Fancy a couple of very interesting Cycle Rides?
with Colin Burges
with Colin Burges
Try this link to find out where Colin went on his 'off road' explorations. Click here and scroll down - quite a long way. Very interesting stuff for railway enthusiasts who will need to be very fit!
Evening Departures from Penzance
Emma Shard
Emma Shard
180516a 37099 Merl Evans with its test train in the siding at Penzance prior to its late evening departure. Copyright Emma Shard
180516b 57604 Pendennis Castle at Penzance with the Night Riviera. Copyright Emma Shard
Record breaking news.
John Roberts
John Roberts
"It's not often that transport makes the headline item on the lunchtime news, but Chris Grayling has just announced that he's taking InterCity East Coast (ICEC) back in house on 24th June.
You will recall that it was let on 1st March 2015 for eight years to 31st March 2023 to Inter City Railways Ltd (90% owned by Stagecoach and 10% by Virgin) trading as Virgin Trains East Coast. In November 2017, Stagecoach-Virgin said that it's £3.3bn bid and revenue forecasts were too high and Grayling said he would end it three years early in 2020, but in February he announced its imminent failure.
This is the third time ICEC has collapsed, previously Sea-Containers (GNER) in 2006 and National Express in 2009. From 2009-15 ICEC was run by a government company Directly-Operated Railways, and a similar arrangement will now follow with a company called London & North Eastern Railway, and a view to forming a public-private partnership in 2020."
Best wishes, John Roberts. Many thanks John - big news indeed.
You will recall that it was let on 1st March 2015 for eight years to 31st March 2023 to Inter City Railways Ltd (90% owned by Stagecoach and 10% by Virgin) trading as Virgin Trains East Coast. In November 2017, Stagecoach-Virgin said that it's £3.3bn bid and revenue forecasts were too high and Grayling said he would end it three years early in 2020, but in February he announced its imminent failure.
This is the third time ICEC has collapsed, previously Sea-Containers (GNER) in 2006 and National Express in 2009. From 2009-15 ICEC was run by a government company Directly-Operated Railways, and a similar arrangement will now follow with a company called London & North Eastern Railway, and a view to forming a public-private partnership in 2020."
Best wishes, John Roberts. Many thanks John - big news indeed.
Ponsandane
Mike Hitchens
Mike Hitchens
A warship heads towards the terminus. An undated picture from the Mike Hitchens Collection. Copyright
Bath
Ron Kosys
Ron Kosys
Taken from the London end of the up platform 31402 enters Bath with the 1310 Portsmouth to Cardiff on the 20th February 1988. Copyright Ron Kosys
Blue Anchor
John Cornelius
John Cornelius
All eyes are on 9351 as it cruises into Blue Anchor. Copyright John Cornelius