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    One-off direct Gatwick-Basingstoke train?

    Assuming Real Time Trains is correct, it looks like the first Gatwick-Reading train tomorrow (Monday 18th March) is operating through to Basingstoke. Any idea if this has happened before? https://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/service/gb-nr:L65679/2024-03-18/detailed I'm assuming that this is just a...
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    Northern Pacer Diagrams - Summer 2020

    Moderator note: Split from https://www.railforums.co.uk/threads/northern-pacer-withdrawals-info.166981 i've been sent this by a friend on discord, which shows the 142 diagrams he's managed to find using known ECS movements. https://pastebin.com/CgkjMBk5
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    RHTT paths being activated in May

    a few days ago I was looking at the Realtime Trains page of my local station East Grinstead, when I noticed that the RHTT that serves the station in the winter, 3W90, was cancelled, meaning for some reason an RHTT path was activated in May, also it was exactly 1 hour before the scheduled...
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    EMR stored 153s

    it's been claimed that all but 3 of EMRs 153s are off lease or in storage on wikipedia. I know these are in storage but what i'm wondering is will these units return after COVID-19 is over or are they off-lease entirely?
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    Southeastern service to Three Bridges in the 1990s-2000s

    recently i've discovered several photos on flickr of southeastern class 508s at Three Bridges, in the late 90s and early to mid 2000s. after a bit of digging, it appears southeastern used to operate services to Three Bridges from originally Tonbridge and then Maidstone West. I still have a few...
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    Greater Anglia Class 317 withdrawals

    I decided to make this thread after realising there's quite a lack of information regarding class 317 storage moves, at least to my knowledge and i'm happy to be corrected on that. i'm fairly sure quite a few GA 317s have been withdrawn from service by now, as i've seen 3 317 storage moves going...
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    Higham Freight Train derailment - 9/4/2020

    just been onto national rail travel news and they are reporting that a freight train has derailed near Higham, causing trains to not be able to run between Gravesend and Strood. disruption is currently expected to last until the 13th April. has anyone else got any knowledge of what occured, EG...
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    Derailment in the Bromsgrove area (24/03/2020)

    National rail is reporting a "low speed derailment" in the Bromsgrove area, but I can't find anything else on this online. Has anyone else heard of this and heard anything more about it?
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    Northern Trains Rebranding

    this is a thread to keep track of stations and trains being rebranded with northern trains branding. so far 150128 and 129 have been unbranded, but there are probably more.
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    Landslip on the East Grinstead line

    Moderator note: Split from https://www.railforums.co.uk/threads/landslip-between-redhill-and-tonbridge.197165/ Not sure if this is related or not but there has been a landslip between Hurst Green and East Grinstead, and that line is pretty close to the section of track involved in the landslip...

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