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Anybody know anything about this? Daughter & I were planning to catch a train from Chorley to Manchester this evening, but despite the train arriving at the previous station (Buckshaw) on time, it didn't depart from there for 64 minutes. The reason given on the screens was 'disruptive...

I thought there were a whole load of plans for Merseyrail expansion that had been put on hold pending trials of battery 777s proving these expansions could be done considerably cheaper than extending the 3rd rail network, e.g.: Southport to Ormskirk via Burscough curves Ormskirk to Preston...

Does anyone know if the programme of extending platforms across the Northern network is still ongoing? Only ask as I travelled from Euxton to Liverpool Lime St earlier this week & given that the majority of trains on that route are now 6-car 331s, I was surprised how many stations wouldn't fit...

From MEN today: https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/rival-plans-piccadilly-station-architects-18508305

Guardian is reporting potential reopening of lines to Blyth & Fleetwood. https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2020/jan/26/northern-rail-to-be-renationalised-and-some-beeching-closures-reversed Think Blyth not a massive exercise, but Fleetwood a bigger job?? Moderator note: There is a...

Just been stood at Man Picc platform 14, and the train before mine was a TPE service to "Middlesbrough & York", with instructions for "passengers to Middlesbrough to use the front coaches, as the rear coaches will detach at York". The train was a 3-coach 185. Are formations are programmed into...

I've been travelling from Stirling to Camelon & back every day for the last couple of weeks. I've noticed that every day, the southbound train waits for a couple of minutes at Camelon before restarting (enough time for me to cross over the footbridge, walk off long exit ramp & cross over the...