🚗 Transport — Easter Rail Chaos Starts Thursday
Euston-Milton Keynes closes Friday for 6 days, Cambridge and Preston lines affected too — 21 million cars expected on roads. Check National Rail now. ukprepperhub.co.uk/mqh7
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South Western Railway retires Class 455 fleet: The £1B Arterio upgrade explained The iconic red commuter trains are officially gone. South Western Railway quietly retired its final Class 455 units on Friday, March 20. The final passenger

South Western Railway officially withdrew its final Class 455 trains on Friday, March 20. The retirement concludes a 43-year run across the network, paving the way for the new £1 billion Arterio fleet. #UKRail

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Film of the last days of the Leicester & Swannington Railway The Leicester & Swannington was one of the first railways of the steam age, built to bring coal to Leicester from the mines in the north wes...

This amateur film shows the last days of the line from Leicester West Bridge to Desford Junction. The Wikipedia entry for the Leicester & Swannington reckons it closed in 1966, not 1964 as the commentary says. Passenger trains to Leicester West Bridge had ended as early as 1928. #ukrail #ukrailways

1/3🚂 Glasgow Central is still shut until at least Wednesday. Liverpool Street is closed all day. No direct LNER to King's Cross. Circle, H&C & Met lines all down. If you're travelling anywhere in the UK today — have you actually checked your route yet? #UKPrepperHub #UKRail

TOC Spotlight: ScotRail – The Heart of Scotland’s Railway - Dan Talks Trains 🚆 Welcome to the first post in our new series exploring the Train Operating Companies (TOCs) that keep the UK moving. We’re kicking things off north of the border with a look at ScotRail, a company that...

ALL ABOARD! We are kicking off our brand new blog series exploring the UK's Train Operating Companies (TOCs).

​First up: The Heart of Scotland’s Railway @ScotRail.

#UKRail #ScotRail

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I read this morning that Glasgow Central station is closed after a battery fire yesterday caused a neighbouring building to collapse. Some trains will run through the station but none will stop there.

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HST ann am Porth/Par, a’ Chòrn HST in Par, Cornwall

Dealbh trèana an latha:

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HST, Porth, A’ Chorn, Kernow

#gaidhlig #ukrail

Points failure at Clapton causing delays to Greater Anglia and London Overground services via Hackney Downs. Manchester Piccadilly: 3 delayed. Data via busesandtrains.co.uk #UKRail #TrainDelays

Person hit by train near Shenfield disrupting Greater Anglia services. Live data: King's Cross 1 delayed, 1 cancelled; Birmingham New St 3 delayed; Manchester Piccadilly 2 delayed. Data via busesandtrains.co.uk #UKRail #TrainDelays

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Realization that if I don’t file my delay repay claim or advance ticket refund right away I simply won’t do it. Realization comes as it’s too late for my travels.

Third party ticket sellers should be able to do (and obliged to file) automatic delay repays on your behalf, regardless of operator […]

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A question for #UKRail buffs! Can you claim Delay Repay for a delay you would have experienced due to unplanned disruption, but successfully avoided due to arranging alternative travel at your own expense?

Some context for my situation: I'm looking into making a Delay Repay claim for a journey […]

Fine, I have nothing against multiple unit trains but loco-hauled stock are my favourite. Absolutely.
If Continental Europe still continues to operate loco-hauled stock, the UK should (still) do it too, not get rid of them, Chiltern and TfW already operate them.

#meme #ukrail #locohauledforlife

Dealbh trèana an latha: HST agus Clas 84 ann an Taigh-tasgaidh Nàiseanta nan Rathaidean-iarainn, York #railsky #ukrail

The Guardian view on Labour’s plan for railways in the north: a slow train coming | Editorial Editorial: Proposals to relaunch Northern Powerhouse Rail are welcome and overdue. But passengers and commuters will believe it when they see it

www.theguardian.com/... #UKRail In areas starved of the kind of investment taken for granted in the south-east, the miserable state of northern England’s railways has long been a source of anger and indignation. One analysis of Treasury figures found that the equivalent of seven Elizabeth lines...

Northern Powerhouse Rail plans welcomed but big questions remain How upgrades will be funded and when they might be completed is still far from clear

www.theguardian.com/... #UKRail A brief recap: the world’s most expensive and long-delayed rail line, HS2, was originally due to speed passengers from London to Birmingham and north on two separate legs to Manchester and Leeds.The northern legs were lopped off in 2023 by Rishi Sunak...

Labour revives Northern Powerhouse Rail project with pledge of £45bn funds Plan will start with TransPennine upgrade with new line connecting Liverpool and Manchester in second phase

www.theguardian.com/... #UKRail However, mayors may have to raise local funding to pay for parts of the scheme, with the Treasury imposing a £45bn cap as it seeks to avoid the huge overspend that has blighted the construction of HS2.

