Recent content by Cherry_Picker

Yes, but then you just have another thing with a sensor on it that throws up more faults than it's worth.

They'd have to be on the trains that required passenger guards on and they were rostered a regular trip to Birmingham (one AM turn one PM turn, nothing at weekends iirc) but they'd roam where required at other times, I believe things like booking offices being closed due to staff shortages or...

Chiltern previously had CSI depots at Marylebone and Aylesbury, they were revenue protection staff who were capable of carrying out passenger guard duties. They were used for the Paddington parliamentary train and the Class 121 services that operated on the Aylesbury to Princes Risborough...

Are you sure about that? Seems a hazy recollection of a single person isn't really the sort of evidence to go on here. Investigating thoroughly is important if it can help prevent future incidents and if that means the line stays closed for a few days then in the big picture it's a price worth...

Birmingham International. It's got three or four different crowds using it: those who want the airport, those who want the NEC (and it's various other attractions) and those using it as a park and ride from Birmingham and London. 5 million journeys, an absolutely minuscule percentage of those...

Witham. <:D

It came from earlier designs of escalators which had a diagonal 'shunt' feature at the end which prevented clothing from being snagged by moving parts, a problem which has been iterated and improved on multiple times since with newer designs but the convention persists. Excerpt from a YouTube...

Makes sense. Probably says more about how much time I spend in DOO land and the assumptions I make based off of that more than anything else.

Tangential question: It's being reported that there were 10 members of crew onboard the train (77 passengers, 10 crew) which seems like quite a high number? Do Avanti have early jobs out of Glasgow where people are booked pass to Preston or something?

The numbers of platforms 3 & 4 are integrated into the signalling protecting the station so it’s a significant expense to just renumber them. This was not the case with platforms 1 & 2 which made renumbering the station when it was last expanded circa 2010 much easier as it could essentially be...

Neasden. Evergreen 3 saw the priorities here changed, the route towards Harrow on the Hill & Aylesbury was the main and you needed a junction indicator to head towards Wembley & Birmingham. Now it's the other way round and while there was some slight realignment of the tracks it is still very...

They always decend into arguments about what defines a place. Before long somebody will mention that fewer than 10,000 people live in The City of London and they've got like five major terminal stations, seven tube lines and whatever the Elizabeth line is.

Teaching computers to lie is working out well isn’t it?

London Marylebone - Neasden. 17:00 to 18:00 has 13 down and 9 up trains.

Victoria Embankment? :lol: