BELOW: Far right Philip Sherratt (Modern Railways Editor), then Tom JoyneAccess & Possessions Strategy) join VIP Martha Haggas (our Online Commun
er (Cross Country MD) and left Joanna Davey (CrossCountry Head of Track nication Officer & Assistant Bookings Officer) on the platform at Wareham.
Pines Express: Leeds P16 - Line 'F' - Up Huddersfield - Copley Hill Chord - Wakefield Westgate P1 - Moorthorpe - Meadow Hall Interchange - Sheffield P6 - Chesterfield P2 - Duffield - Up Fast - Derby P2 - Burton P2 - Tamworth P4 - Kingsbury Jn - Down Derby - Down Derby Fast - Landor Street Jn - Bordesley South Jn - Up Bordesley - Leamington P3 - Banbury P3 - Up Oxford - Up Didcot Avoiding - Up Relief - Reading P13 (rev) - Reading Feeder Relief - Down Reading - facing crossover just before Basingstoke - P4 - Down Fast - Shawford P2 - Down Fast (Eastleigh) - Down Main - Down Fast - Down Main - Southampton Central P4 - Down Fast - Redbridge P2 - Bournemouth P3 - Wareham P2 - Corfe Castle Down line* - Harmans Cross P2-Swanage P2-Harmans Cross P2-Corfe Castle Up Line* - Wareham P1 - Bournemouth P2 - Up Main - Up Fast - Southampton Central P1 - Up Main - Northam Jn - Up Slow - St Denys P1 - Stoneham Jn - Up Slow - Chandlers Ford - Laverstock Loop - Worting Jn - Up Slow - Basingstoke P4 - Reading West P2 - Reading Feeder Relief - Reading P12 (rev) - Down Relief - Down Didcot Avoiding - Down Oxford - Banbury P2 - Leamington P2 - Down Bordesley - Landor Street Jn - Up Derby Fast - Up Derby - Tamworth P3 - Burton P1 - Up Tamworth Fast - Derby P1 - Down Fast - Chesterfield P1 - Down Main - Sheffield P5 - Moorthorpe P2 - Wakefield Westgate P2 - Holbeck Jn - Line 'C' - Leeds P9. *The Swanage Railway has kindly confirmed that Corfe Castle station does not have platform numbers. Details must be checked 1437 CONNECTIONS (Paul Stewart) [email protected] .Please mention BLN . 2452] The Cambridge to King's Lynn Line - 30 Years of Electrification: By Mike Beckett, 96 pages, 180 illustrations, 23.4cmx16.5cm, Paperback, Amberley Publishing. RRP £15.99. For over 30 years, the author (a Society member) has been documenting and photographing developments on this line. As a strategic planner in local government, he has had both a personal and professional interest in the changes to the route and has been in an excellent position to record the significant milestones along the way. Mike explains the background to the changes with insight into what might have been, should other options have been pursued. Following an introduction setting out the general context of the route and a synopsis of its recent history, the bulk of the book forms an illustrated chronological history. The format is two images per page with informative captions. The colour images which are of a high quality and almost all the author's own work, ranging from 1986 to 2022. As well as infrastructure development, the photographs record the changes to rolling stock and operators over the decades and consider recent station developments along with ongoing infrastructure constraints such as at Ely. It is an excellent, readable book, with the benefit of an 'inside' perspective of a period when the line's fortunes changed from rationalisation, partial singling and threatened closure to capacity/service enhancements, 8-car EMUs and new station openings. (John Hampson.) 2453] Win free ScotRail tickets: https://tinyurl.com/3cw8v2m3 is a chance for our members resident in Scotland to win tickets for any Scotrail return journey for a group of up to four travelling together. There are three prizes; closes Tue 5 Dec at 11.00. Interestingly, Lockerbie is excluded (no ScotRail services) but it does not mention Reston (also no ScotRail services), have they forgotten it is open? 2454] Daily Brainteaser: https://metrodle.com/ is an online London Underground electronic puzzle which changes each day. The link explains how to play with a Frequently Asked Questions section. CONTACT DETAILS: On website Contacts page and a new BLN & Committee directory is provided with this BLN ●Editor: Paul Stewart [email protected] 4 Clarence Close, MALVERN, WR14 3HX 01684 562862 07790 652351. ●Sales: Darren Garnon [email protected] 3 Reader Drive, Marden, Tonbridge, Kent, TN12 9FD. ●MAPS: By permission of National Library of Scotland http://maps.nls.uk/index.html ●Printed by Willow Printing & Design Ltd [email protected] 75/79 Back Cross Lane, NEWTON-LE-WILLOWS, WA12 9YE 01925 222449. ●Published by the Branch Line Society, 10 Sandringham Rd, STOKE GIFFORD, BS34 8NP.