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I was just wondering with Virgin now having franchises on both the main lines in the UK (WCML & ECML) do you think they might bid on hs2 to have all 3? If not who do you thinks most likely to or do you think a completely new TOC will bid?

Call me nieave or young or stupid but I think I have a great idea and I'm not quite sure why someone else hasn't apposed this instead of hs2 And before I start I'm aware I don't know fully about train speed and the advantages/disadvantages of high speed rail nor do I know fully about track...

Can somebody please explain a few things about HSs2 to me please? 1) is HS2 going to follow the same route (not side by side obviously) as the WCML as in going to the same cities or is it going to be going to different cities? If yes, then how is it going to work? Is every city it calls at...

I've always wondered why instead of building hs2, why don't they just upgrade the wcml dramatically? Surely it would save money, save building a new line and destroying the landscape and also the wcml is a really good route reaching most of the major city's on the west side (crewe, Stoke...

I was just wondering why is virgin trains west coast franchise made up of 49% Virgin rail group and 51% stagecoach? Don't a massive global brand such as Virgin have enough money to buy out stagecoaches steak? And why do they even need stagecoach? They know how to run trains and airplanes...

After what happened in 2012 when the franchise is up for grabs in 2017 do you think Virgin will bid again? Now Virgin partly own the east coast main line as well so they will be making a profit there? I personally think Virgin are a great TOC and have transformed the wcml, I can't imagine...

Hi everyone I was just wondering what day does Virgin East Coast officialy start services? And I was just wondering will there be a launch event on the day at Kings cross which is their terminus? Or will it just be another normal Monday but with a different TOC at the station? I was just...

I check Virgin Trains, Cross country, East midland trains, Northern rail and London midland trains career websites on a daily basis as I want to work within the railway and these are my local TOC's operating at Crewe and Stoke However for some reason London Midland vacciancies site never...

Hi guys I applied for a customer service assistant based at Liverpool for Northern rail about a week ago and I have just relieved a reply inviting me to do an online dsi test (Dependability and safety instruction test). My goal in life is to work on within the railway and to be honest I like...

Hi guys I was just wondering is there any stations on the ecml or ecml branches that are near Stoke on Trent? If so which ones? I would like to broaden my options for getting foot on the railway career ladder but I'm not very clear on the ecml map I'm so used to the wcml with it being my local...

I check my local operators vacancy sites on a daily basis (virgin trains, east midland trains, cross country trains, northen rail, london midland etc) for onboard and station jobs but I was just wondering is therea site or forum where i can find all current jobs in one place? thanks

I haven't got sky and never will as I think it's a waste of money but I really wanted to watch all aboard East Coast Trains I believe it was repeated on pick on the 3rd but I missed it as I was in Cheshire can anybody tell me if its on pick again or any good places to watch download it? I've...

Hi guys, I do check most TOC careers pages daily but I was just wondering if anyone knows of any recent careers within the railway? Station or onboard would be ideal and ideally in my area or area of travel so that's Stoke station (my local station) Stafford, crewe, manchester Piccadilly etc...

Hi guys Its recently come to my attention that all trains in the UK no matter what make, model, type, or TOC seem to be like yellow at the front is this just coinsidental or is there some reason for this? There's some TOC's that have no yellow in their colour scheme but the front of their...

Hi guys just a quick question, just wondering will the new hitachi class 800/801's be tilting trains? Just makes sense that such modern trains would buy from what I've read about them I don't think they are, any answers and details will be appreciated guys thank you :) feel free to discuss

Hi guys I was just wondering because the class 390 Pendolinos and class 221 Super Voyagers are the only tilting trains in the UK, why aren't there more? Don't tilting trains allow for higher speeds around bends and therefore improve services? For instance say there was two train companies...

Hi guys I was just wondering are the class 390 pendolino's and super voyagers the only tilting trains in the UK? I know about the APT's history so I aren't counting that I'm just simply wondering are Pendo's and voyagers the only tilting trains in the UK? If not can someone tell me about...

Hi I was just wondering what happened in 2012? If I'm correct in thinking Virgins franchise was up and they lost it but then for some reason they got it back? I wasn't interested in trains or rail back then but now I have been for about a year and I was just wondering what happened? Why did they...

Hi, I'm 19 and have a massive interest in trains and the rail network for months I've wanted to work on the railway. I applied for a job at Virgin trains (CSA stoke station) 4 weeks ago the vacancy is now closed and it says my application was submitted and They haven't yet gotten back to me to...

19 year old rail enthusiast here. I've recently watched all episodes of 'keeping Britan on track' and I've watched all series 1 and up to date on series 2 of 'the railway; first great western' Watching both these great series has been a great time spender for me and although it might put...