Recent content by Bumpkin

Strawberry Hill Depot, VZD is the crew depot code for drivers.

Reported that the first 5 will be in SWR livery, then from unit 6 onwards to be in GBR. No the alternators are not being upgraded, standard class will be getting USB sockets only, don't know if USB-A or USB-C though. Believe that 2+1 is staying in first too.

Lumo (West Coast) 222601 showing up now ahead of the first revenue service tomorrow.

My bold I would assume that they would reinstate the third rail as NLL services already change supply at Acton Central and then head south to South Acton on third rail. If they were to install OLE trains would have to change supply twice within a few minutes which just seems unrealistic

GWR’s 230 now also showing, as was alluded to in the update email earlier today. And Merseyrail 777s

The Scotsman newspaper have uploaded a video to their socials which include an image of the seats in the airline configuration showing the legroom and distance the flip down table extends.

The sectional appendix for Kent does suggest they are cleared. Available to be viewed on the Network Rail website here - Network Rail Sectional Appendix, anything involving route SO310 would be relevant to Dartford - Gravesend.

Hanson and Hall

The calls at Brockenhurst by XC are returning in May, on all services except one (1O24 at 2001). RealTimeTrains link to Brockenhurst XC services

Shown on RTT to be on 2C05 to Reading this morning. https://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/service/gb-nr:L48655/2025-12-05/detailed

The train in front of it, 2K45, was the one that failed at Wimbledon with a faulty door. 2G45 was trapped behind and had to do a wrong-direction move back a signal to get around it.

Do you know that for a fact? As someone directly involved with SWR workings, I can assure you that no crew or units was saved running the reduced timetable.

Network Rail as the infrastructure owners are the ones who had to give the go ahead for when the restrictions could be lifted. The reduced timetable didn't decrease crew usage as even though frequency was down to 1tp2h, it took twice as long to do the journey, tying up crew with less work for...

Morebus N1 follows the same route as the m1 between Poole and Bournemouth Hospital

That will have been because of the rugby matches yesterday at Twickenham. They swap to running via Richmond during the build up to the matches and normally stay that way when just one is played. Yesterday had two matches so with a long gap between peak flows so they ran them via Kingston in...