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Saw some blue RHTT wagons in Peterborough yard, north of the GBrF depot yesterday. Presumably for staff familiarisation prior to the start of this years season in a few months. ??

Mk4’s are horrendous. Given the fact the trains are now two coaches shorter the coaches are now fuller, meaning the Aircon has to work harder, and less coaches to move passesengers to when they are overheating. Plus if the OLE is lost the aircon is lost immediately, with no openable windows...

LNER removing some, if not all, Mk4’s from traffic for the next few days. Given a number of incidents from the last heatwave in May I think it’s best all round, especially as the air cons have never been great and the fact that they have two coaches less meaning that there is nowhere to move...

No it’s not. That gate is an emergency exit, but mainly used for station and train cleaners to access the main bin area. Traincrew use a pathway that goes between the bins and into a set of doors out of public view to access the admin block, there is also a door between the first class lounge...

Some people are saying they had no ‘D’s so had to use an upside down “P”.

Such as shame Northern gave up the 153’s which are now stood idle rotting away. They seemed in a half decent state when they went, although am sure people in here could advise otherwise. They could be used to strengthen services or revert back to 155’s and operate at permanent 2 car sets...

No but the delay in dispatching the train caused by people with large items that need to use luggage racks but are now unable as they are now filled with items that could go under the seats will delay the train. So it seems like a bit of proactivenesss and trying to educate people. A...

A ten car runs with the front pan raised in the front set and the rear pan on the rear set, both pans in the middle are lowered. If the rear set had its front pantograph raised, that is if the bird was lodged in the rear sets’ pantograph, then the set would be limited to 100mph. I believe it’s...

Complying with company ticket policy. Having to charge passengers travelling on wrong trains with train specific tickets. I know it’s down to discretion, but you could pretend to be a company person who does everything by the book.

Wonder if they will introduce an alternative to the LNER “Let’s eat at your seat” where the orders are prepared and brought to you, thus eliminating the need for a trolley

Am sure the direction of the gates can be changed as required, on a morning there are more used for exit, so swapping them round is just a matter or pressing a few buttons on the controlling screen

The escalators on platforms 6/8 are the wrong way round, the one on platform 8 should go down and the one on platform 6 should go up. At present passengers going up the escalator walk right into the path of passengers coming from platforms 9-17. If they were swapped passengers going up from...

LNER dispatchers don’t wear hi-viz and they don’t even use their whistles to dispatch now, they do one hustle whistle to get passengers attention, but when signalling the station work complete and safety check complete, 1st and 2nd tips in old school terminology, it is all whistle-less now...

Thank you for your replies, so the speeds limit is actually going to be reduced?? As I believe it’s currently 100mph for all trains from sandal to Doncaster, although I know some of the local trains might not manage that but am sure the 331’s are 100mph with a few long stretches, so will they...

Good afternoon, for the past few weeks whilst travelling between Wakefield and Doncaster I have noticed a number of new signals that have been installed, however they are not yet operational and still have the heads covered. It looks like all signals between Wakefield and Doncaster in both...