Reference the idyllic "poster" for Fisher Investments: there are half-a-dozen websites I visit daily, including a financial one where , coincidentally, someone asked about this company three days ago. The replies, one referencing comments elsewhere on the Web, advised caution about becoming a customer.

That's a mock-up - no Date/time stamp on the screenshot

Actually, I do agree, ChrisB. 

It's generally their photo editor who is at fault - just lazily finding 'a picture of a train' and stuffing it into their news item. 

It reflects badly on the news publisher, though - hence this whole topic. 

Which depot is this?

From Devon  Live

Some rail services were cancelled in Cornwall on Saturday morning due to flooding from a river.

Great Western Railway (GWR) said the disruption between Liskeard and Looe lasted until about 09:15 GMT.

The operator apologised for the disruption and said replacement road transport had been put in place between the stations.

The disruption followed heavy rain overnight on Friday into Saturday.

Perhaps best not to post any picture, then.   

I have a great deal of sympathy with journalists who have to rush out a story with an illustration they don't have in their image library.   

Yes, a rather sheepish edit has been done. It looks a lot less like Clapham Yard than it did.

It looks just like Great Malvern station and I can see only two rails. Has someone done an update?

Third rail electrification arrives in Worcestershire at https://www.worcesternews.co.uk/news/24573538.network-rail-works-cause-disruptions-worcestershire/.

The reporter, Kieran Williams, looks like yet another of the very young people working on local news websites. When wr.iting a book during Lockdown I came across several more up and down England. Those working on the Reading Chronicle receive critical "comments" every day. It's wondered what sort of initial and on-the-job training they get

Does the title of this thread and the evidence within it suggest that there is very little usage of public transport by people working in the media?

I know Cotswold Line punctuality hasn't been great recently, but "closed" is taking it a bit far.

Wiltshire trains set to be disrupted this week

BBC news at 07:05am Tuesday 30 January 2024

LIVE from London Waterloo.with a location described as WESTMINSTER.

And now, when we finally did get there, it was cold and wet and grey with not a cloudlet or a haycock to be seen. But it was beautiful, just the same. Though the station is long gone, the branch line closed since before I was born, and all that remains is the station sign, mounted now on a bus stop as you drive into the village.

Last week Network Rail apologised to passengers for the train disruption faced in the past month and said the ‘industry response wasn’t good enough’.

This statement comes following the company meeting with Maidenhead MP Theresa May. According to sources, 'the meeting was successful, problems were outlined and solutions put forward'.

Following the meeting, she said: "Most of the problems are down to Network Rail. I have been clear with them about how bad the service has been in recent weeks and the need for action.

"They need to get on with the job of making sure we don’t see the sort of delays and cancellations people have experienced recently.

"I impressed upon Network Rail the need to restore a reliable service for Maidenhead, Twyford and the branch lines. These recent delays risk undermining consumer trust in rail travel at a time when we should be encouraging travel by rail."

I visit(ed) the site most days -including this morning - and wondered why the news didn't look fresh!

GWR news item about upcoming Old Oak Common work uses a somewhat familiar image of the Glasgow station approaches, described as “Signalls Pad”.  I wonder what the letter G stands for… 

https://news.gwr.com/news/plan-ahead-warns-gwr-as-engineering-work-will-affect-christmas-trains-preparatory-works-to-start-this-weekend

Paul

I did a Google reverse image search (just checking this isn't a traditional quiz!), it appears to be Aspernstraße, Austria.

The St Ives to St Erth South West Trains route is one of the most beautiful in the country, trundling past a number of sandy beaches and rideable for the low price of just £3

The magnificent train line (Image: Getty Images/Collection Mix: Subjects RF)

Just had a look at Zwickau - looks big enough (what led you to it?) but I can't work out all the ironmongery in the background. Is it OHLE, or a gasworks?

Can anyone identify where it was really taken?

Ashley Down Station: Works to begin on new rail route
12 January 2023

A new railway station just half-a-mile from the Seat Unique Stadium will connect Ashley Down to Bristol’s Temple Meads Station, Filton and Henbury.

The Ashley Down Station, which will be located on the site of the previous Ashley Hill Station, between Muller Road and Ashley Down Road, is due for construction between February 2023 and 2024.

The proposed new station at Ashley Down is part of a wider ‘MetroWest 2’ project, which will re-open the Henbury Line between Bristol Temple Meads and Henbury to passengers. The project is a partnership between West of England Combined Authority, Bristol City Council, Network Rail and Great Western Railways, and the new railway route is estimated to provide transport for up to 1.3 million people each year.

The Henbury Line will operate a half-hourly service and will provide a brand new form of transport for Gloucestershire Cricket supporters and Members on busy matchdays for the duration of the cricket season.

Will Brown, Chief Executive at Gloucestershire Cricket, said: “The Ashley Down Station will provide a much-needed additional mode of transport for people travelling to and from the Seat Unique Stadium in 2024 and beyond.

“It’s fantastic to see investment in the local infrastructure and we hope the new station will encourage visitors to use more sustainable methods of transport when coming to watch Gloucestershire.”

A completion date is yet to be confirmed, but the Ashley Down Station is expected to open to the public in 2024.

I think the former Tony. Who else has spotted the new variety of class 150 (single-car?) it refers to?

Either this AI's not all it's cracked up to be, or they use some very dodgy tape measures over there in the Fahrenheit Zone.

ChrisB's question led me to check the longest train that can be accommodated on the Severn Beach line (it's 5 cars, but I wanted to be sure). So I asked Google's AI tool Bard. It said:


I'm really sad that I missed the spectacle of a Class 117 being split in two at Severn Beach. I'm surprised no-one thought to take a photo of this.

ChrisB's question led me to check the longest train that can be accommodated on the Severn Beach line (it's 5 cars, but I wanted to be sure). So I asked Google's AI tool Bard. It said:


I'm really sad that I missed the spectacle of a Class 117 being split in two at Severn Beach. I'm surprised no-one thought to take a photo of this.

The longest train that can be used on the Severn Beach Line is 650 meters (2,133 feet). This is the length of a Class 150 single-car diesel multiple unit (DMU), which is the type of train that is most commonly used on the line. The Severn Beach Line has a number of short platforms, so trains longer than 650 meters cannot be used.

In the past, there have been longer trains used on the Severn Beach Line. For example, in the 1960s, Class 117 DMUs were used on the line, and these trains are 750 meters (2,461 feet) long. However, these trains were too long for the platforms, so they had to be split in two at Severn Beach station.

The picture has now been changed to a turbo

Picture is of an IET - no chance on the SEvern Beach is there?

Perhaps not amusing or irrelevant, but hardly inspired:

https://www.readingchronicle.co.uk/news/23495276.reading-train-driver-warns-danger-kids-caught-tracks/

Wherever he is, it looks like the poor chap has been ‘sent to Coventry’ so perhaps it is  an appropriate image? 

It's odd that Alamy thought it relevant to label at least vaguely the geographic origin of the passenger, who could of course be on a platform anywhere in the world, but not that of the train, which is unlikely to stray far from its home country and is clearly not UK-based! ...