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Saturday Ramble: Selling things on

There was a layout exhibited over the weekend; let’s call it Duckling Ghyle. Well known, but for some reason I’d never seen it in the flesh, despite it having been around for decades. Disappointed? Most definitely. The modelling was superb; imposs…

Saturday Ramble: Selling things on

There was a layout exhibited over the weekend; let’s call it Duckling Ghyle. Well known, but for some reason I’d never seen it in the flesh, despite it having been around for decades. Disappointed? Most definitely. The modelling was superb; imposs…

Greater Anglia completes table installation on its Stansted Express trains

Greater Anglia has completed the project to fit its Stansted Express trains with tables, ahead of schedule, delivering a significant customer-focused upgrade for travellers on the popular airport link. The initiative, which was due to be fully implemented by the end of this year, is now in place and will also benefit passengers on GA’s […]

Metro worker retires after 40 years repairing ticket machines

A long-serving Metro worker is set to retire after 40 years repairing ticket machines on the system. Alex Carr has headed up the maintenance of the 225 ticket machines across The Tyne and Wear Metro’s 60 stations for the last four decades. Alex, 60, of Dipton in County Durham, manages the Nexus Automatic Fare Collection […]

Digital signalling testing affects passenger services this weekend

A large section of the railway south of Peterborough will be closed this weekend (22 and 23 November) to allow for further testing of digital signalling, passengers are reminded. The work between Welwyn Garden City and Hitchin in Hertfordshire will involve trains transitioning in and out of the digitally-controlled section. Further work will develop the […]