How the UK ended up building the world’s most expensive railway HS2 is set to cost more per kilometre than any other rail project in the world as total bill could surpass £100bn

www.ft.com/content/3f73... #UKRail 🇬🇧 #HS2 Announced more than 15 years ago as a high-speed connection between London, Leeds and Manchester, the curtailed line is on course to win the prize for being the most expensive strip of railway track per kilometre in the world, even on current costings...

A southern rail class 377 train at the platform of Cosham station, one individual can be seen on the right waiting. The weather is sunny & cloudy.

Class 377 sitting at Cosham on a sunny-cloudy day. 15th November 2025.

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#southern #hampshire #trains #uktrains #trainspotting #uktrainspotting #railways #ukrail #photography #nikon

UK government should end rail outsourcing ‘racket’, says union RMT estimates six cleaning, security and catering suppliers made £150m profits last year

www.theguardian.com/business/202... #UKRail 🇬🇧Rail unions are campaigning to end the widespread outsourcing of jobs such as cleaning, security and catering, arguing that staff employed by third-party companies have worse conditions and that profits could be reinvested in the railway. 🤔

End of the line for diesel fumes at London St Pancras as new trains arrive East Midlands railway will switch to bi-mode Aurora fleet to cut emissions and noise but elsewhere electrification is delayed

www.theguardian.com/business/202... #UKRail 🇬🇧 One last corner of St Pancras station is polluted by the fug of diesel trains – but not for much longer. East Midlands Railway will fire up its diesel units in London for the final time by the end of 2026.

We went to London Victoria to inspect the Railway 200 "Inspiration" train.

With Class 66's in some bold liveries hauling a generator van from a failed 1990s sleeper project.

Watch our new video here: youtu.be/Fr5RTJXNqz4

#Railway200 #Class66 #Nightstar #UKRail #TrainSpotting #RailwayMayhem

‘We hate it. It’s desecration’: the real cost of HS2 The long read: Ten years after I first followed the proposed route, I retraced my steps to see what life was like along the world’s most expensive, heavily delayed railway line

www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte... #UKRail 🇬🇧 Ten years ago, I walked the route of HS2, the 140-mile railway proposed to run from London to Birmingham, to discover what lay in its path. Nothing had actually been constructed of this, supposedly the first phase of a high-speed line going north...

London Liverpool Street Closed Dec 27 To Jan 1 - The Adept Traveler London Liverpool Street closure reroutes trains December 27, 2025, to January 1, 2026, changing Greater Anglia, Stansted Express, c2c, and Overground plans

Liverpool Street has no mainline trains Dec 27, 2025, to Jan 1, 2026. Stratford for Greater Anglia and Stansted Express, c2c to Fenchurch St. #London #UKRail
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The new Great British Railways brand officially launched On December 9, the London government unveiled the visual identity of Great British Railways (GBR), that will bring together under one umbrella a network fragmented among numerous private operators and...

www.railwaypro.com/wp/the-new-g... #UKRail 🇬🇧 The launch coincides with the debate in Parliament on the Railways Bill, the legislative framework that will allow most trains to be returned to public ownership. “The future of British railways begins today,” said Transport Secretary Heidi Alexander.

London Blackpool Direct Train Cut To One Weekday Service - The Adept Traveler Avanti will cut London Blackpool train services from the December 2025 timetable change, leaving one weekday link and more trips changing at Preston.

Avanti West Coast will cut weekday direct trains between London and Blackpool to one each way, so most trips will need a change at Preston. #UKrail #Blackpool
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UK December Rail Strikes Called Off On CrossCountry - The Adept Traveler CrossCountry December rail strikes suspended means normal UK trains from December 6, 2025, but engineering work and holiday crowding still risk delays.

CrossCountry's December strikes are off, but Saturdays stay busy and engineering near Chesterfield can add 60 minutes on Derby to Scotland trains. #UKRail
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UK December CrossCountry Rail Strikes Hit Key Routes - The Adept Traveler CrossCountry December rail strikes will hit services across the UK on Saturdays from December 6 to 27 2025, affecting trips and airport transfers.

CrossCountry December rail strikes will hit key UK routes on four Saturdays, with limited trains on many long distance lines. #UKRail #RailStrikes
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AVA Bridge on Instagram: "And she’s in!!! 🙌🏼 Fantastic effort from the team this weekend. It’s hard to describe how good it feels to see her in place. In all her modular glory 🤩" 9 likes, 2 comments - theavabridge on November 30, 2025: "And she’s in!!! 🙌🏼 Fantastic effort from the team this weekend. It’s hard to describe how good it feels to see her in place. In all her modu...

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And it's in, #Stowmarket ##GreaterAnglia #Ukrail #avabridge #Stowmarketfootbridge