Recent content by dmncf

Not sure if Cambridgeshire Guided Busway counts as being a road. Its section from Cambridge North to St Ives is 13 miles.

I assume the 399s with the tram wheel profile (rather than the tram-train wheel profile) can't run onto National Rail tracks?

As a outsider, I had assumed that among the factors for DB Cargo being less competitive than its rivals were: - Higher overheads to pay for infrastructure that nimbler rivals don't have, e.g. Toton works and other large yards - Less efficient staff contracts that are probably evolutions of...

I didn't get meal vouchers when I travelled on FlixBus N1328 London to Warsaw, which when I did it was P&O outward, Irish Ferries back.

How does the banking locomotive driver know if the leading locomotive driver is unexpectedly braking (e.g. due to a yellow signal or seeing an obstruction on the track) and hence banking should stop, particularly if radio communication has been unexpectedly lost?

Thanks. I'm trying to figure out if people might wrongly assume that means a device fitted to a platform.

How does it work on the radio? I assume that as a failsafe, if the banking locomotive hears silence on the radio, they cease banking. i.e. they only apply banking if they're actively being told to apply banking.

What's the correct term for the device that's fitted to a train doorway to help achieve level boarding? The following video shows a device fitted to a Stadler Flirt train. Most frequently I hear this called a 'sliding step'. Is that the correct term for it? The following video shows a device...

I have noticed this sitting at a vehicle end on a GWR 387, which felt like it was shaking from side to side.

What's the advantage of departing the origin at 02.00/01.45? Is it maybe that the arrival time at the final destination is then better timed for the coach to immediately depart on a daytime journey back the other way?

FlixBus coaches don't have a typical bus ticket machine (e.g. made by Ticketer), do they? What device provides tracking information for FlixBus coaches - is it a FlixBus operator app on a mobile phone or tablet?

On the National Rail website I just noticed that Bristol Brabazon appears in the stations list, and it does appear first. The website wouldn't find any journeys though.

TfL has chosen a rubbish location to terminate route 42! Shall we terminate the route in the City of London or terminate the route at London Bridge Station? Nope, let's terminate it short of either of those.

Lots of delivery vehicles on London roads too.

I think it's inefficient that the new ticket gateline is distant from the new ticket office, and the new ticket office is an old-fashioned ticket window behind glass. A consolidated layout could have allowed staff to work together at busy times, and allowed one staff member to cover both roles...