Recent content by Harlan Cage

I live in Maidenhead too and I am surprised how little work has been carried out in and around the station area. Interestedly the original roof on the buildings on platform 4/5 has been retained and repainted! The new station canopies also have the old lift shaft grooves retained in situ; I...

My apologies I was i a bit of a hurry when I misread this on another Forum however all this does not bode well for this project and given the current hunger for cuts it could be seen as something that is just nice to have. A Watford Met -Watford Jct shiuttle bus might be a much cheaper...

The current Watford Met Station will become a stabling point for trains as there Croxley Green Depot is long gone and there is not the space at Watford Jct. There has been a potential set back to this scheme this week with Hertfordshire County Council effectively walking away from this...

After the recent incident on a train in France I would have thought increasing rather than reducing staff on trains would be a better idea.! I guess not however and if anything does occur the phrase "Lessons will be learnt" will be banned around followed by a call for driverless trains on all...

I travelled on the ACELA from Boston to New York a number of years ago and it was not a good experience with only a few miles running at 125 miles an hour. The ride was poor and catering abysmal, far worse than anything in the UK I guess one day the USA will get it right!

IMO A school is a school albeit faith or not and therefore in regards of transport all schools should all have similar transport arrangements. If you have some transport need to meet a religious obligation etc no problem, but please be prepared to cover any additional costs for any specific...

It appears that FGW pays scant regard to air-con for non express services. There is no technical excuse for not sorting the air-con issues out, just look at what Adrian Shooter and Chiltern Railways achieved with a low cost and practical solution for their 165/0's HC

The Marlow branch will not be electrified for at least another 5 years due to issues finding EMU's which a short enough to fit into the Marlow Platform at Bourne End. So 165's will remain on the branch with no through services to and from London in the peak periods, however the frequency on the...

I understand that both the artist and the phone were charged! HC

I was never a big fan of Stagecoach due to some of the antics of Souter and Gloag in the past! That said overall I think that the SWT franchise has been a success with some innovative ideas and has actually delivered more capacity. My only gripe is that the timetables of Windsor Line and others...

Nothing like a troll on a hot summers day:D HC --- old post above --- --- new post below --- Thank you for a constructive and informative reply HC HC

FGW are probably the most creative of all TOC's when it comes to finding reasons not to run trains! So the points for both Marlow and Henley branches are for some reason more susepable to heat than all the other points in thus area! My bet it is summertime, there is a shortage of train...

As an aside the DHC 3 Otters from Bombardier make transatlantic trips non stop but with no passengers and an extra fuel tank fitted temporally inside the fuselage for delivery flights to Europe from Canada Skybus use them for some of their services to and from the Isles of Scilly and they are...

As an aside Another reason not to purchase trains from Japan http://fukushimaupdate.com Australia has returned cars to Japan that were contaminated. HC

Great news I quite like Bombardier's EMU offerings and this order makes sense in have a common fleet for the Overground.:D HC