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I’ve been on a number of Cross Country services which have been formed of a double Voyager, however, more recently, there has been an increasingly common occurrence of where the rear set has been locked out of use, due to lack of train crew. For Southbound services, it’s usually after...

Moderator note: Split from https://www.railforums.co.uk/threads/mml-electrification-progress-updates.110445/ Hopefully the Spending Review on June the 11th will be good news for further electrification of the Midland Mainline.

I’ve noticed this new path which has been added, which was added a few days ago on the 20/05. None of the paths have been utilised thus far, but what would the purpose of this train be for, as Leicester Power Box (Leicester LIP?) seems a bit of an odd place for ‘building materials’ to be...

I’ve noticed there have been daily workings of a short round circuit from Mountsorrel Sidings to Mountsorrel Sidings vis Leicester LIP. This evening I saw it shunt into Leicester LIP as I alighted my train. It consisted of a light engined Freightliner Class 66. The question is, what is the...

Currently at Preston and all AWC Anglo-Scot services are spinning around here, failing to call at stations north of Preston. TPE are also cancelling all services north of Preston at the time of this post. From AWC X:

The effects of Storm Herminia are now starting to be felt as there are reports of flooding and trees blocking the railway across various part of the country. The South West of the country is the first to take the brunt of the storm. Strong winds and further heavy and perhaps torrential rain...

Hi all. Amongst the usual intermodal flows, I’ve noticed a few ‘new’ flows through Leicester, which aren’t/haven’t in the past been routed this way, usually. This includes Ditton to Felixstowe North, Felixstowe North to Garston, as well as East Midlands Gateway to Felixstowe South flows. Is...

I’m currently on 1Y84 to London Kings Cross. The train manager has just announced that there may be some disruption near Stevenage due to a train fault, though they say we should be fine. However, looking at Open Train Times maps and observing it for the past hour or so, trains are being...

Just as things had finally started to settle down, it seems there has been a steady increase in cancellations again across the North West over the past few weeks, once again. On Monday the 28th, my train from Preston to Manchester Piccadilly was cancelled at short notice, with no explanation...

Moderator note: split from https://www.railforums.co.uk/threads/leeds-station-improvement.170747/ Leeds really needs it’s P.A speakers reconfigured and renewed as the placement current ones results in announcements being far too echoey and quiet under the main station roof. Those tall mounted...

Currently all Avanti West Coast and London Northwestern departures out of Euston are suspended due to major congestion in the Berkhamstead area, as a result of overhead wire damage and an axle counter failure, in the same area. The only services which are currently leaving Euston at the London...

For anyone unaware, SWR have advised that due to a shortage of train crew, services may be altered, delayed or cancelled across the whole SWR network tomorrow, Friday 6th September. Very little information available at the time of this post on both their social media site and website, with SWR...

Anyone travelling on Thameslink services this evening and tonight, be aware that this is currently major disruption to all services, due to multiple issues. Delays are of up to 90 minutes. - Power supply issues affecting the Thameslink core. - Track defect near St. Albans - Overhead wire...

Northern have issued a ‘do not travel’ warning for various routes today, due to multiple trees down on the line. This was caused by unseasonably strong winds overnight. See here on X/Twitter Lots of delays and cancellations currently affecting the north western side of their network.

There’s currently a build up of services around the Birmingham New Street area due to yet more signalling and points failures in the Aston area. The Cross City line is pretty much up the spout at this point. Cross Country are also being affected, as their long distance services are being...

I’m currently on 1A30 and we’ve stopped at Newark Northgate station, which is an unscheduled stop, due to failure of the electricity supply further down the line between Grantham and Peterborough. Currently, all lines are blocked. Doors have been released for pax to stretch their legs here...

Without fail, there seems to be almost daily infrastructure problems affecting services on the ‘core’ of the GWML, mainly focusing on the Paddington to Reading and Didcot section of the line. Most of these issues seem to be Network Rail/infrastructure related, be it overhead wire issues...

Due to a points failure in the Watford Junction area, services are being disrupted out of Euston this evening. Lots of delays and cancellations currently. The concourse is pretty busy at the moment, with high temperatures not helping at all. Very hot and humid inside.

I’m currently on 1S37 and to my surprise, we went straight through Wakefield Westgate without stopping. This, of course, is now booked to run non-stop through, however what’s the reason for these changes? Is it to reduce over crowding by encouraging pax to use local services to Leeds and...

Observing the departure board at Euston, I’ve noticed every time the feed refreshes, it switches between ‘boarding’, ‘preparing shortly’ and ‘please wait’, despite already being advertised and announced previously. The feed refreshes every 1-2 minutes.