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It seems that the main bottleneck of the midland mainline electrification is the over road bridge at Leicester station (or nearby I actually don't know) which can't be raised nor the railway lowered without considerable expense that the current government like previous don't see any value in...

It seems that the north Clyde line via bathgate is the most direct rail route in terms of miles travelled between Glasgow and Edinburgh. With the north Clyde line commuter services generally 10-15 minutes slower than the "ScotRail express" via the circuitous Falkirk high route. I'm not...

I was thinking about what use in the immediate term (once phase 1 is completed) the two HS2 spurs that would have connected to the original HS2 Y network. Currently there is a spur ending east of handsacre connecting to phase 2a to Crewe and Manchester. Also the spur ending next to the m42...

There does not seem to be any bins at Euston station inside or out. Just a mitie litter picker with a litter trolley. Why are there no bins and does it make sense that there are no bins? There are so many outlets particularly at Euston like burger king that will generate rubbish across the...

Forgive me if this has been discussed previously. I have been thinking about when eventually the GCR bridge project is complete with track from Leicester to Nottingham, has there been any thought put to or plans made to how the unified railway will operate day to day or organisationally be...

I don't know if this has been discussed elsewhere here. On the theme of exporting HSTs abroad... I have seen postings online of HSTs being exported to Nigeria, I understand to the Lagos Metro Red Line. Anyone know anymore about what's happening?

So I came across this headline when I was doing some looking into what dumbleton hall was going to be used in japan (presumably a static exhibit in the harry potter studio tour in development there). However for a moment a thought came to my head that they were gonna restore dumbleton hall and...

mods note - split from this thread Tangentially to this I have wondered what routes would there be scope for converting to a European loading gauge

I couldn't find any information on this, however why does the Nottingham tram lines go the "wrong way" relative to each other between the forest and Wilkinson street tram stops? Was there no alternative route to stop crossing over each running line? Or was it so that it could serve either side...

The day tube map has Thameslink services in London. The Thameslink core is 24hrs, should that go on the night tube map also?

I'll start with I'm not sure if this is the right place to post, please move to the appropriate place if needed. I've seen clips of fgw HSTs diverted to Marylebone and Waterloo during times of disruption, also southeastern trains to Waterloo and Hull Trains to st pancras. Are there other known...

Can HS1 uk loading gauge trains be diverted through the freight junction in dagenham? Could the southeastern and eurostar cl 373 trains be diverted to other stations in london or to St pancras via the goblin and NLL? Has this ever happened or are there contingencies for this? Also, not sure...

Hey, with a recent network rail report talking about potentially electrifying alot of the network, I came to thinking what solutions could be had in places where there are existing DC overhead electrification in Sunderland and Rotherham for the local tram/metro systems. Let's say the national...

So here is an idea using the currently unused international platforms at Stratford International. Basing this on the Ouigo/EasyJet model of using secondary stations/airports for lower costs the stratford london bound platform could be used as an arrival platform and the Europe bound platform for...