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Dr Hoo's latest activity
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Dr Hoo replied to the thread Longest Point Rodding.I’m not sure that most Distants were a complete mile from the first Home. Obviously it could be influenced by gradients, line speed... -
Dr Hoo replied to the thread Preston Station - really poor and needs urgent improvement.When there were midweek Rail Replacement Buses between Preston and Lancaster earlier this year the RRB coordinators were advising...
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Dr Hoo replied to the thread Avanti cancellations - is it always this bad?.Ah; so there’s a recruitment ban (as well as the current timetable cuts). With you now. Anybody know if the DfT are behind that too?
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Dr Hoo replied to the thread Avanti cancellations - is it always this bad?.Thanks for the clarification. I’m not sure that changes made around 20 years ago when locomotive-powered services with Mark IIIs were...
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Dr Hoo replied to the thread Trivia : Are there any stations that have no public exits?.As a former ScotRail manager I can confirm that at least at one time IBM had signs at the exit to the platform claiming that it was...
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Dr Hoo replied to the thread Preston Station - really poor and needs urgent improvement.The Tesco Express is just across the road from the main (ramp) exit at Preston.
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Dr Hoo replied to the thread Lumo running train with no toilets.The phrase ‘accessible toilets’ applies to the large ‘universal’ toilets, rather than the smaller facilities as well. (I am not claiming...
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Dr Hoo replied to the thread Lumo running train with no toilets.I still find it slightly bizarre that Lumo have a CET empty + water re-tank contract with Hitachi at Ferme Park but apparently no...
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Dr Hoo replied to the thread Avanti cancellations - is it always this bad?.That’s interesting. Can you provide more details of how extensive the ‘letting go’ was and how long it’s been going on? We’re the DfT...
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Dr Hoo replied to the thread TfW new service between Bristol and Cardiff.Quite, but remember the fuss over Avanti’s fast Manchester-Euston when the firm rights expired. Lumo completely legitimately bid into...
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Dr Hoo replied to the thread Lumo running train with no toilets.Well, HMT are presumably already ecstatic about The Taxpayer being the final insurer for the rest of ‘GBR’ (in its current ‘proto ’...
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Dr Hoo replied to the thread Should 'Combined Authorities' be allowed to build stations on the UK rail network ?.In the past various Passenger Transport Executives and related bodies drove through new stations rather than BR. These were often for...
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Dr Hoo replied to the thread Longest journey in the UK to run with stock that lacks toilet facilities.Ah, yes! I remember that. I used it to ‘tick off’ the Anlaby Road curve (avoiding Hull) and another rare curve around Milford Junction...
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Dr Hoo replied to the thread Lumo running train with no toilets.Open Access has to sign up to all sorts of industry-wide obligations already. Among the Big Boys in ‘The Family’ currently, how would...
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Dr Hoo replied to the thread Constant delays around the Sheffield area - what can be done to improve the situation?.Worth noting for Birmingham that any relief from removing some services (mainly the Stourbridge line) was quickly ‘back-filled’ by...