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Title: Public transport (especially UK Rail / GWR area) useful links Post by: grahame on December 30, 2019, 14:16:27 Copied here today (30.12.2019) from reply no. 12 in our forum intro thread (http://www.firstgreatwestern.info/1761) to allow this list to be directly reached with a short link. This list will be updated from time to time. Please provides suggestions.
http://www.brfares.com/ http://bristol-rail.co.uk/wiki/Main_Page http://data.atoc.org/routeing-guide http://iris2.rail.co.uk/tiger/ http://naptan.app.dft.gov.uk/datarequest/help http://orr.gov.uk/statistics/publication-dates http://systemed.net/atlas/ http://www.barrydoe.co.uk http://www.britrail.com http://www.cornwallrailwaysociety.org.uk http://www.disused-stations.org.uk http://www.firstgreatwestern.info http://www.mrug.org.uk http://www.nationalrail.co.uk/100296.aspx http://www.nationalrail.co.uk/times_fares/ticket_types.aspx http://www.passenger.chat http://www.railtechnologymagazine.com http://www.realtimetrains.co.uk http://www.vintagecarriagestrust.org/surveystatus.asp https://communityrail.org.uk https://en.wikipedia.org https://maps.nls.uk https://transwilts.org https://www.branchline.uk/PSULintro.php https://www.facebook.com/CoffeeShopCRP https://www.facebook.com/groups/12135242142/ https://www.gwr.com https://www.interrail.eu/en https://www.journeycheck.com/greatwesternrailway/ https://www.newsnow.co.uk/h/UK/Travel+&+Transport/Rail https://www.opentraintimes.com https://www.railcar.co.uk https://www.railforums.co.uk https://www.recenttraintimes.co.uk https://www.seat61.com https://www.transportfocus.org.uk https://www.wnxxforum.co.uk Title: Re: Public transport (especially UK Rail / GWR area) useful links Post by: CyclingSid on December 31, 2019, 07:11:34 Thank you Grahame. Newcomers might find an added single line description where it isn't obvious from the url. Possibly add mapping sites, especially one by a forum member and Railmap online.
Title: Re: Public transport (especially UK Rail / GWR area) useful links Post by: grahame on December 31, 2019, 07:24:00 Thank you Grahame. Newcomers might find an added single line description where it isn't obvious from the url. Possibly add mapping sites, especially one by a forum member and Railmap online. Your suggestion is a good one. Categorising, a soundbite for each site, and some additions such as Railmap online are excellent thoughts. I would be delighted if you were to add those one-liners; quote in a separate post and it can be moved up - the help would be appreciated. The suggestion graphically illustrates the extra usefulness of having a little more than an alphabetic list of URLs ... for there is already a mapping site by a forum member listed at http://systemed.net/atlas/ . I suspect that's the one you mean ... it's the one I use by preference to look at network structure past and present. And others do too ... I sat opposite a teenager on a recent journey from Weymouth to Melksham and on his tablet he was tracking our journey; I was impressed that he was using the Adlestrop map, and he was impressed that I was able to refer to it by name and "namedrop" the source. And both of us were more than impressed by the clarity of the mapping and all the work that's gone into it. Title: Re: Public transport (especially UK Rail / GWR area) useful links Post by: CyclingSid on December 31, 2019, 08:39:39 Cut and paste job from what I know with a few additions. Hope it works.
http://www.brfares.com/ Look up fares for any train journey in Britain http://bristol-rail.co.uk/wiki/Main_Page Bristol Railway Archive. http://data.atoc.org/routeing-guide Rail Delivery Group Routeing Guide Data http://iris2.rail.co.uk/tiger/ Tiger – Source of station information http://naptan.app.dft.gov.uk/datarequest/help DfT stops & localities for buses http://orr.gov.uk/statistics/publication-dates Office of Rail and Road publication dates http://systemed.net/atlas/ Richard Fairhurst’s New Adlestrop Railway Atlas http://www.barrydoe.co.uk Doe’s directory of printed bus & rail timetables, etc. http://www.britrail.com Explore Britain with BritRail pass http://www.cornwallrailwaysociety.org.uk Cornwall Railway Society, A website that provides a nice balance of the current WR railway scene while also reminding us of its rich and varied past http://www.disused-stations.org.uk Closed railway stations in the UK http://www.firstgreatwestern.info Great Western Coffee Shop/Passenger Forum http://www.mrug.org.uk Melksham rail user group http://www.nationalrail.co.uk/100296.aspx Darwin Data Feeds, real time information http://www.nationalrail.co.uk/times_fares/ticket_types.aspx Travel tickets on the National Rail network http://www.passenger.chat Another view of Great Western Coffee Shop/Passenger Forum http://www.railtechnologymagazine.com http://www.realtimetrains.co.uk independent provider of real-time information about train services across the Great British rail network. http://www.vintagecarriagestrust.org/surveystatus.asp [unavailable url?] https://communityrail.org.uk Community rail partnerships and groups across Britain https://en.wikipedia.org Online encyclopaedia of “everything” https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Rail_transport https://maps.nls.uk National Library