CAS Weekly 22/12/15

December 22, 2015August 23, 2016Andy Carter Leave a comment

Seasons Greetings from Calling All Stations!
Time for one last Weekly for 2015 before we starting getting in the festive spirit, (well I’m actually working but anyway…)
Thank you for visiting this year and do come back in 2016 for lots more wonderful content.
Happy Holidays x

Modelling

N Gauge Pannier tank livery samples from Graham Farish.

UK Rail

If you’re feeling peckish this Christmas why not eat the tube map…
The Daily Mail are apparently shocked that engineering work is going to take place over the holidays.
That’s it London Underground ticket offices are closed.
If you were thinking of catching the sleeper up to bonnie Scotland for the holidays… Think again…
Virgin introduce London – Sunderland service…
…and a 3 minute service between London – Shrewsbury.*
*Timelapse Video.
Office of Rail and Road release their 2014-15 station statistics report. Waterloo is the busiest and Shippea Hill is the quietest.
New systems and new rolling stock: How to solve Britain’s congested rail network.
Brand new station opens at Apperley Bridge.
…and TWO more on the way at Old Oak Common.
Farnworth Tunnel reopens!
Look out Lewisham! The Bakerloo Line is coming... In 2030… (Sorry Peckham it’s missing you out…).
It’s barely been open a year but the Borders Railway is already looking to the horizons…
…which is all well and good but they might need some longer trains first.
Tram-Train. It’s a thing and it’s in Sheffield.
Britain’s tilting train that changed the world.

From The CAS Team

Just how far is it theoretically possible to go on one continuous train?

Compiled By Edward Kendall & Andy Carter

100 Journeys: No 15

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Along with the stickers I mentioned earlier, I was surprised to see that the yellow warning of disruption stickers that have announced Tottenham Court Road’s closure were still up at stations. Until I looked closer. It seems Holland Park is next on TfL’s upgrade hit list. This may be a blessing for some as the station is starting to look particularly tired and dated. On the other hand I’ve always been rather fond of Holland Park’s very retro signage and décor. Go have a look whilst you can, it’ll be gone by January!

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CAS Weekly 12/12/15

December 12, 2015August 23, 2016Andy Carter 1 Comment

Image From TfL Museum Shop

Modelling

Engine Shed look at Hornby’s upcoming B12 and Q6 Class locos.
Livery samples of Bachmann’s Wickham Trolley.

UK Rail

Rail fares set for annual increase. What’s the most expensive journey per mile?
It’s no good building a new railway if it sucks.
Scotland’s also doing it’s best to find more trains to help with the Forth Road Bridge closure.
Great Western Mainline upgrade progress plagued by buried signalling.
Network Rail to invest £4m in routes in and out of London Bridge and Victoria, whilst sneakily escaping a hefty fine.
London Underground breaks record for busiest day. And then breaks it again 6 days later.
London Midland gets franchise extension.
Crossrail goes cut and cover in Paddington.
Princess Risborough signal box to become mainline viewing platform.
Upgrade plans in the Bristol commuter belt.
Swanage Railway to get mainline link in 2016.
How Arsenal station got it’s name.
National Railway Museum to get exciting overhaul.
What did a Victorian railway excursion look like?
How Network SouthEast reinvented railway brand identity.
The London train journeys you don’t know about.
If you’ve got a spare 600 quid knocking around you can treat yourself to a London Underground map Fender guitar.

World Rail

Have you seen the Turtle fly under on the Japanese Railway?
Australia’s very very very very very very long train.
Cargo ship destroys rail bridge in Germany.

From The CAS Team

Edward’s favourite and least favourite HS2 design ideas.
100 Journeys Continues.

Compiled by Edward Kendall & Andy Carter

100 Journeys: No 14

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Mind the stickers.

Tottenham Court Road is open for business again! … And all of a sudden the line diagrams are out of date. Stickers are coming. Ones that will return the status of the station and restore it’s mapped interchange with the Northern Line. Or are they?

TfL usually like to get as much use out of the diagrams as possible overlaying the maps with stickers until enough information has changed to warrant a new print. In January Stratford will move from Zone 3 to Zone 2 which will require one hell of a large sticker. So large in fact that are TfL going to wait and simply re-print new line diagrams?

TfL will be keen to show off their refurbished Tottenham Court Road as well as the fare savings the Zonal boundary change will create for Stratfordites so I predict we wont have to wait long to find out.