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Dr Hoo replied to the thread Whittlesea station and East Midlands Railway stopping cancellations.We always seem to be hearing how ‘Anglia’ ( or whatever it’s called now with GA, c2c and Network Rail all one happy proto-GBR family)... -
Dr Hoo replied to the thread Should GBR have a freight business? Is the sale of DB Cargo UK an opportunity to acquire one?.Thanks. I was aware of that but had thought that that was simply for ‘operating convenience’ rather than a ban as such. Do such trains...
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Dr Hoo replied to the thread Should GBR have a freight business? Is the sale of DB Cargo UK an opportunity to acquire one?.Even for ‘internal’ Network Services purposes? What about the system monitoring and inspection trains (and by extension, railhead...
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Dr Hoo replied to the thread Varamis Rail Class 321s & 325s”.I didn’t like to mention that!
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Dr Hoo posted the thread Is there scope for one supplier and a common policy for all GBR retail facilities? in Speculative Discussion.Moderator note: Split from https://www.railforums.co.uk/threads/southeastern-on-site-ticketing-contract-goes-to-worldline.306128/ So...
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Dr Hoo replied to the thread Varamis Rail Class 321s & 325s”.Robin Gisby ‘cut his teeth’ with the niche Charterail freight business in 1989-1992.
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Dr Hoo replied to the thread Getting passengers to spread out along the platform.We seem to be conflating two distinct issues: 1. Getting passengers to spread out along the relevant section of platform pending the...
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Dr Hoo replied to the thread Should GBR have a freight business? Is the sale of DB Cargo UK an opportunity to acquire one?.The steel industry is not “all in public hands”. Are you thinking of the recent nationalisation of (just) British Steel? I wasn’t aware...
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Dr Hoo replied to the thread Questions regarding signal overlaps and signalling history.A quarter of a mile in addition to the braking distance provided by the Distant signal of course, let alone any additional Stop signals...
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Dr Hoo replied to the thread Should GBR have a freight business? Is the sale of DB Cargo UK an opportunity to acquire one?.Thank you to @HSTEd for his manifesto. So part of the nationalisation 'magic bullet' will be paying for a system-wide conversion to ECP...
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Dr Hoo replied to the thread Meaning of terms such as Cancelled At Point of Entry (CAPE) etc.Images of shunters diligently adding a banana van to the Flying Scotsman. (Their code was, of course ‘BANANA’, as distinct from, err...
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Dr Hoo replied to the thread Should GBR have a freight business? Is the sale of DB Cargo UK an opportunity to acquire one?.I’m surprised that @HSTEd feels that freight has suffered from “contractual paralysis”. The sector has seen both entry and exit from the...
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Dr Hoo replied to the thread Should GBR have a freight business? Is the sale of DB Cargo UK an opportunity to acquire one?.Presumably it would come with additional costs as well. What sort of annual NET income (profit) could The Treasury and The Taxpayer look...
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Dr Hoo replied to the thread Is 5mph the slowest speed limit possible?.Power stations and colliery loading bunkers were in private sidings rather than ‘railway’ property of course; so could have their own...
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Dr Hoo replied to the thread Meaning of terms such as Cancelled At Point of Entry (CAPE) etc.KASLO not being a telegraph code word though. Surely just a contraction/ abbreviation like IANAL (I Am Not A Lawyer) in the Disputes...