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brad465 replied to the thread As we expected: Remaining eight 221s for XC.I suggested in the speculative thread that XC could do with a TPE BEMU follow-up order to replace their 170s, with fixed 5-car... -
brad465 replied to the thread Cross-country overcrowding: what could be done?.Could XC pursue a follow-up order of the TPE BEMUs to replace their 170s? An order of 16x would be enough to replace the 80 carriages...
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brad465 replied to the thread Commuter and Metro Services: Which Rolling Stock Upgrade Had the Greatest Impact? In the last 40 years.Scotrail 385s on the Edinburgh-Glasgow corridor providing more coaches and an EMU service, which presumably also helped cascade 170s to...
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brad465 replied to the thread As we expected: Remaining eight 221s for XC.If an 8-9 car train can spilt at Bristol/York, you can run a full train through the core route still.
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brad465 replied to the thread As we expected: Remaining eight 221s for XC.Whether or not they will, I'm hoping this will allow some extra service extensions, such as extending the Bristol terminator to Exeter...
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brad465 replied to the thread Stranraer line engineering works: station and infrastructure works..If the station re-siting proposal goes ahead, maybe worth considering having two platforms there for resilience (and possibly also...
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brad465 replied to the thread Commuter and Metro Services: Which Rolling Stock Upgrade Had the Greatest Impact? In the last 40 years.345s and 387s replacing 165/166s on the Thames Valley GWML corridor. We are talking 2-6 car services being replaced by 8-9 car services...
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brad465 posted the thread Reinstating a domestic platform at Ashford International in Speculative Discussion.Following the developments that Eurostar are effectively giving up on serving Ashford entirely, is it worth trying to reinstate at least...
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brad465 replied to the thread Basingstoke-Reading upgrade possibilities.I doubt the paths for this service to Southampton exist, although it might be possible to run an IET-service from...
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brad465 replied to the thread Basingstoke-Reading upgrade possibilities.By this point passengers are practically on top of Reading station so might as well just go there. I wonder if re-siting it closer to...
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brad465 replied to the thread The worst TV series finale.The Traitors series 3 finale:
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brad465 replied to the thread Basingstoke-Reading upgrade possibilities.I would certainly be aspiring to close that station if I could get away with it, but wouldn't be surprised if there's uproar over this.
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brad465 replied to the thread The Middle East conflict.What a Pandora's Box Trump and Saudi Arabia have opened: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cqy7lxd104xet
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brad465 replied to the thread Thoughts on the Trump presidency.I think they mostly import from India, but yes Russia is struggling with diesel supply and even if they can obtain more diesel, at this...
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brad465 replied to the thread Redhill-Tonbridge disruption this weekend (10-11 October).Are there any plans to try and fix this? I notice there's a late night closure next week on Friday night over this route, but if the...