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    TRIVIA: Settlements in mainland Europe (or elsewhere) where the most centrally located station isn't the main station

    In Barcelona, França, Plaça de Catalunya and Passeig de Gracia are all more centrally located than Sants
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    Services Suspended between Nuneaton and Leamington Spa from 27/12/21.

    WMR have provided an update to say that the full rail service will be running again from 27th February, A news item appeared on Friday and they published the timetable today.
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    HS2 construction updates

    It's just contract speak, I often see similar statements in tenders I work on (in the telecoms field). It's just avoiding giving any commitment that one of the submissions will be accepted.
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    Trivia: Easily confused station names

    Henley-in-Arden and Henley-on-Thames Henley-in-Arden and Hampton-in-Arden
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    Trivia: Easily confused station names

    Kings Lynn and Kings Cross (both destinations from Cambridge) Wilmcote and Wilnecote - curiously/conversely the next station after Wilnecote on the way from Birmingham is Tamworth and Wilmcote is two stations beyond Danzey, which has previously been called Danzey for Tanworth
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    WMR restores some services between Leamington Spa - Coventry - Nuneaton

    Mr Veg is referring to the use of the whole length of the line from Leamington to Nuneaton. Checking a Banbury to Leicester trip for tomorrow lunchtime, you can arrive at Leicester at 14:10 by departing Banbury at 12:07 and changing once in Birmingham, or you can leave 21 minutes later at...
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    Northern City Line imbalance in timetable

    One reason they run empty could be to provide flexibility in the case on a late-running southbound service. When a southbound train is running a few minutes late, an empty train could leave depot early using the path of the late train and then take its diagram northbound. The late running train...
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    WMR Snow Hill reduced timetable

    Real Times Trains is showing that the previous train at 4:02 was cancelled so there was a 50 minute gap since the last service at 3:33. The problems are made worse because they haven't recast the timetable, they've just removed diagrams, so the intervals have gone from every 10 minutes to...
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    WMR Snow Hill reduced timetable

    Just curious, ignoring Chiltern's lack of available crew, would Chiltern drivers be allowed to do Stratford-on-Avon to Birmingham via Solihull? Would they be disallowed because they don't normally do the northern bound curve at Hatton?
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    Stratford-upon-Avon Platform 1 non-operational?

    It seems that a WMR train uses platform 2 if it is scheduled to depart a few minutes before a Chiltern arrival, avoiding a potential conflict if the Chiltern train is early or the WMR train is late. As an example the WMR 7:23 uses platform 2 as there is a Chiltern arrival due at 7:28 (which...
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    May 2021 Timetable Change

    RTT is showing 8 trains each way between Exeter St Davids or Central and Okehampton Realtime Trains - Departures from Okehampton
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    Leamington - Stratford-O-A Shuttles

    Until 2004, Stratford-on-Avon to London services were operated by First Great Western Link into Paddington via Oxford. There were some long gaps between the through services. Central trains operated Leamington-Stratford shuttles to plug the gaps. The Moor Street to Leamington local shuttles were...
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    Freight trains through Sitges

    http://rodalies.gencat.cat/ca/alteracions_del_servei/Afectaciones-en-el-servicio-ferroviario/ The Google English translation says that the they're doing work on the inland route via Vilafranca with the tunnel at Matorell being closed. This has led to the diversion of the freight along the coast...
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    May 2019 timetable changes

    They’ve linked Stratford to Leamington and Banbury to Marylebone services. Faster end to end journey times can be achieved by changing at Banbury. The target market is the foreign tourist who much prefers a through service to one that requires a change - particularly when English may not be...
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    Kenilworth station Opened 30th April 2018

    The station architectural design is very much based on the design of the original station. A comparison can be made in the 23rd Feb update here https://kenilworthstation.wordpress.com/
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    Stratford-upon-Avon Timetable Confusion

    In a sense you're both correct. Coinciding with the opening of Stratford Parkway in May 13, one of the Whitlocks End terminators was extended to Stratford on Saturdays only. Then in December 13, one of the Dorridge terminators was extended to Stratford on Mondays to Saturdays and the extended...
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    Chiltern consultation on September 2015 timetable

    Remember, that this is only the interim service as far as Oxford Parkway, which will present limited opportunities as a destination in its own right. The bus replacement service is likely to be running until Summer 2016 when the route opens through to Oxford proper. If the 2016 timetable is...
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    December Timetable on Open data sites

    The trains have a 22 minute layover is Stratford, so if there was any demand to stop the trains at Claverdon and Bearley, then this could be achieved by a later arrival and earlier departure in Stratford, maintaining the timings at Hatton north junction. I doubt however there would be much...

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