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Apologies if this has been posted before Is there a reason why southbound Corby trains arriving on the slow line in the refurbished platform 4 at Wellingborough are held at signals for 5 minutes in order to wait for a southbound express to pass and then cross over from the slow and follow it...

Andrea Leadsom MP has written an open letter to the Planning Inspectorate over a proposed change to the Development Consent Order (DCO) for the Northampton project over fears that the rail terminal part of the development will be sidelined, but the logistics part will go ahead, with road access...

Visited Aberystwyth today for the first time in many years, and took a ride on the Vale of Rheidol from its newly opened station next to the old BR steam shed.. I may be wrong but the last time I visited I'm sure I remember VoR trains running into the main ex-BR station. Can anyone tell me why...

Here we go again.... and not a penny extra for the railways https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/budget-2018-chancellor-philip-hammond-roads-potholes-repairs-greenhouse-gas-ipcc-greenpeace-a8604886.html

FT is reporting a £200m project in Cumbria to revive deep coal mining in the UK. West Cumbria Mining plans to extract high value metallurgical — or coking — coal used for steelmaking rather than the cheaper version used in power stations. It will use existing tunnels at a disused drift...

Apologies if this story has been posted elsewhere but there's a story in the FT tomorrow stating GB Railfreight is to refurbish 125s that are coming out of service this year and start a Yorkshire - London fast parcels service from early 2018. The company says it looking at a "site in north...

Please consider signing this petition to prevent anymore old trackbeds from being built on thus preventing any likelihood of a line being reopened. As railway supporters, this petition is worthy of our support. Can you also please circulate it as widely as possible. Click this link to sign...

Apologies it this has been posted elseswhere. It is being reported on national newswires that rail freight company DB Schenker is planning to cut more than 230 jobs amid a continued decline in demand for coal. The company has started consulting unions over 234 job losses, saying its...

Not sure if this the right thread but there's a story on the FT website about rail revival schemes. None of it is new - just a rehash of reopening plans familiar to anyone who knows about railways but down near the end I found the following quote which is perhaps the real story...

Wellings is a neo-con libertarian. In other words, a right wing nutcase who believes the free market solves everything. See the link below for the list of anti-railway diatribes. https://richardwellings.wordpress.com/about/

Reports in the media indicate that the govt is about to embark on the biggest road-building programme for 30 years with more than £15bn earmarked for various schemes around the country. Among them is £2bn to be spent on making the A303 dual carriageway all the way through the west country...

Now then, when I were a lad the London terminii were known as Liverpool Street, Paddington, King's Cross, St Pancras etc etc. These days, when you are travelling on the train you are told you are arriving at "London" Euston or "London" Victoria. It's the same with airports, Luton is known...

Does anyone collect or run old Hornby Dublo trains ? There were the Rolls Royce of model railways in their heyday (1950s - 60s), made of heavy metal diecast that was virtually indestructible.

Has anyone seen any freight activity here recently? It's one of few rail connected sites in the country that caters for wagonload traffic and was busy a few years ago but seems to be very quiet now. Have Potters given up on rail traffic at this site ?