Recent content by gc4946

Bi-mode 24m long carriages (25Kv/diesel), with level platform access at least one carriage per unit, units either 9 or 5 carriages long. Well padded, reclinable, ergonomic seats aligned with windows, choice with or without tables. Plenty of room for luggage and bikes. Decent catering facilities...

Would the 323s on the Hadfield route be replaced with 3-car 331s? I've travelled on the 323s recently and despite their good acceleration between stops look like they're on the way out. The 350/2s are ideal for Man Picc-Crewe services which I'm guessing they'll be initially used once they've...

How do you differentiate fares by calling patterns? By stating on the ticket in order for that to be a valid fare the service must stop at that specified station. Unless GBR decides how to categorise services based on criteria such as Intercity, Regional, Regional Express, Local, Commuter it's...

Also Manchester Piccadilly-Rose Hill Marple wholly within Greater Manchester. You could argue several services starting and/or terminating just outside Greater Manchester could justify trains carrying full Bee Network branding eg Manchester Piccadilly-Glossop/Hadfield and Manchester...

I'm guessing GBR will draw up specifications for combined transport authorities and passenger transport executives on application of their identities on GBR's trains. It could be simple as applying logos or applying full local branding depending on whether the trains are strictly rostered only...

My impression is that GBR emphasising the one railway identity will apply the same livery to all their trains from 8XXs to commuter stock with only different operator/regional branding. Unless you're on a booked train(s) only advance with itinerary, the intending average walk-on passenger...

I'd merge GBR North and TransPennine as North. South East and High Speed merged as South East.

If I suggest an alternative name for the Weaver Network, I'd go for West Yorkshire Metro, or, West Yorkshire Travel. It'll be interesting to see whether their new buses on order will have a simplified livery compared with the demonstration version which had extensive graphics below the lower...

I won't be surprised in 5 to 10 years time Transport for Greater Manchester (and later on, other combined authorities) will directly own and operate buses from their large depots while still franchising out smaller depots and school services.

Confirmed now at Llanelli MMR https://www.facebook.com/groups/127530047934930/posts/1847572675930650/ I hope they can tidy up the unit and repaint that back into NSE livery while in Wales and work out a solution for occasional haulage of the stock

Arriva's 164 and 165 run via Cross Gates, pass the housing development built on the site of Barnbow armaments factory, Thorpe Park and the Springs, a major developing out of town shopping centre and business park, I hope those links remain under franchising regime.

I'm delighted that a class 466 is preserved, and significantly, the last one built. I hope the group obtains sufficient spares to keep the unit in good condition. Could it be hauled by a loco without needing a translator vehicle?

Last week I travelled both ways on Northern's "Yorkshire Flyer" between Leeds-Sheffield. They run between the hourly Cross Country services, forming a combined half-hourly limited stop service. Although my services were only half full off peak I think such a service takes pressure off the...

I'd design the next stages of HS2 for a maximum of 186 mph/300 kph. It's unfortunate much of the powers for acquiring land for Birmingham-Crewe-Manchester have lapsed. What I didn't know that passing the Act of Parliament for HS2 meant additional planning consents were required by all the local...

Several operators based in seaside resorts ordered new petrol vehicles well into the 1930s, including Wallasey and Bournemouth Corporations. Bournemouth Corporation didn't order any diesel-engined buses until 1943 https://www.lthlibrary.org.uk/library/PDF-196-1.pdf