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    RAIB - Serious operational irregularity at Balham

    Quite a close call. The PICOPs were working from home. https://www.gov.uk/raib-reports/report-01-2020-serious-operational-irregularity-at-balham
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    Swiss train derailed by the wind.

    As well as Storm Dylan Switzerland has also been hit by a severe storm. This has caused severe disruption on the Swiss railways, the worst being the stretch between Lenk and Zweisimmen on the metre gauge Montreux Oberland Bahn. There a 3 car set was caught by a crosswind which caused the...
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    Failed train at Witham (18/12)

    im on 1A95 from Harwich to Liverpool Street and we came to a stand just outside Witham. According to the driver the pantograph has come off the back unit. He reckons we can’t proceed like that! They’re waiting for a NR guy to come along and assess whether we can move - if we can we’ll be...
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    50 injured in German collision

    Breaking news just coming in that German police are reporting that 50 people have been injured in a collision between a passenger train and a goods train in Meerbusch, Nordrhein-Westfalen. The train involved is a RE7 operated by National Express Germany and is a Bombardier Talent 2 EMU...
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    New MTR Express FLIRTs named

    https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/jul/19/trainy-mctrainface-boaty-mcboatface-legacy-lives-on-in-swedish-train Trainy McTrainface :roll:
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    SOB to operate Gotthard Bergstrecke from 2020

    http://www.fm1today.ch/suedostbahn-betreibt-ab-2020-zwei-linien-fuer-die-sbb/532884 (in German, sorry) It's not clear whether the direct trains will go to Lugano or reinstate the connection to Locarno - they have to negotiate with Kanton Ticino. They also want to operate Bern - Langenthal -...
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    Alexander-Dennis to supply E500s to Switzerland

    https://www.postauto.ch/en/news/first-postbuses-united-kingdom Obviously congrats to Alexander Dennis. Switzerland tends to buy Citaro and MAN with a few Scanias. It looks like this is the same configuration as the Berlin deckers. With MAN's decision to relocate bus manufacture to Turkey...
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    Derailment in California

    An ACE (Altamont Corridor Express) train has derailed and overturned after hitting a tree. There are injuries, 4 serious, but no life threatening ones. http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/mar/08/injuries-reported-as-passenger-train-derails-in-california
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    Vossloh valencia plant sold

    The Vossloh Rail Vehicles plant in Valencia, Spain which produces the Class 68 and the South Yorkshire Tram-Train has been sold by Vossloh to the Swiss train manufacturer Stadler. http://www.railwaygazette.com/news/business/single-view/view/vossloh-rail-vehicles-sold-to-stadler.html...
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    'Do not alight here' signs

    The old Kings Cross Thameslink platforms also have signs saying do not alight here.
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    Time lapse Chur to Arosa

    For the 100th anniversary of the Rhatische Bahn line from Chur to Arosa Allessandro Della Bella of the Helvetia by Night website has done a time-lapse of the full journey. https://vimeo.com/103839439 By the way the knitting, including the street running section through Chur is energised...
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    Merseyrail Wirral Line closed after bridge bash

    By Rail Replacement Bus http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2014/dec/07/roof-sliced-off-doubledecker-bus-crash-liverpool Oops

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