>old thread autosaged off the boardExcellent. Now it's time to do the gloryhunting OP's job for him! Copy-paste this next time, if you're going to be a lazy shit.
Ongoing projects?
~Phase One of High Speed 2 (Birmingham-London):
hs2.org.uk/~The Transpennine Route Upgrade (electrifying the Liverpool-York mainline):
thetrupgrade.co.uk/~The Midland Main Line electrification (no website!)
~The East Coast Digital Programme (
nextgenerationrailway.co.uk)
What's in the pipeline?
~Avanti's Class 805 and 807 trains are undergoing testing ahead of service introduction this year; EMR's Class 810s are delayed until 2024
~East West Rail (Oxford-Cambridge rail link) is still in the planning stage
~Crossrail 2 (north-south London rail link) is ... not likely to happen for a few decades
Useful & interesting links:
~National Rail Enquiries (
nationalrail.co.uk/) - enter where & when you're travelling, and it'll work out a route with a price + send you to the operator's website to buy a ticket.
~Trainline (
thetrainline.com/) - probably the best option for tourists wishing to buy train tickets. They accept foreign payment cards, and will store tickets in the phone app as QR codes (accepted everywhere these days).
~RTT (
realtimetrains.co.uk/) - uses live 'open data' to track just about any train in Britain. Ideal for finding out in advance which platform your train will be calling at.
~OpenRailwayMap (
openrailwaymap.org/) - dedicated to past & present railway infrastructure.
~The Man in Seat 61 (
seat61.com/) - one man's hobby, hands down the best rail travel resource out there.