of Scotland, historical map collections https://transwilts.org TransWilts Community Rail supports the Swindon to Westbury service route https://www.branchline.uk/PSULintro.php Passenger Train Services over Unusual Lines https://www.facebook.com/CoffeeShopCRP Coffee Shop passenger forum https://www.facebook.com/groups/12135242142/ Rail Futures https://www.gwr.com Great Western Railway, the franchise that runs trains from Paddington! https://www.southwesternrailway.com/ South Western Railway, the franchise that runs trains from Waterloo https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/ Franchise that runs cross country trains that do not go to London https://www.interrail.eu/en Interrail.eu is the official online sales channel for Interrail passes https://www.journeycheck.com/greatwesternrailway/ Provides current situation report for GWR services https://www.journeycheck.com/swr/ Provides current situation report for SWR services https://www.journeycheck.com/crosscountry/ Provides current situation report for Cross Country services https://www.newsnow.co.uk/h/UK/Travel+&+Transport/Rail News concentration site for travel & transport, trains in this case https://www.opentraintimes.com More detail about how the railway in Great Britain is running https://www.railcar.co.uk The History of First Generation DMUs https://www.railforums.co.uk https://www.recenttraintimes.co.uk Recent Train Times helps you find the trains that arrive punctually and avoid those that are often delayed https://www.seat61.com Mark Smith, the Man in Seat 61, international train times etc. https://www.transportfocus.org.uk Our mission is to get the best deal for passengers and road users https://www.wnxxforum.co.uk http://www.railmaponline.com/UKIEMap.php Rail Map online, Historic railways, railroads and tramways Title: Re: Public transport (especially UK Rail / GWR area) useful links Post by: grahame on December 31, 2019, 11:46:30 Cut and paste job from what I know with a few additions. Hope it works. Wow - that was quick and (yes) it does work. I'm working towards a couple of end-of-year deadlines ... will give others a day or two to add further links and reformat (via a script) to help it tabulate. Missing URLs that other folks rely on and love would be most welcome! Title: Re: Public transport (especially UK Rail / GWR area) useful links Post by: grahame on May 04, 2020, 10:44:09 Cut and paste job from what I know with a few additions. Hope it works. Wow - that was quick and (yes) it does work. I'm working towards a couple of end-of-year deadlines ... will give others a day or two to add further links and reformat (via a script) to help it tabulate. Missing URLs that other folks rely on and love would be most welcome! Better late than never? Back to this ...
Probably too long a list in unsorted / uncategorised form ... other links and ideas welcome Title: Re: Public transport (especially UK Rail / GWR area) useful links Post by: CyclingSid on May 07, 2020, 10:04:16 Add
http://www.departmentals.com (http://www.departmentals.com) - "the leading resource for departmental stock, Network Rail test trains & internal users" Title: Re: Public transport (especially UK Rail / GWR area) useful links Post by: CyclingSid on January 08, 2023, 10:39:19 Replace
http://iris2.rail.co.uk/tiger/ Tiger – Source of station information (http://iris2.rail.co.uk/tiger/ Tiger – Source of station information) with https://tiger.worldline.global/home (https://tiger.worldline.global/home) Title: Re: Public transport (especially UK Rail / GWR area) useful links Post by: grahame on January 08, 2023, 10:59:14 Replace http://iris2.rail.co.uk/tiger/ Tiger – Source of station information (http://iris2.rail.co.uk/tiger/ Tiger – Source of station information) with https://tiger.worldline.global/home (https://tiger.worldline.global/home) Thank you. Updated (and a couple of others too) * Other URLs remain the same but with updated / improved data such as the Adlestop Railway Atlas. * Some may longer be relevant / appropriate - please let me know * There may well be significant things worth adding - again, please let me know Title: Re: Public transport (especially UK Rail / GWR area) useful links Post by: grahame on August 04, 2024, 16:30:36 Updating the list ... adding and there may be others missing. Also some of the below may be duplicates - I need to check back when home and not having to change trains at the next stop.
https://www.ontimetrains.co.uk - on time trains https://gbrtt.co.uk - Great British Railways Transformation Team https://raildata.org.uk - Railway Data downloads https://www.transportfocus.org.uk - Transport Focus https://www.railombudsman.org - the Rail Ombudsman https://www.networkrail.co.uk/running-the-railway/the-timetable/electronic-national-rail-timetable/ - electronic timetables download This page is printed from the "Coffee Shop" forum at http://gwr.passenger.chat which is provided by a customer of Great Western Railway. Views expressed are those of the individual posters concerned. Visit www.gwr.com for the official Great Western Railway website. Please contact the administrators of this site if you feel that content provided contravenes our posting rules ( see http://railcustomer.info/1761 ). The forum is hosted by Well House Consultants - http://www.wellho.net |