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    End of the station's word!

    New Delhi
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    Airdrie-Bathgate service

    I got a chance to use the extended eastwards service recently, and I agree that the 'smoothness' of the track is something I've not encountered in a long time. It also provided me with the opportunity to experience just how fleet the 334s are. In their original service location there are few...
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    Stations you've used that are now closed

    This list goes back a number of years now, but I remember travelling between Yarmouth (Southtown) to London (Liverpool Street) via Lowestoft and passing through Gorleston North, Gorleston-on-Sea, Gorleston Links Halt, Hopton-on-Sea, Corton and Lowestoft (North). Then it was onto the East Suffolk...
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    Airdrie-Bathgate service

    Even though it has begun thawing, is anyone taking bets on a successful re-opening day?
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    Airdrie-Bathgate service

    Watching the excahnges about the new timetable. electronic All-Britain is available on Network Rail's website. It should do until you can get hard copies. else print your own.
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    spotting in london

    This link may help for NR-run stations. I haven't come across any similar document about TOC-run stations. http://www.networkrail.co.uk/aspx/777.aspx#photography Best of luck
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    Club 55

    I am planning to take a trip on the Cumbrian Coast line on Saturday and having read this thread, I thought about buying the ticket on line. Using First ScotRail's site I went through all the hoops going from my local station to Carlisle and got to the Club55 fares availability. Every choice for...
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    Are Merseyrail stations exempt from smoking ban?.

    Here's a photo of the notices at the entrances and around stations in Scotland. Pretty specific wording.
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    Station Name Changes

    Birchington-on-Sea and Westgate-on-Sea have had these names since the 1870s
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    Stations you've used that are now closed

    Balloch Central - This was at a level crossing and as a child I used to wonder why the people waiting for the gates to open hadn't got on the train. After that there was Balloch Pier where the 'Maid of the Loch' took me on exciting journeys into the Highlands. Then there was Craigendoran...
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    Airdrie-Bathgate service

    Posters have opined on whether travellers from the West will change at Glasgow Queen Street or not. At the moment, there is a 5 minute connection out of the Helensburgh service and a 6 minute one out of the Balloch. Knowing that I would be one of the last getting on the Edinburgh service, and...
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    Oldest and newest fleets

    Nah! ScotRail will have that trounced when the new 380s are introduced after the reopening of the Airdrie - Bathgate line. r-o-t-r
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    Those Places with No Station but Everyone Knows Where They Are

    What about St. Andrews? With the Open Golf starting tomorrow, this place will be on a lot of people's lips.

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