Monday 14th September 2020 Readers will recall we left part 1 of this intriguing tale with the tantalising prospect of West Coast Railways stepping in from today running a replacement train service for a week shuttling between Rose Hill Marple and Guide Bridge funded by devolved local committee budgets of Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council with... Continue Reading →
Saturday 15th August 2020 A brand new station at Horden opened quietly without any ceremonial ribbon cutting, balloons or cup cakes during the Covid-19 'essential travel only’ lockdown era on Monday 29th June. I wrote about it on 5th May as part of a review of ’50 new stations’ but to recap ….... Continue Reading →
Wednesday 10th July 2019 It was a pleasure to travel on Northern Rail's new CAF Civity trains yesterday afternoon and this morning. They come in two flavours - a diesel version known as Class 195 and an electric version known as Class 331 - but otherwise they're exactly the same train with only a pantograph... Continue Reading →
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