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from Paul Clifton: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-berkshire-68402089

I saw a video a few days ago of trams and trolleybuses operating together in Newcastle upon Tyne city centre. It made me wonder if they generally shared the same overhead wires? So in the busiest streets the queues of trams and trolleybuses would be affecting each other‘s progress, even...

Moderator note: split from https://www.railforums.co.uk/threads/newcastle-platforms-11-12.248014/ I suspect losing P12 fits quite well with the planned new pedestrian entrance, beyond the south end of the office building on what is now known as Central Parkway, (formerly the north end of Forth...

There’s been an up to date cab ride video uploaded today by the Crossrail Project, Paddington to Abbey Wood.

One of my distant relatives, a Robert Stark, was a retired NER employee (ex assistant loco shed foreman) in Tweedmouth in 1921. These details from the 1921 census. His 64 yr old wife and 2 adult children were still employed by the NER, she was a ‘hostel attendant’, one son was a general...

Back when I was a lad, I often exited the station via the suburban entrance aka “Tynemouth Square”, and I know it had a separate ticket office, because that’s where I got my first set of Decimal copper coins, on the Sunday before “D-day” in 1971. (BR were given a head start!) But I didn’t...

Latest NR tweet shows a picture of a track machine and a team replacing track within the tunnel: https://twitter.com/NetworkRailWssx/status/1457973342015733761/photo/1

Are they slightly exaggerating what’s been done here? Didn‘t summer Sunday services already run - so although they’ve brought it up to a much better standard, it’s not really been a full “reopening” of a long abandoned line. Low hanging fruit that doesn’t create much of a precedent for the...

Not sure if this has been mentioned, but NR have issued a press release about testing a 717‘s ETCS capability in the Thameslink Core. The article shows 717002 sitting at Blackfriars...

(Apologies if I haven’t used the right name.) Now that the HEx depot and everything else non-Crossrail has been removed in the OOC site, does the Kensal Green E&C flyover have much of a current or future purpose? Will it become a maintenance liability with no services normally booked to use it?

Network Rail have issued a press release that explains exactly what today’s £69m is for: I thought a specific thread ought to be started, as although it is related to EWR NR consider it to be a separate project. For some reason DfT have announced it as a Southampton to Midlands freight...

Potentially getting very off topic for the current Kings Cross layout changes thread now. AIUI the route was to be from a new dedicated Kings Cross airport station on the goods yards north of the canal roughly where the recent major developments are, with the route passing over the 4 track...

Saw this earlier, via “skyscrapercity”... Network Rail have stated their intention to close two AHBC crossings on the Durham coast line, and replace them with full barriers, however South Tyneside have proposed complete closure and a single road bridge and local road changes instead. (There...

Moderator note: Split from https://www.railforums.co.uk/threads/introduction-of-york-to-scarborough-northern-service.199847/ The EMR St Pancras services won’t be running in 2021 onwards though, so you’ll not have that after this year...

As many will know from the thread in general discussion, trains in the Southampton direction cannot call at Eastleigh due to temporary track limitations. An option shown on the NRES service changes webpage for travel to the west of Southampton is to “circulate via Winchester”. As far as I can...

Moderator note: split from https://www.railforums.co.uk/threads/tpe-newcastle-to-edinburgh.152309/page-3#post-4168005 That doesn’t mean it can’t ever be changed. Once the Edinburgh service settles down I don’t see why some further calls can’t be added if properly negotiated. I see they...

Local media reporting that Oyster PAYG will finally reach Epsom by March. Goes on to report the usual stuff about zone 6 should have been extended, with a resultant fares cut. I suspect that has always been one of the main reasons for the delay, the wrong question was being asked. Now that...

in the current thread about Farringdon in the general discussion section this post: ...reveals that NRES season ticket calculator shows London Bridge is covered by a St Albans City to London Terminals season. This goes against nearly all previous discussions in these forums, so is it an error...

I’ve checked for evidence of this before without it ever happening, but the Lymington flyer seems booked for an EMU all week from the December timetable change date. ECS from Bournemouth every day, no sign of any ECS DMU paths from Salisbury. Another 158 to be used on a more appropriate...

Just received my next 3 year Senior Railcard, about 3 weeks before the current one runs out. Am I likely to run into any difficulties using the new one straight away, or should I play it safe and carry both for the overlapping period?