Greater Anglia Class 745/315 Flirt!
This is a video of the Greater Anglia Flirt (16.30 > Norwich) on 28 March 2022, but that’s not the important bit! Rather its the Class 315 which can be seen constantly in the 745’s windows as the trains race each other to Stratford! The 315s are still doing several…
A class 745 breakdown….
You’d think our railways couldn’t get any worse! Whilst a certain You Tuber was extolling the virtues of the new Greater Anglia 745’s, these new trains’ biggest reputation at that very moment was the ability to breakdown for more than five hours, blocking a major railway route to London! It…
Crossrail: Shenfield to Abbey Wood services?
Something strange is happening! Crossrail has some new Elizabeth Line maps on its platforms – and these indicate a rather strange route that hasn’t been envisaged before. This route is from Shenfield to Abbey Wood – via Liverpool Street! As the pictures below show, this really is something. What would…
Liverpool Street Shenfield anniversary
Its seventy years since the Liverpool Street – Shenfield electrification first began. The scheme was officially opened on 20th September 1949 and cost £8 million. This scheme was tied in a fair bit with the Manchester Sheffield Wath scheme and indeed the electric locomotives for that scheme were first tested…
345 driver confused at Stratford?
One of TfL Rail’s Class 345’s (one-day-to-be an Elizabeth Line train) an eastbound ex Liverpool Street heading for Shenfield had its doors opened on the wrong side at Stratford. The train was the 21.27. The reasons for this incident are so far not known however one person said the driver…