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Discussion about railways in the UK
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Network Rail dual road-rail vehicle
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I have not seen this particular type around before, we usually see Land Rovers here, though the number plate is 2012 (I think).
When I first saw it parked near my car I thought I thought it was one of the raised stunt vehicles that you see driving over cars!
Might be of interest anyway.... more »
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Welsh Mountain Statesman 25/5/13j
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Morning All
Went out early this morning to catch the 1Z96 57313 T'n'T 57316 Welsh Mountain Statesman 25/5/13
sadly sun in my face so pics a bit iffy
anyway running about 8 mins late seen here at Deighton 07:09
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[link]... more »
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Kensington / Wandsworth Raod ends 14/06/13
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QUOTE On 14 November 2012 the Department for Transport requested that
the Office of Rail Regulation (ORR) ratify the proposal to withdraw
scheduled passenger railway services operating between Ealing Broadway
Station and Wandsworth Road Station. The ORR ratified this decision
on 9 May 2013. The last train passenger service will run on Friday 14... more »
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Luggage
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In theory you can take up to 3 bags with you on a train (no weight limit specified) in the UK. I've had a quick scoot round European websites and none of them seem to be particularly worried about luggage limits. Some railways (but by no means all) do specify limits but you have to search for... more »
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Mainline links - why are they not used?
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Whilst Swanage to its great credit proceeds with activating its
mainline link for regular train services - just about ALL other
preserved railways that have mainline links simply don't bother to use
them for regular services after all the effort and expense of creating
them; and many do not even occassional charters from the mainline.... more »
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Balloch Line incident last night
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All First Scotrail services from Dumbarton Central to Balloch
yesterday evening were curtailed because of a bridge strike DJ
international and Mc Colls providing replacement buses. Does anyone
know which bridge and what hit it.
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Tickets on mobiles.
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In the few cases where experiments have occurred with tickets on mobiles (Chiltern?) how does the ticket get transmitted? Is it a text message (doubtful if the "ticket" is a bar code of some kind). Or is it an e-mail (with an attachment?). Or something else?
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