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Something which has puzzled me in the transport world during the past 30 years. Since the disappearance of British Railways we have seen some TOCs adopt the identities of the old railway companies - GWR, Southern, LNER. However, in the bus world so many of the old operator names have...

It has been annouced that the Bridgnorth Castle Hill Railway which provides a link between the higher and lower town areas of the Shropshire town and Britain's only working inland cliff railway is finally due to reopen next Monday - March 4th. The railway has been closed since a retaining wall...

GWR web site showing cancellations today between up to 20:00 on services between Plymouth and Liskeard / Gunnislake. This is due to an unexploded 500kg Luftwaffe bomb being discovered in a back garden earlier this week at Keyham. The bomb is due to be removed and taken out to sea for...

Apparently someone attempted to start a fire at Penzance Station. The article has a photo of two broken windows in part of the building between platforms 3 and 4 and also police tape on the fencing near the buffers...

Apparently GWR Night Riviera stock is being conveyed between Penzance and Laira by road for maintenance by the well known "train truckers". Looking at the location one presumed the driver took a wrong turning and tried to cross the A30 over bridge at the A30 / B3260 junction west of Okehampton...

A car collied with the parapet of the Prescot Road over bridge near Aughton early this morning. It was a good job this happened during the early hours as the outcome could have been quite nasty. https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool-news/gallery/driver-ploughs-car-railway-bridge-28356651

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This was a very sad accident. People have walked along the sea wall for years - the "all options" comment is worrying as it might mean a popular vantage point might end up being closed off as a kneejerk reaction...

Apparently a car has crashed through a hedge and onto the tracks between Sylfaen and Welshpool Raven Square stations resulting in services being limited to Llanfair Caereinion and Sylfaen today...

Some interesting news - the VoR is to acquire the Brecon Mountain Railway. Of course it was the Brecon Mountain Railway which bought the VoR from British Railways - though eventually the partners Peter Rampton and Tony Hills went their separate ways and the VoR became a separate entity. Full...

Just reflecting on the fire at Luton Airport Multistorey Car Park which has been extensively reported. I notice from photos that this car park appeared to be of the same light weight mainly metal construction as the Kings Dock multistorey car park in Liverpool which suffered a major fire in...

Just a heads up to a forthcoming transport event for those interested in Ports and Shipping. The North West Ship Show will be held at Old Christ Church, Waterloo, Liverpool L22 1RE on Saturday September 23, 2023 between 10:00 and 15:00. A good number of exhibitors and traders will be present...

I have just tried to buy a 3 in 7 day Devon and Cornwall Rover. This is a ticket I have bought before online from the GWR website. Most recent one was purchased on April 24th, 2023 with a start date of May 8th. However, the system now appears to only allow booking on the day and up to five...

Those using rail services out of Liverpool will probably be aware that the Liverpool to Crewe line passes over the Liverpool Ring Road Queen's Drive near Mossley Hill Station. Construction of what was then known as the Queen's Drive Subway, as it was then known, was undertaken in 1914 and...

The first (300 yard) section of the Tarka Valley Railway at Torrington reopened at the weekend. Report from BBC: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-devon-66416776

In 12 years time we will be celebrating GWR 200. Given that Isambard Kingdom Brunel was considered to be the second greatest Briton some years ago is it not time to give Brunel the movie treatment? As a youngster I used to enjoy watching Edison the Man - starring Spencer Tracey and his quest...

It appears that Series 2 of the police melodrama Beyond Paradise will feature Buckfastleigh Station at Shipton Abbot. In the previous series Looe was "Shipton Abbott" but they have obviously decided to use Buckfastleigh on the South Devon Railway rather than Looe Station. The South Devon and in...

Interesting cab video posted of an incident in June 2022 when a Range Rover ignored the lights and tweeters and Llanbedr in Gwynedd. It also captures the reactions of the passengers waiting on the platform of the adjacent halt. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-wales-66125906

Given the rather close association with the Isle of Man Steam Packet Company with Britain's railways, several stations display models of their ships I am surprised to see that there has been no mention in the Other Transport Section of Rail Forums of the company's newly delivered ship MANXMAN...

At the WHR 100 Gala on Saturday I was on the 12:45 Minffordd to Beddgelert train which ran through Porthmadog non stop. I was taking photos out of the window and could clearly see the amber signal on the crossing come on then the red wig/wags. Just as MERDDIN EMRYS was about to enter the...