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Another interesting talk from Mike Wabe:

The UK’s railways may not be the fastest, but they’ve certainly got the afterlife covered. From spooky stations to phantom trains, England seems to have a thriving ghostly commuter network.

In Cambridgeshire, the Wisbech and Upwell Tramway has links to Thomas the Tank Engine, but it also has its own spooky twist. Imagine being a ghost on a railway made famous by a children’s book character.

Stations that are abandoned and overgrown but haunted by a spectral stationmaster. Ever the professional, he patrols the empty platforms, though these days, his timetable is a bit - flexible! There is the lonely whistle of a ghost train, but given the lack of the tracks, even phantom passengers must be complaining about delays.

Meanwhile, Norfolk’s old Midland and Great Northern Joint Railway - cheekily nicknamed the Muddle and Go Nowhere - lives up to its name in the spirit world. Dismantled decades ago, it’s now a hotspot for ghost trains speeding to nowhere in particular. If you hear a train whistle in the dead of night, don’t wave whatever you do - it’s the express to the afterlife.

There are ghostly passengers in Victorian dress reportedly boarding modern trains. Could they be confused by contactless payment or the new timetables. Either way, these spectral passengers remind us that some things about train travel never change - whether you’re alive or not, there’s always a delay.

The UK’s ghostly railways may be spooky, but they’ve got charm. Where else can you find a paranormal rail network with no strikes or overcrowding?

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Sgwrs ddiddorol arall gan Mike Wabe:

Efallai nad rheilffyrdd y DU yw'r cyflymaf, ond yn sicr mae ganddyn nhw'r ôl-fywyd wedi'i orchuddio. O orsafoedd arswydus i drenau phantom, mae'n ymddangos bod gan Loegr rwydwaith cymudwyr ysbrydion ffyniannus.

Yn Swydd Gaergrawnt, mae gan y Wisbech ac Upwell Tramway gysylltiadau â Thomas the Tank Engine, ond mae ganddo hefyd ei dro arswydus ei hun. Dychmygwch fod yn ysbryd ar reilffordd a wnaed yn enwog gan gymeriad llyfr i blant.

Gorsafoedd sy'n cael eu gadael a'u gordyfu ond yn cael eu haflonyddu gan orsaffeistr sbectrwm. Byth y proffesiynol, mae'n patrolio'r llwyfannau gwag, er y dyddiau hyn, mae ei amserlen ychydig - hyblyg! Mae chwiban unig trên ysbrydion, ond o ystyried diffyg y cledrau, mae'n rhaid i hyd yn oed teithwyr phantom fod yn cwyno am oedi.

Yn y cyfamser, mae hen reilffordd Norfolk Midland a Great Northern Joint Railway - cheekily o'r enw Muddle a Go Nowhere - yn byw hyd at ei enw ym myd yr ysbryd. Wedi'i ddatgymalu ddegawdau yn ôl, mae bellach yn fan cychwyn ar gyfer trenau ysbryd sy'n goryrru i unman yn benodol. Os byddwch yn clywed chwiban trên yn y meirw y nos, peidiwch â chwifio beth bynnag a wnewch - mae'n y express i'r afterlife.

Mae teithwyr ysbrydion mewn gwisg Fictoraidd yn ôl pob sôn yn mynd ar drenau modern. A ellid eu drysu gan daliad digyswllt neu'r amserlenni newydd. Y naill ffordd neu'r llall, mae'r teithwyr sbectrol hyn yn ein hatgoffa nad yw rhai pethau am deithio ar y trên byth yn newid - p'un a ydych chi'n fyw ai peidio, mae yna oedi bob amser.

Efallai bod rheilffyrdd ysbrydion y DU yn ysblennydd, ond mae ganddynt swyn. Ble arall allwch chi ddod o hyd i rwydwaith rheilffyrdd paranormal heb unrhyw streiciau na gorlenwi?

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Ghostly Guards and Phantom Platforms - Gardiau Ysbryd a Llwyfannau Phantom