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Hello from Canada. The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation recently filed an article about poor Winter accessibility of a railway crossings in Windsor, Ontario (near Detroit, Michigan) for a person in a wheelchair when there is snow. Close call involving wheelchair user stuck in train tracks...

Moderator note: split from https://www.railforums.co.uk/threads/class-175-to-gwr.272524 Are any Cornish or Thames Valley branch lines are ripe for conversion to Tramway/Light Rail Technology?

Moderator note: Split from https://www.railforums.co.uk/threads/royal-mail-to-cease-using-trains.270595/ [I'm from western Canada.] How exactly is the Road Freight sector subsidized in the UK other than by using taxpayer funded roads?

In reading the TSGN ITT, it mentions a new class, British Rail Class 387. These are the the 116 carriages that were assumed to become Class 377/8. What I don't understand is why extra money is being spent to build Class 387 as Dual Voltage when already Dual Voltage Class 319s are being...

A recent Herarld Scotland article discusses the current phenomena that flights between Scotland and London are nearly always cheaper than travelling by train. I'm quite interested to see what everyone here thinks.

In this post at The Rawailay Eye I read something strange: It said that the recent Pendolino Trial on the ECML should have had a sticker shouting: 'You can have this proven train for £20,000 per vehicle per month less than IEP'! It got me thinking.... is that IEP so much more expensive?

Now available is TFL’S RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE HIGH LEVEL OUTPUT SPECIFICATION FOR 2014 – 2019. In this document TfL makes its recommendation on what it wants investment directed towards. Here's a highlight of what services TfL wants changed: - Train and platform lengthening to five...

Does anyone have a comprehensive list on what new rolling stock will be delivered next year in 2012?

Given the Government's plans for electrification of the railway, do you think that British Rail Class 172 will be the only DMU built this decade (excluding light-weight railcars like diesel powered trams and the Parry People Mover)? Rail Electrification Schedule: •Manchester to...

In another thread this comment was made, but my comments did not relate to the original topic so I thought a new thread was warranted. You've raised some great points. I just think that HM Government seems to be moving slowly on electrification. Now I support their current strategy of...