Recent content by applepie2100

As a local on the former Strathclyde network I can see this being something that is very occasionally enforced by revenue protection blocks and hardly ever otherwise. Those that don't pay for their tickets already certainly won't start paying for them just because of a minimum onboard fare and...

It still sounds absolutely terrible. It seems like a cheap and nasty solution instead of actually spending the money and doing it properly. I'm sure there are better quality text to speech solutions available but they're not willing to spend the money on them. They resolved the issue of the...

The issue with the new TTS (Text To Speech) announcements has taken a new turn as the person who originally worked with the supplier is claiming that they were not permitted to use her voice for this purpose: The link below is to a BBC Scotland News Article...

I'm booked on the southbound sleeper from Fort William this Sunday coming. Could either end up with no drama or quids in depending how things pan out!

I seem to recall a brief discussion about TFW catering now that the Mk IV sets are with them but the website had not been updated. It appears to now have been updated and looks like a very decent effort in both first and standard class: First Class Breakfast...

Right now it would be good just to get all the 334's serviceable there seems to be regular issues with short forming thanks to train faults on the services these trains operate.

The North Clyde Line in Glasgow seems to be suffering from the GSM-R remote announcement feature being used to broadcast a message from "Davy at ScotRail Control" reminding us to wear a face covering, buy a ticket before boarding, use m-tickets where possible and various other things. Usually...

Without going off topic perhaps I should have referred to them as "neighbours" instead!

Our friends on the continent seem to have been managing quite successfully for a good number of years now to have high quality real time information available onboard their trains. Most German and Austrian rolling sock has a good mixture of dot matrix/LED scrolling displays and LCD full colour...

For most of this week there have been barriers around the top end of platforms 2--5 where what I assume the crumple zones are for the buffer stops. Does anyone have any idea why? There also seem to be issues with parts of the roof leaking when it rains (and believe me it rains a lot in...

It sounds like a really good idea, especially when it comes to the former SPT area which could almost be turned into an S Bahn style setup. For this reason alone it will never happen!

The advert below is now being broadcast here in Scotland. How it matches up with the consultation and proposed timetable is something probably only an SNP politician could explain with a straight face: It feels very much like most of the good work done under First Group is now being...

They look very good and worlds away from the Blackbox rubbish chosen by Abellio for certain franchises.

They do indeed seem to be the same Infotec screens now installed at Berwick: https://twitter.com/RailPoint/status/1367492825974255626/photo/1

I should imagine that the majority of passengers don't give a toss about railway bureaucracy and hundred odd different reasons given everything something is thrown into the "too difficult" basket. What they do care about is paying through the nose for a ticket when the company concerned seems...