Recent content by AlexNL

Fascinating to see that the Metrocars are still running. Me and my girlfriend (both railfans from the continent) will be in the UK for a few days in the middle of August, hopefully the old trains will do some surprise trips by then. It might be worth for us to go up North for a day.

I live in the south west of the Netherlands, a good amount of my travels to GB are done by car. For that I don't use the Channel Tunnel, instead I drive to Calais/Dunkirk and take a ferry to Dover from there. There's three operators so options aplenty, it's priced very competitively (even more...

The main reason for good product development: "I am annoyed with something and I have the skills to make a better product out of it." You've done a good job with Realtime Tickets, I've used it a couple of times last summer. :)

Update: Source and entire article: RailTech.com - Spain high-speed crash: possible rail break detected 22 hours before accident, but no alert triggered.

That's indeed a data issue. At its core the extension is very simple, which is a strength and is a weakness. The extension comes bundled with a pair of JSON files which have the stations and routing codes (CRS and TIPLOC). If memory serves me right I sourced those from some NROD data and/or...

Maybe if you install a custom browser which supports that (I don't know if those exist on iPhone?) but it will not work with the stock browser.

I happened to have seen the Firefox extension last week, that is indeed not uploaded by me. I've only tested it in Chrome and Edge. I wasn't even aware that Firefox extensions work with the same tech these days. :)

That's my extension by the way, glad you like it :D

As far as I'm aware, the coaches of the Alvia train were scrapped on site as they were not in a condition where they could be moved and there was nothing to be gained from trying to preserve them.

The Spanish investigation board is considering the scenario that there may have been a defect in the rails, rather than a faulty weld, which led to the crash. S ensors from trains which ran over the same track prior to the Iryo have picked up some irregularities, and during inspection of track...

From the article: If this were to be true, railways all over the world would basically be ticking timebombs and welds could simply collapse at any given moment without any warning. Of course we know that's not the case, rail is one of the safest modes of transport and disasters like the Adamuz...

Some updates: A passenger from the Alvia train who was taken into intensive care, has passed away on Friday. This brings the death toll to 46. The tracks have been cleared. The first 5 coaches of the Iryo train have been dragged away. Coaches 6, 7 and 8 can no longer be moved by rail. The...

Cadena SER are reporting that Adif have placed a 160 km/h temporary speed restriction on the Barcelona - Madrid high speed line, over a total length of 150 km. :o This because of "track conditions".

As-built, the ICR coaching stock had orange benches with plasticky seats. During their midlife refurbishment (2001-2005) the benches were replaced by individual seats - yellow velvet in 2nd class, red leather in 1st. When it became apparent that the new high-speed "Fyra" EMUs would not be...

According to the SNCF press release, that they did not do that has nothing to do with this specific train - but rather SNCF having severed the connection with booking systems of foreign operators for technical reasons. From 2026 they want to have it working again, they're switching to a new...