Now, does Finn need a ticket and will he be issued a badge/lanyard?
(Just kidding!)
He'll gladly accompany me on Friday. He likes people, and free buffets!

Wednesday: the directional markings indicated in white paint on the roads between the tracks suggest somewhere that drives on the right: so it's not in  the British Isles.

I have asked the question. Some of you may remember me bringing Teasel to events at other venues in Taunton.
ANSWER:   Permission for your dog is granted.  Happy hounds and humans

Construction of a new £60m railway bridge set to go over the M6 has been completed.

The bridge, which is 130m (426ft) tall and weighs around 3,000 tonnes, will replace the old Clifton bridge which crosses the M6 near Penrith in Cumbria and carries trains travelling on the West Coast Main Line.

Network Rail said the old bridge would be removed and the new one installed in the new year, leading to motorway and railway closures.

William Brandon, Network Rail's project manager, said the bridge would improve the "safety and reliability" of the line for passengers and reduce train delays. "We are working with National Highways to reduce any disruption caused by this vital upgrade," he said.

No trains will run on the West Coast Main Line from Oxenholme to Carlisle between 31 December and 15 January 2026.



Chris Liptrot, operations director at Avanti West Coast, said services between the North West, Carlisle and Scotland would be amended during this time. He said passengers should plan ahead and check the National Rail website before travelling.

The M6 will also be shut on two consecutive weekends - 2 to 5 January and 9 to 12 January - in both directions between junctions 39 at Shap and 40 near Penrith. Diversions will be in place, with routes to be released closer to the time.

I have asked the question. Some of you may remember me bringing Teasel to events at other venues in Taunton.


ANSWER:   Permission for your dog is granted.  Happy hounds and humans

Still struggling with Sunday. 

Saturday

05:11 Gloucester to Southampton Central due 08:09

05:11 Gloucester to Southampton Central due 08:09 will be terminated at Swindon.
It will no longer call at Chippenham, Melksham, Trowbridge, Westbury, Dilton Marsh, Warminster, Salisbury, Romsey and Southampton Central.
This is due to a shortage of train crew.

Beautiful day again for my weekly rove! Day didn't start to well, the 06:32 train from Melksham was cancelled, so had to rearrange my journey using buses and trains!

Are dogs allowed? He is a rail user after all!

As discussed elsewhere  on these forums I have recently had a long hospital stay, and several shorter stays. I was most impressed by the service offered by the league of friends at Musgrove park hospital. Confectionery delivered to the bedside and a limited range of other goods including black ball point pens, of which there was a hospital wide shortage.
I appreciate that this is a very old thread, but the points raised are still relevant.

If you can't make it, JayMac, Finn will be very welcome.

And there will also be a train running from Glasgow to Dundee via Dunfermline, calling more widely, at Camelot, Grahamston, Polecat, Linlithgow, Inverkeithng and all stops to Cowdenbeath, Thornton, Markinch, Ladybank, Cupar and Leuchars on the way.

Also, it's a pity the line between Aloha and Dunfermline (Charleston Jn) is mostly limited to 30mph

The earliest that EWR was going to be ready was late this month - and its still slated for the December timetable, allowing further time for driver training & Winslow station fit out. It can still work on 2tph to MKeynes without the extra platform, using platforms 1 & 2

And having expired at Foregate St, it was then in the way of 1P24 09:56 Great Malvern to London Paddington, which had to drum its fingers at Henwick (+25), be held at Norton (+37) and skipped Didcot.

Everything on our line has consequences...