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What the front of a train looks like isn’t really relevant to what family they belong to. “Aventra” refers to the architecture of the train - things like all the electrical and mechanical systems, software, body construction methods and materials. They are all Aventras where they are developed...

Correct, the repaints don’t have the Trenitalia logos. Work begun a while back to remove Trenitalia logos from the 357s and 720s still bearing them.

12 car class 357s can’t stop at stations on the loop. The platform equipment you see for 4 and 8 car trains was never installed despite platform lengthening as the funding was pulled. Class 720s have in cab monitors so can despatch themselves.

The train has been running 7 days a week for years now, only closes in the event of engineering works, so should always be offered.

They are definitely needed, for a number of reasons. Chiefly capacity. Does anyone know when we’re expecting to see these units in service? Has the TOC accepted any for driver training yet?

The afternoon run came back on a really crazy route, seemingly taking all of the crossovers from the main lines to the electric lines! I think we got back roughly on time though, on platform 9. Other disruption on the network may have influenced that.

Spot on. Air conditioning should be a given on a train in the 21st century. An exception for me is that I don’t quite consider Networkers to be old trains yet but they’re getting very close to it. So I suppose 30 years old is roughly when a train becomes truly old. 20 years is when they start...

Interesting, are they that different to 375s then? I've sat in those and they seemed perfectly find to use the platform monitors, which SouthEastern use for DOO at some stations, no? I'm well aware, I've been on such trains in the peak when things have gone wrong. My posts relate to their...

The 387s cannot stop on the loop. Their in-cab monitors are not in use. Drivers use the platform screens as they always do. The 387s do not use the existing 357 stopping boards (last time I checked). They have black "S Car Stop" signs that are at the ends of platforms. So even 8 car 387s (which...

Apologies. I meant DOO screens and appropriate station lighting.

All district line stations parallel to the LTS bar Barking, West Ham and Upminster and Battersea Park station spring to mind if they haven’t already been mentioned.

I think the 387s did actually do test runs on the loop line so that they can be sent round there in the event the mainline becomes blocked somewhere between Upminster and Pitsea. That way they’re not blocking the line and can get people home. What they aren’t approved to do is stop at any of...

I noticed this too, seems to vary unit by unit with more and more now reverting to the timing on the front and full station list on internal PIS. Upon looking at realtime trains, I did notice a pattern with the announcements depending on whether stops were listed as STP or VAR - VAR being the...

Wow, I didn’t know that! It certainly explains why they felt so odd compared to first class on what I thought looked like the same seats with other operators. That seems a very crude solution for sure as it made working or even just eating difficult with a permanently high degree of recline. I...

The Network Southeast livery suited these down to the ground and was easily the best in my opinion, whilst First Capital Connect looked pretty smart too (probably the best of the liveries where doors had to be painted a different colour). Not sure on any of the liveries they’ve work on the GEML...