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  • BRX
    BRX replied to the thread Catch them before they're gone.
    What's the general situation in Italy at the moment? Are all the loco hauled local trains gettimg replaced with units...or has that...
  • BRX
    BRX replied to the thread European Sleeper experience.
    Good luck to anyone who books themselves & their bike onboard, and tries to wheel it down the corridor to do a spot of maintenence in...
  • BRX
    BRX replied to the thread European Sleeper experience.
    That's certainly in danger of setting some very wrong expectations.
  • BRX
    Info on this thread suggests that those in the GBST pool do.
  • BRX
    BRX replied to the thread Class 93 Tri-mode Loco.
    I wonder if the improved performance of the 93s could be replicated on 88s with some modifications to them, or perhaps the designs are...
  • BRX
    *In theory* a GBRf 92 could take a 16 carriage mk5 sleeper train down the WCML, then through Kensington Olympia and Wandsworth Rd onto...
  • BRX
    BRX replied to the thread Caledonian Sleeper.
    They do reduce the train length a bit in winter, allows them to take some coaches out of service for maintenance I think. There's no...
  • BRX
    BRX replied to the thread Caledonian Sleeper.
    Does the Inverness portion currently run half empty outside of the summer? I thought it actually was quite well loaded most of the year...
  • BRX
    BRX replied to the thread Rail Freight Flows and News UK.
    Yes I see. If it's for local distribution then it makes sense.
  • BRX
    BRX replied to the thread Rail Freight Flows and News UK.
    Thanks. So when they say what it actually means is the chichester site might support increased use of rail and the shoreham one will...
  • BRX
    BRX replied to the thread European Sleeper experience.
    From your previous posts it sounded like you have a fair bit of experience travelling on night trains so understand they are always at...
  • BRX
    BRX replied to the thread Rail Freight Flows and News UK.
    Have just come across another mention of this, from May this year...
  • BRX
    BRX replied to the thread European Sleeper experience.
    I agree. And especially for anyone starting in the UK and connecting via a Eurostar service.
  • BRX
    BRX replied to the thread European Sleeper experience.
    This website offers some statistics. The latest set they have covers 2025 so doesn't include the Berlin/Paris service but it does cover...
  • BRX
    BRX replied to the thread Catch them before they're gone.
    Thank you - this is very helpful.

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