Recent content by dr140

I've maybe just been very unlucky so far. If I'm boarding at Waverley, I do tend to get on the front and walk back until I find a part of the train that is cool. I've had a few HST's last week and completely agree that whilst it's not the most powerful system, it was working just fine on every...

Has anyone else noticed how poor the air conditioning is on these units lately? Almost every unit I've been on in the past few weeks has had the interior gangway doors locked open to allow air to flow from where the air conditioning is working to the other carriages. Unless you're directly...

Yes, it looked exactly like that. Fantastic to see how quickly it all comes together

No worries at all and thanks for the diagram. Yes, it's definitely this I saw today, maybe minus the contact wire and registration arm etc. Definitely the mast and cantilever.

Yes it's the actual electrification masts that would support the wires (sorry, not sure on the technical terms), not just the foundations. I was very surprised to see them too! There's at least 10-20 on each side of the line in the area where the A921 goes under the railway coming into Kirkcaldy...

Noticed today that a lot of masts have appeared between Kinghorn and Kirkcaldy. Great to see the rate of progress!

That's an interesting point on the Dundee services and something which I'm inclined to agree with. 2 trains per hour from Dundee and Leuchars towards Edinburgh, particularly in the peak tourist summer months is just simply not enough. I know there's limitations between Cupar and Dundee due to...

I completely agree that the constraint is with the core section of the route from Edinburgh to Inverkeithing. In the 60 minute period from 1655-1755 there are 10 departures towards Fife. Happy to be corrected, but I would imagine this is as close to maximum capacity as the line sees. With the...

Yes, I'm curious to hear it pronouncing some of the stations in the highlands especially! :)

ScotRail appear to be trialling new AI generated onboard announcements and it's already proving controversial with one of the papers running a story on it and quite a few complaints on Twitter/X. There is a short clip in the article and I have found a video on YouTube (not my video). I'm curious...

Completely agree that the seat pitch is much tighter compared to the 800, although the 800's with the new cabin are some of the best in Europe! I recently flew Edinburgh to Dublin and it was alright for a short flight but was still glad to get off. We've got loads of them based in EDI now (5 of...

Just had a ticket check on LNER leaving Newcastle going south. Was nothing between Edinburgh and Newcastle though. Lots of "lost" railcards...

Noticed the other day that the trams have a loud(ish) car style horn. Is this new or have I just never heard it before? Presuming it's new.

Kirkcaldy

Like others have said, there are 4 lines all originating at Britomart station in the city centre. A map can be found here: https://at.govt.nz/bus-train-ferry/train-services/auckland-train-network/ All lines are no more than around 60mins end to end and are electrified with new trains. The only...