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As of today (31 March) the Settle & Carlisle line is a through route again.

Thanks both, that is most interesting.

windsor_lad wrote:With double the level of service the good citizens of Datchet will have greatly improved train service but will find that their roads are jammed for most of the day.

Maybe that's on purpose, so all those waiting at the crossing think it's much better to go by train!

In case folk haven't heard the news elsewhere, the latest franchise has been awarded to First/MTR in preference to incumbent Stagecoach.

https://www.gov.uk/government/news/firs ... -franchise

Comfort is, of course, very subjective and what works for one does not necessarily work for another. For me, the most uncomfortable trains are 390s. The seat itself is generally OK, but it's the extra wide sill width coupled with sloping bodyside (for tilt) and packing seats in irrespective of windo...

A colleague has asked me which room used to be the royal waiting room. Can anyone help, please? My own (light) research suggests that there was once a royal waiting room in a previous version of the station, but (after the Windsor line opened) it was all demolished and replaced with what we see toda...

rcts train returns rcts.org.uk as the top five results. Put in something railway specific to get rid of all (well, most of!) the unwanted stuff.

Why NR don't have a stronger policy of cutting back all vegetation and trees that are within influencing distance of their lines is beyond me. Would reduce the amount of leaf clearance as well as avoiding trees falling on the lines. Whilst I see your point, and agree in theory, there are often case...

Seen today, but no photo unfortunately:

Liskeard signal box still has a Regional Railways name board.

Westmoreland Station Road (in Bath) I believe never had a station! There's a Station Road in: Grove (nearest station: Wantage Road, closed 7 December 1964) Purton (2 November 1964) Minety (2 November 1964) Malmesbury (10 September 1951) Chiseldon (11 September 1961) Lechlade (18 June 1962) Wickwar (...