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Northern have announced that there will be a 2 day charity open day at Heaton depot on Saturday 20 and Sunday 21 September 2025 as part of the railway 200 celebrations. Tickets will cost £12 for adults and £5 for children, with a 50% discount available for Northern staff, family, and friends...

Moderator note: Split from https://www.railforums.co.uk/threads/cross-country-voyagers-rear-set-locked-out-of-use.287454/ New trains have got to be ordered ASAP, and/or XC needs to be cut back to run double sets on all voyager services. The focus should be, in my opinion, the Northeast >...

Travelling back from Manchester yesterday on a VERY full 9 car Pendolino does highlight how short sighted it was not to extend all of the class to 11 carriages. I know there were engineering works ( I had a nice trip via Stafford and Bescot) limiting the available number of trains running...

Thought I would start one of these for KWVR stuff. I had a nice day out today 20/04/25 on the line with some lovely sunny weather. Sadly trains were very delayed due to lineside fires (attributed to 75078 by station staff) and some chaos around swapping said steamer for a diesel (think the 37)...

May I ask some advice: I have a temporarily mobility limited and increasingly elderly relative visiting me in a few weeks. They will be driven down to me but thier return journey is MKC > Euston > Kings Cross > York. They have specifically chosen that route as they "know" Kings Cross and prefer...

Good afternoon - May I ask for some advice? A colleague was stopped by the gate line at Kings Cross travelling on a super off peak single from Milton Keynes to York. They were told that the ticket was invalid for a journey leaving London between 14:59 and before 18:59 (18:15 on Fridays) as the...

Recently I was watching Downton Abbey with my mum. The characters often mentioned "going up to London" for the day. The series is set in a fictional grand hise somewhere in Yorkshire. I have seen it said that the location is somewhere near Easingwold. Wiki tells me the series covers the years...

Did i see a class 37 parked up in the tamper sidings just to the north of Stoke station yesterday? If so why and which one is it? It was dark so could only make out a nose shape as we went through non stop on a diverted Avanti.

I have a question: Does the routing guide now only allow this journey via Birmingham? It mentions LONDON in the guide but no map from there to Bristol. I have gone that way in the past. May I no longer do so? Am I missing something? Am I being stupid? Is it covered by the directness rule Help!

I had cause to be near Crofton depot ( the Alstom former Bombardier depot near Wakefield) recently and wondered what was there before - looking at the google earth views it has a tear drop shape that you would expect from some kind of yard. Was this a colliery at some point? The area has...

I have been a daily class 350 user for nearly 15 years. Until this month I experienced a grand total of 1 in service failure in that time. They have been rock solid reliable units. During September I experienced 3 failures in service. Have I just been unlucky or has something changed...

On Saturday I have to go to Gatwick to pick up my partner. She lands at 19:00. I intended to visit the museum at Gatwick but that closes at 17:00 so I wondered if there were any locations I could watch the planes coming and going and take some pictures? I will be in her car so will be mobile but...

Are we down to one unit on the Marston Vale? There was a Bletchley TMD > Newton Heath ECS yesterday tea time. Is that where maintenance is being done during the Bletchley TMD rebuild?

On Friday when attending the NYMR diesel gala I noted 3 BTP types travelling on a couple of trains. It was a first for me. Is this a regular occurrence? Any other examples gratefully received/discussed! NOTE: I saw nothing that would warrant a BTP response but it was interesting to see them...

The NYMR are hosting a diesel gala for the first time in ages on 14, 15 & 16 June 2024. Visiting Locos 55009 ‘Alycidon’, courtesy of the Deltic Preservation Society running as 55013 "The Black Watch". (apparently it will be staying for a few weeks following the gala). 45108 courtesy of the...

A quick one: Is/was there a speed restriction just south of Nuneaton on the Up Trent Valley Fast yesterday? My Avanti went VERY slowly through the station and for a considerable distance south of it. I thought I saw a yellow 20 sign on the slow as we went past.

Travelling back home this evening I am booked on 1P09 1844 Manchester Airport to Darlington where the train terminates. I assume this will be a 185. Why does this train only run to Darlington? it seems out of course. The 185's seem to go to Saltburn and the 802's to newcastle. Is this a way of...

I often travel from Garforth (Leeds "group" station?) to Milton Keynes on a Sunday. At present because of TRU works this can often involve busy trains and changing at Leeds, Victoria and then a Tram to Piccadilly. There are trains from Garforth to Preston/Blackpool that offer me a one...

A quick one - is this branch line still open and if so does it carry any traffic?

FS has been on display at Shildon since xmas and with the support contract with Ian Riley running out questions have been asked about the future. Today NRM issued a press release: https://www.railwaymuseum.org.uk/about-us/press-office/nrm-announces-flying-scotsman-plans-2024