamington Spa-Nuneaton routes? Is there a high chance of seeing one on the snow hill lines at a specific time?

Hi all, I'm going to Sheffield soon, and I fancy a ride on the Supertram. I was looking at the ticketing options, and they seem to confuse me. From what I've heard there are no ticket machines, but instead staff on board every tram to buy tickets from. I wanted to get a few trips in, notably on...

So today at Grantham I was due to get the 15:16 LNER service to Kings Cross, this had come from Leeds at 14:15. However there were delays on the ECML and my train was delayed by 10 mins. However a LNER service from York came just after 15:16, being delayed also. I asked the staff at Grantham...

Hello all, I am aware that there is a section on these diagrams in the Frequently Requested Diagrams thread, however that was done several years ago and recently someone I knew rode on a 365 between Kings Cross and Finsbury Park on the 1P22 1016 Kings Cross to Peterborough which is a Saturday...

I was on the 13:25 Moorgate to Hertford North service, ran by a 717. However, at Hornsey the train stopped but none of the doors opened. The train then left and at Alexandra palace the same thing happened, although one door did open. The train left Alexandra Palace 7 minutes late, wondered how...