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Interesting that the map with that document (mentioned in post #2) shows Nottingham as not being on any Inter-City lines, and the Liverpool Street to Colchester route isn't either, though beyond there it is. Inter-City was very London-centric, except for the Cross-Country route between Taunton...

Wonder if any Peaks made it down to Ardingly on the stone trains?

I was thinking more in terms of actually linking cities; Portsmouth, Southampton, Salisbury, Bath, Bristol, Newport and Cardiff.

Vatican city?

Just been reading this thread. We are now almost a quarter of the way through the 21st century and there are still arguments about the interior environment of these trains; provision for working space, seating capacity (2+3), room to eat refreshments, air-con, toilets etc. If we want people to...

The first character on these RTT "codes" are correct, though; that'll be a class 3 train.

Surely all the routes west of Exeter were Western Region, during the period of all the "Peak" moves noted above?

A similar thing happens at Poole, when a train comes out of the carriage siding to form an up working.

It's pathed for the down slow line, but that evening it ran on the down fast all the way to MK.

They worked regularly on the Northfleet coal trains to the cement works there (class 45s). Can't think of any regular class 44 or class 46 workings.

I doubt if my daughters have ever heard of National Rail. They've heard of the Trainline though...

I agree that for many, and in particular younger passengers, the Trainline is THE place to buy your train tickets. Very savvy advertising too.

If things need to change at Blackpool North, then customers/passengers must write to the management of Northern, outlining their specific complaints and concerns of the attitude of some staff there.

As long as you didn't say "quite unique" or "very unique"...

Do you have a link to the Geoff Marshall piece, please?