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43096 replied to the thread East Midlands railways industrial action.As they don’t have enough trains without the 810s, then they’d need less staff… -
43096 replied to the thread Lumo running train with no toilets.Indeed. It’s a 19th century answer to the problem.
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43096 replied to the thread Hannover S5 loco hauled trains.That is my understanding of it from gen sources. Two diagrams with three locos/sets available. Locos currently are 145040, 145097 and...
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43096 replied to the thread Class 701 'Aventra' trains for South Western Railway: progress updates.I would go the other way and go all 5-car. One of the stupidities of fixed length suburban units is if you have one whack a tree (for...
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43096 replied to the thread SWR Class 458/4s: fleet status and withdrawal updates.Indeed. I was on 2C14 this morning and it was empty. Had a pair of seats to myself throughout.
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43096 replied to the thread SWR Class 458/4s: fleet status and withdrawal updates.458412/404 currently working 2C07 0548 Waterloo to Reading; return on 2C18 0739 Reading to Waterloo.
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43096 replied to the thread Stopgap options to cover for delays to introduction of Class 810 for EMR?.But what matters is what instructions you are receiving from management. Management of the depot has changed from Bombardier/Alstom to...
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43096 replied to the thread Train drivers’ decades-long ticket fraud ‘cost taxpayer millions.Only since 2020 does that apply. Before then the (privately owned/operated) TOCs were taking revenue risk i.e. they were paying premiums...
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43096 replied to the thread Trains all at a stand in the Manchester area... (Thursday afternoon 06AUG2026).I'm not sure why hackers/foreign interference would bother attacking the rail network here. The railway is more than capable of screwing...
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43096 replied to the thread Comedic "things you would ban": minor things that irritate you.Two more that irritate that are regulars on forums like this... Trail instead of Trial Break (or breaking) instead of Brake (or braking)
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43096 replied to the thread Now Playing.....Cracking cover of Joy Division's "Atmosphere" by Peter Hook & The Light, with Rowetta on vocals.
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43096 replied to the thread SWR cracking down on Vauxhall - Waterloo doughnuts/short fares - Also GTR.e-tickets are rather more traceable than going to a station ticket machine and paying cash for a Vauxhall-Waterloo ticket.
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43096 replied to the thread Train drivers’ decades-long ticket fraud ‘cost taxpayer millions.It doesn't matter if it is "daft" or not. Those are the rules. DRS (and/or its staff) have deliberately sought to avoid them - that is...
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43096 replied to the thread Class 185s post-TRU.The current situation of the "eco mode" shutting down one engine does have a maintenance cost saving as engines are/can be maintained on...
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43096 replied to the thread SWR cracking down on Vauxhall - Waterloo doughnuts/short fares - Also GTR.Being cynical, I’d say that playing the anxiety card is more a case of trying it on hoping to get a more favourable outcome when caught...