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I was wondering as to who will buy the DRS class 37 loco's that are for sale as per https://www.directrailservices.com/direct-rail-services-announces-retirement-of-class-37-locomotives/ Not sure why, but I cannot see the class 37's going to any of the preserved railway lines, as many of them...

With the demise of both the Cross Country (XC) and Great Western Railway (GWR) HST sets, what future is there for the New Measurement Train should Scotrail decide to withdraw it's HST sets? If no other use can be found for them, could the MK5A carriages be turned into 'New New Measurement Trains'?

There seems to be a few possible startup companies wanting to provide services between London - Amsterdam or London - Paris in competition with Eurostar as per https://www.railwaygazette.com/start-up-announces-amsterdam-to-london-and-paris-high-speed-train-ambitions/65345.article If these...

I have been reading the Railway Gazette post https://www.railwaygazette.com/uk/hs2-cancellation-is-worst-possible-outcome-for-rail-freight/65083.article which states that the cancelling of phase 2 of HS2 is the worse possible outcome for freight. Now, I know in some places like the line in...

Okay, you cannot always trust it but the wiki page for the class 805 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Rail_Class_805 is showing that they where started to be built in 2021, having been ordered in 2019. Yet, in the details it shows that only 4 have been built up to September 2023 and that 9...

The Railway Gazette has a story that DB Cargo plans to withdraw all of it's class 90 loco's "https://www.railwaygazette.com/uk/db-cargo-uk-withdraws-class-90-electric-locos/64615.article" Now if Wikipedia is correct DB Cargo has 24 Class 90's, although many have been in storage anything...

Moderator note: split from https://www.railforums.co.uk/threads/class-221-for-grand-central.249024/ If was not for the fact that they are twenty years old and I know when it Bombardier, it was going to cost an absolute fortune to do, but I do wonder whether it would still be better for Alstom...

In the Railway Gazette article https://www.railwaygazette.com/uk/london-day-travelcards-could-be-scrapped-to-tackle-funding-shortfall/64579.article it states that the buying of Travelcards to London could be scrapped, which would mean that anyone travelling to London for the day, especially from...

With many TOC's following the lead of Thameslink with just having driver only operated trains and ticket offices at many stations to be closed, how are people that currently need a ramp to access the trains? Will it be a case that drivers will need to be helping to assist passengers in the...

I am not sure what the latest is with DB Cargo's testing of HVO fuels as per https://uk.dbcargo.com/rail-uk-en/news/uk-news/DB-Cargo-UK-successfully-trials-new-HVO-fuel-in-bid-to-decarbonise-its-operations-5764438, but given that SNCF announced back on the 31 January 2023 that they have...

I was wondering, other than high speed lines such as HS2 is there ever going to be any new local lines being built in the future? To me it seems silly when you have many towns within the UK, where there is a lot of housing and industry that has been built in those areas, but the nearest...

Moderator note - split from: https://www.railforums.co.uk/threads/aslef-circular-to-members-on-legacy-traction-and-its-safety.249602/ But that is where Network Rail, should be checking the routes where landslip is possible prior to any trains travelling on those routes each morning. I know...

Now I know much the railways of the UK needs the HS2, to not only compete against other countries in the world, but to help get passengers from travelling on planes between the likes of London, Manchester, Glasgow and Edingburgh. However, I have a few friends that live along the HS2 route...

I have just been reading the Ian Walmsley article in Modern Railways May edition (Page 40), on the Flirt H2 trains going to California. Now, as Ian points out in his article a hydrogen train uses four times more electricity than a straight electric train. No, in comparison to road vehicles...

Apologies if this has been asked before, but I was wondering what could replace the class 325? I believe the class 325 trains are based on the class 319 units. With some of the class 319 having been withdrawn and others not having too much of a future within the next few years I was...

I posted the following in the future of class 379 thread: https://www.railforums.co.uk/threads/future-of-class-379.163185/ Not sure if there is enough units, parts etc... But I think you are more likely to have something like a class 230 along the Marlow/Bourne End route. The only branch route...

The government at the moment until the 31st March is running a bus fare cap https://www.gov.uk/guidance/2-bus-fare-cap of £2 for any single fare's. Should there be a similar fare cap on local train services by train operators as well?

I know that it is not possibly correct and this maybe one of the point's where it is not correct, but the wikipedia page https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Rail_Class_387 is not showing what has happened to units 387202 - 387204? Now, I have found a photo on Flickr of 387202 from 26th...

If Grand Central where to stop using the class 180 units they are leasing, could they possible use one of the following: 1) Mark 4 coaches and DVT units if they are coming off lease from LNER with class 93 Tri - mode locomotives? 2) Grand Union which like Grand Central is owned by Arriva are...

Whilst Greater Anglia I believe are still to introduce the class 720 units to some services, I do wonder when the class 321 units that do the Colchester to Colchester Town services will be replaced and if the 8 car (two class 321 units), is going to be replaced with just one 5 car class 720 unit?