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    Metro Mayor Steve Rotheram pledges to bring "trackless trams" to Liverpool Airport, among other places

    :lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol:
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    South Croydon Junction

    The quicker route through South Croydon is routing trains through platform 4 towards Purley as there is a 20mph crossover going through platform 5 towards Purley. I don't think there is any issue with sending trains through platform 5 at all towards Purley, no restriction on the move. It seems...
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    Cricket

    Thing is though, even despite the really high batting scores is that if the weather holds tommorow, a lot of games should finish with either wins or losses. The fact there is a chance that the Warwickshure-Durham game and Essex Kent game could end with Warwickshire and Essex winning is quite...
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    London Blackfriars - Thameslink - 20-21/4/2024

    Thameslink core is undergoing a programme to make it more resilient after a number of high profile infrastructure failures. This is requiring more weekend closures whereas the standard maintenance closures are usually just Sunday only. There is a blockade of the Thameslink core coming up this...
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    Are Aslef strike day timetables gradually improving?

    The base timetable now had 1tph from Redhill to Victoria on overtime ban days so Redhill gets 3tph.
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    East Coast Timetable Dec 24

    That's not the main issue with the timetable. The main issue is with freight paths.
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    Changes to SE metro services next June

    There are only a couple now. There will be more from December.
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    Another Landslip: Hassocks/Burgess Hill area

    They reverse at Littlehampton now instead of barnham nowadays. But agree, to set up that diversion requires of lot of planning, can be done of course but really difficult to do at short notice. A lot of trains require double crew changes at both Littlehampton and Three Bridges when diverted that...
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    Another Landslip: Hassocks/Burgess Hill area

    20mph esr on the Up Line.
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    Bustitution on Cambrian to accommodate private charter

    Charters are planned at T6 which might be why the tfw train wasn't removed until T5.
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    Stations justifying an additional platform if space permitted

    In Kent and Sussex now I would argue the only one that needs more platforms now based on the current level of service is Tonbridge due to the large volume of freight and seasonal traffic that runs through there. Either that or a way to send freight straight into West Yard from Sevenoaks, (Never...
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    No Horsham-Peterborough service Saturday 2nd March

    Quarry lines were blocked so everything was diverting via Redhill. Vic to Brighton trains were stopping at Horley as the timetable did not work if you added the stops to the Bedford Brighton trains. Peterborough trains don't run on Sundays. Quarry Lines block meant there was no capacity for...
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    Gatwick Airport station upgrade

    9T49 and 9T51 are booked SX to use Platform 6.
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    No Horsham-Peterborough service Saturday 2nd March

    There is nothing stopping Thameslink trains from theoretically doing it. It does happen in practice as well, but train crew arrangements make it very difficult to implement during disruption. Plus blocking up Platform 2 can cause chaos at East Croydon and Platform 5 is used for terminating...

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