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Having seen a few good apps created by forum users (such as @gaelen recently), is there any interest in a new channel on railuk to cover $subject? Getting people connected, we'd see more open source collaboration to build tools, and more ideas. I wrote a push-app to send a list of STP...

The Grauniad reports TPE cuts in services in December: Yep, dropping a quarter of the services.. Awkwardly for Manchester - that'll mean Vic going down to 2 trains an hour and Pic the same (excluding the class 2 stopper) - so neither station has the metro-like service of days gone by.. when...

Excerpt from: https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/oct/19/rail-union-in-england-votes-for-continued-strikes-in-jobs-pay-and-conditions-dispute Just posting to share the info, not to reopen the previous arguments..

Been in West Wales all week.. There have been a lot of cancellations - either down to Pembroke, or Fishguard or Milford - all have been impacted, always as a "crew shortage". Today takes the biscuit: Whitland to Milford Haven and Fishguard are a planned engineering shutdown / bus replacement...

I've seen pairs of new black poles at every station I've visited recently in South West Wales. About 10-12 ft above the track height A 6"x6" square flat panel at the top covered by black plastic - potentially a sign itself or a mount for something going on the flat panel. On single-platform...

Now we are certain that HS2 isn't going to be what it was to be - at least within the next 15 if not 20 years.. a) the total number of services will lower on the core than it is still to be built for. b) Curzon St is also being built for the original number of services. c) Extra journey times...

Does anyone have freight timetable for Ireland that they can post? Although there isn't much, some recent new workings from Waterford to Ballina for example seem elusive

Trick question .. but a more sensible one to discuss:

This doesn't look good: https://www.tenby-today.co.uk/article.cfm?id=132361&headline=Concerns%20raised%20by%20local%20rail-users%20after%20%E2%80%98essential%20service%E2%80%99%20removed&sectionIs=news&searchyear=2021 In a nutshell - there will be no train between 15:43 and 20:13 from...

Just published on the Telegraph: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2021/12/11/treasury-blocks-30bn-plan-electrify-britains-railways/

Moderator note: Split from https://www.railforums.co.uk/threads/publication-of-integrated-rail-plan-for-the-north-and-midlands.224967/ Isn't the IPR basically saying "this is the kind of connectivity we need, go and find how it could be done and what it costs" - much of the IPR isn't costed and...

https://arstechnica.com/science/2021/11/can-we-run-our-trains-using-big-batteries/ A study from USA. Seems to be saying (a) it could be done, (b) it's a bit expensive - but potentially soon could be feasible.

Does anyone have any insight as to the purpose of these workings - such as this: https://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/service/gb-nr:G56889/2021-09-29/detailed#allox_id=0 these seem to be frequent possibly daily. Is it testing the stock, driver training?

This should be a quick one.. There are four pairs of stations that are anagrams (of the other in the pair) on the UK network - anyone want to guess the stations? mod note: moved from UK railway discussion

If - and this is not an opinion either way - HS2 were cancelled.. let's say, most likely before Euston - Old Oak was completed as that's a very expensive bit.. and before the rolling stock got ordered. What would you do with the bits of trackbed? What bits remain useful? To my mind...

Looking at historic maps of Manchester, and overlaying with Google Maps, there are interesting artefacts: 1. Immediately south of Ardwick station - the area around the viaduct on the Stockport lines used to be railway land: Tracks went under the arches. It's currently just a container depot...