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Hello all, On Tuesday 20th February I took 1B32 0947 Birmingham New Street to London Euston. Needless to say I was a bit surprised when my train departed Birmingham... heading northbound. The train in the end travelled via Soho and the Aston to Stechford line before rejoining the normal route...

Until 1964 there existed a route between Cross Gates and a wye junction at Wetherby, connecting to the now closed Harrogate to Church Fenton line, essentially providing three ways of getting between Leeds and Harrogate, counting the aforementioned route, the existing route and the now closed...

As I can't find a dedicated thread for this topic, I thought I should make one. As part of the Network North ideas that have been bounded around, the suggestion has been made that a new route from Bradford to Huddersfield would be built, with trains from Bradford to Manchester using this route...

I've noticed this movement for tonight on Realtime trains. https://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/service/gb-nr:N87726/2023-10-22/detailed#allox_id=4 It's 195101 doing a tour of the Leeds North West / Shipley triangle lines, which I'd assume is being used as a test prior to the introduction of three...

Today I picked up an advance purchase single for a journey in about a month's time. I purchased the ticket from Avanti's website and collected the ticket from one of Avanti's TVMs at Birmingham New Street. I've booked onto the 08:47 Avanti service from Birmingham New Street to London Euston...

I was watching a Don Coffey cab ride earlier (Manchester Piccadilly to Hull) and a caption mentioned that there was a suggestion of combining the two Garforth stations. Is this likely to happen at all? For me this would be very beneficial as East Garforth station eats away capacity on a busy...

With the scaled back nature of HS2, there will be less of a need for portion working requiring two 200m units to make the most out of the 400m maximum length, thus more services running as single units, with fixed 400m long trains only likely to be used on services from London Euston to...

Moderator note: Split from https://www.railforums.co.uk/threads/mml-electrification-progress-updates.110445/ Grade separation at Wigston North Jn is very dependent on other schemes happening envisioned by Midland Connect / Midland Rail Hub / whatever we’re calling it today, those being the...

Northern Powerhouse Rail is in a state of limbo between 'going ahead in full', i.e. a new Leeds to Manchester via Bradford 125mph line and the scaled back Marsden to Manchester Piccadilly route. I know that repeatedly scaling back projects is unpopular, but there are many alternatives to the...

This thread has been made to discuss how and when the service pattern on the York to Manchester via Huddersfield line will change over the course of the TransPennine Route Upgrade's implementation. This thread is also likely going to involve discussing how TransPennine Express will reintroduce...

What is the purpose of these two services, the first one which is carrying passengers and the other which is an empty coaching stock movement? 1Z02 1329 York to Birmingham New Street https://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/service/gb-nr:K31653/2022-03-23/detailed And 5Z02 1657 Birmingham New Street...

I was having a think earlier today about the Manchester Piccadilly to Rose Hill Marple to service and how it would be brilliant if it could be operated by an EMU, preferably a 331/1. The route is 13 mi 27 ch long, only 7 mi 1 ch of which need electrifying and features short gaps between...

Are there any proposals to reopen the centre disused platform for Redditch / Bromsgrove bound trains and use the existing platform 2 as a Camp Hill line platform, with occasional use by Cross City trains to make it easier to path a through train going towards Camp Hill. I admit that some...

In light of several developments, including TRU, the Northumberland line reopening and TfN’s plan to begin the process of acquiring new rolling stock for Northern around 2023, I’ve began this thread to talk about how Northern can be improved over the course of the next 20 or so years. I’ll...

As shown by this map, the Ingleton branch was extended to Lowgill via Sedburgh, but this seems odd to me, as a direct link to Oxenholme & onwards to Windermere, allowing Express passenger trains to travel between Yorkshire & the heart of the Lake District would surely be much more lucrative, as...

I was browsing through the departures at Leeds this evening (Sunday 25th June) and I noticed that 2T58 2218 Leeds to York would be worked by 153363 on its own. A quick look at last Sunday’s departures reveals that this unit that arrives fresh from the depot is coupled up to the unit that would...

Ok, here goes my thought out, and what I believe to be a sensible and realistic way to radically improve services for users of the Hallam line. It involves: - Building four new bay platforms at Leeds in the area circled to eliminate conflicts with TPE services and the limitations to train...

Note to the moderators - If you believe that this thread belongs in another sub-forum, then please feel free to move this thread. Today I was watching this week’s episode of ‘Ashville weekly’ in which an anti-HS2 protest group decided to protest against the business that supplies aggregates to...

The previous Northern (Arriva) was scheduled to end in 2025. Assuming that the same happens with Northern Trains Ltd, what changes do you believe will happen? Firstly, I think that the majority of the fleet will probably be replaced as the entire Sprinter fleet will be over 35 years old, the...

Note: apologies if a similar thread already exists. I was just thinking about the twisty nature of the West Coast Mainline, especially through the Lakes and Scotland which cling to the side of the valley. This gave me a thought - what is the longest stretch of track that doesn’t have a tunnel...