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Are there any plans to upgrade Dudley Port station after the extension to Dudley town centre is open, or improve its level of service? You would have thought that this will become a more important interchange than Sandwell and Dudley station, given its better connections and proximity to Dudley...

An appalling decision in my view, but not surprising given the shocking undemocratic anachronism that is the City of London Corporation. 3,500 objections completely ignored. If this proceeds it really is the thin end of the wedge - no reason why Network Rail or anyone else can't ignore the...

Without wanting to go over old ground, my point is that the demolition isn't necessary to redevelop the concourse. Network Rail could do the whole scheme of redeveloping the concourse without demolishing 50 Liverpool Street and putting a giant office block over the roof of the station. These...

If you look at this document: https://timeforliverpoolstreet.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/296-ACM-XX-XX-RP-A-00-057-0-Website-Summary-S-241115-LR.pdf I don't see how any of the concourse changes can't be delivered within the present station? As far as I can see they're not extending the...

Around half of the 1990s roof will be demolished, so the new office block can be built on top of it. There will then be a new roof in its place. You can see this in p.25 of this document...

Looks like the planning inspector is set to recommend the scheme is approved. I imagine there will be significant opposition to this, and hopefully sense will ultimately prevail. The enormous slab office block will be built on the site of 50 Liverpool Street, which was carefully reconstructed...

If Liverpool Street station was not in the City, in the part of the country with the highest land value prices, Network Rail would not be proposing this kind of redevelopment. As in the 1970s with the previous attempt to demolish large parts of the station, the listed elements of the station...

They've very cleverly shot the video to remove almost any reference to the demolition of the McDonald's building and the impact that building an enormous office slab on top of the 1991 extension is going to have on light levels in the rest of the station. Don't they understand? We don't want...

Does anyone know why there are no Rail and Sail services to Ireland via Holyhead or Fishguard, or when these might be restored? https://www.stenaline.co.uk/rail-and-sail

Completely agree with this. And also to add to the insanity of this, the decision to sell the HS1 concession in November 2010 to a pension fund (almost certainly the reason why track access charges are 3x what they are in France for a much newer and shorter piece of infrastructure). And the...

Does anyone have any clue what this is? https://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/service/gb-nr:U66248/2022-07-18/detailed#allox_id=2

Ah apologies, I haven't actually been in, I just didn't see it in the photos. It's a pity it's no longer used for its original function.

Does anyone know what happened to the old booking office structure at St. Pancras, after the redevelopment of the station? I know the room is now used as a bar, but I'm interested to know what happened to the original ticket booth (see pictures here) I'm also interested to know if anyone...

According to Historic England, much of the 1867 buildings in the station (including the train shed), are listed at Grade II, so will probably be quite difficult to demolish. https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1436435

Why are the electric IEP trains for the ECML being ordered as 9 car variants? Surely the infrastructure can take 11-cars, and this will soon be required as passenger numbers continue to rise?

http://www.newstatesman.com/politics/2014/05/charting-rise-new-willies 'Willies' = Work in London, live in Edinburgh. I think they catch the early morning 5.40 East Coast service which takes exactly 4 hours. All high net worth individuals, who seem to only do it a few days a week.

This may have already been noted, but the first few yards of the Windsor branch have also been wired out of Slough. The corresponding platform has not yet been wired, however.

Some comments from someone not au-fay with the procedures. 1) Why does the dispatch time vary for intercity and regional trains? Surely the process should take the same amount of time whatever the distance the train is travelling? I would have thought the only thing that affects this is...

If anyone is interested there is a video of the 140mph+ test runs in 1989 in the link below, which clearly shows the flashing green aspects. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mYfq79jXI7A

If I recall, the original reason a rail option was chosen rather than road tunnels/bridges was due to a combination of cost and driver mesmorisation. Bridges were deemed to costly, especially taking into account the extra structural support required to alleviate high winds. A 32 mile...