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News and service updates for the UK rail network operated by @peter_mount

Kent, England
Joined January 2011
Are #Southeastern tendering for new rolling stock? bidstats.uk/tenders/2022/W45… "The quantity of vehicles in the core order will be between 350 and 570, with an option for up to 70 additional vehicles (these quantities have been calculated using an assumed 20m vehicle length)."
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An interesting conversion, this time a Diesel into a Hydrogen/Battery hybrid. bbc.co.uk/news/business-6261… Local firm Hydrogen in Motion (H2M) is currently converting the Green Goat locomotive located in British Columbia, Canada to run on a mix of hydrogen… area51.social/@trainwatch/10…
Now the Elizabeth line is fully open, it's strange to see Heathrow T4, Heathrow T5 and Reading showing up on the boards at Abbey Wood departureboards.mobi/departu…
What got me is how did they get down there in the first place? A stolen car stuck in a metro station in Madrid has been removed by firefighters. #video bbc.co.uk/news/av/world-euro… Police say they are… area51.social/@trainwatch/10…
Platform 1 at London Paddington has been closed due to a wheelie bin and vehicle used to transport it having fallen off the platform onto the track bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-lo… #london #paddington
Hove train station closed after car smashes into front of building causing significant damage It was one of the few stations open today. sussexlive.co.uk/news/sussex…
A more realistic view is from the TD (Train Describer) feed which shows signal berth movements... It's way lower than last week. You can view it live here: grafana.area51.dev/d/woo8hnq…
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Comparing traffic in the data feed for Today & Tuesday last week. It's clearly visible the reduction of services today due to the strike
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Although most of the rail network is closed, we are still showing some services on departureboards.mobi We've checked & this is down to some data being received for some services. This seems to be clearing up at the Darwin side as services… area51.social/@trainwatch/10…
An Anglo-Saxon burial ground with 138 graves found along the route of HS2 is one of the largest ever uncovered in the UK. #hs2 #archaeology bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-be… A skeleton with a weapon embedded in it, jewellery and weapons were among… area51.social/@trainwatch/10…
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Also for those using the NREA feed for UK Departureboards, the Elizabeth Line services between London Paddington and Abbey Wood now show up. They are now attached to the correct stations and not separate ones.
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I've just fixed a minor DB issue with departureboards.mobi where the reference data was slightly corrupt when the core section of the Elizabeth Line came online. Something does still seem a bit off as there's one train from Liverpool Street to… area51.social/@trainwatch/10…
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A selection of last train times to and from some cities across the UK networkrailmediacentre.co.uk…
Map showing the lines Network Rail are expecting to run services during next week's Strikes on 21, 23 & 25th of June. Services will only run between 07:30 & 18:30 so last trains will start during the afternoon. #rail #railstrike
Map showing the lines Network Rail are expecting to run services during next week's Strikes on 21, 23 & 25th of June. Services will only run between 07:30 & 18:30 so last trains will start during the afternoon. #rail #railstrike
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