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I can't see any sensible reporting of this "upgrade," although I have searched quite widely. All the publicity (e.g. https://www.networkrail.co.uk/running-the-railway/our-routes/east-coast/darlington-station-upgrades/) seems to be designed to hide what is actually being built in terms of track...

Four companies/groups have apparently been shortlisted... I would imagine that the best bet would to get one of the "companies" already running the services at one end or the other to expand into it. As I said on...

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-68283629: I can't find it (even its name) on maritime AIS, Anybody got any suggestions for tracking it?

Moderator note - split from: https://www.railforums.co.uk/threads/hs2-back-on-track-front-page-of-sunday-express-private-sector-plan-to-build-birmingham-to-manchester.261529/ Can you justify that? As I understand it we are guaranteed to pay a lot...

NRE says but traksy doesn't seem to show any kind of blockage. (1 siding at York shows "NOGO") Anybody know what is wrong?

Astonishing... https://www.theguardian.com/business/2023/oct/20/avanti-west-coast-cut-services-december-rail-train: Just Saturdays in December? And especially after https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2022/oct/06/avanti-should-run-more-trains-or-lose-contract-manchester-mayor in 2022

As above... has anybody got recommendations of good firms or ones to avoid? I'm aware of the risk of buying a dud if I just take the paid-for ad on Google, or get the cheapest from China...

I have just received this from a friend: I thought at first that it was reservations issued twice for the same train (which was mentioned on another thread recently... it may well have been that issue.) This couple have senior railcards but will be paying proper public fares, they might have...

I have just noticed that the puff for "Channel Tunnel: Life On The Inside" tonight on Yesterday channel (Category: News/Current Affairs, Episode 2 | Season 1) says which I find hard to believe. Apart from the fact that the length is irrelevant to how busy it is, surely the flighting of trains...

Beware, now at version 4, published 26th June! No idea what the changes are, I wish they would highlight them or put an introductory editorial comment...

Train smashes through truck stuck on railway crossing A train crashed into a truck which was stuck on a railway crossing in North Carolina. The truck driver got away in time and no injuries were reported. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/world-us-canada-65859078 shows video of train runnung...

Guided trolleybuses being withdrawn, quite a good light-hearted report from just before it happened:

Good news here: https://www.cyclinguk.org/article/eurostar-re-opens-cycle-carriage-service#msdynttrid=BrElJNkL7SaeENci9idbByoINQHjp-N-lq6IR1lfV1Q

From today's Guardian (https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/feb/24/how-ukraine-railways-keeps-people-and-presidents-moving finishes by saying Hats off to them.

As the heading says, but one bit of the Guardan's report (https://www.theguardian.com/business/2023/feb/22/british-steel-announce-300-job-losses-scunthorpe-works) puzzles me. Is it gibberish, or a garbled version of "We really need Scunthorpe steel for our rails," or is some coke oven...

Following the link on https://www.railforums.co.uk/threads/spanish-regional-trains-too-big.243245/ I looked at another story: https://eandt.theiet.org/content/articles/2023/01/majority-support-higher-road-taxes-to-fund-public-transport-services/ which says and lots more. It struck me that the...

from sleeper manufacturing problem... (https://www.railforums.co.uk/threads/db-derailment-at-garmisch-3-june.232579/page-4) NCE said Anyone know how it is going?

https://railuk.com/infrastructure/permanent-way/west-coast-main-line-closure-for-preston-station-track-upgrades/ says for 3 full weekends and a Sunday no trains at all through Preston... and looking at NR journey planner, every single Avanti train journey is split between 2 buses Wigan to...

https://www.dutchnews.nl/news/2022/10/ns-cuts-train-timetable-blaming-staff-shortages-as-complaints-soar/ Sorry to hear it, I thought we were uniquely incompetent here!

https://www.standard.co.uk/news/transport/london-buses-electric-rapid-charging-bexleyheath-b1035299.html starts Nice video... A picture is worth 1000 words, a video is even bettter! No moving parts on every bus exposed to weather and vibration, but just one "upside-down" pantograph (2...