Recent content by ic31420

There is much talk on a local Facebook group that the free bus travel for youths has lead to increased Anti Social behaviour on buses, bus stations and what not in the evenings.Wirh Bolton bus station being mentioned as particularly bad. Can anyone vouch for this?

Thats dire. It must be soul destroying for the crews and controls. Even if a new fleet or further electrician was ordered it would be what... The best part of half a decade away

What's the long term plan for these and the services operated by these. Surely this daily disaster can't continue?

Were many spare transformers built or is it a case some have been written off? How does it work with Newer fleets like they 350s? Will northern get a spares bundle with the fleet or does the ROSCO hold the major spares? Do the ROSCOs tend to buy a few spare cabs, bogies, traction motors...

Like what? We have the issue then of transpennine not really being an intercity or local operator and we don't really do "regional" in this country. What will TP's fleet be in 10 -15 years time?

I am fine with reservations incurring a small charge. But as others have said it'll either need stronger...... management on the train and/or a simple and quick way for train staff to send refunds but that bit is fraught with issue. I recently travelled with two children (5 & 8) across the...

It's not, but it might be after some consideration that many of the dollars are wooden and the true cost of the extra redundancy isn't worth it and the cost of the disruption is cheaper or at least the extra redundancy isn't worth it. Railways are to a degree like the NHS, no amount of money...

As a passenger, or a customer, or a MOP or Taxpayer I also recognise that you have to accept that things will go wrong despite even the best endeavours. Be it a component failure, be it human error, weather, third party influence or just where compromises have to be made. It's how you recover...

I work in medium sized building which has essential services and equipment. The backup generators have steadily been improved over the last 15 years, we now have two diesels, two fuel tanks, we have gone from having a battery ups on just the Comms/Server room to a few other circuits but not...

Has it ever been ascertained what the issue with the current availability of the 222 fleet? Is it that Hitachi are doing a.bd job at looking after them or is it that they're being stepped up more and used more intensively this requiring more maintenance sooner. A bit like the issue Northern...

Curiously I am currently sat on the X41 1810 departure off Manchester with 38 (edit 44 I counted when I got of) other passengers. The reason I am on it is because it's £11 cheaper and quicker than using the Tram and Bus. (with 2kids). Each way (over two days) that's a saving of £22 and almost...

I am currently travelling from Bury to Victoria. I am staggered at the amount of temporary speed restrictions we have encountered we are easily over 10 before Crumpsall. It seems line condition in some places and almost almost every cast iron bridge has a TSR of 20mph. Is it me or this...

Do northern / have northern and thus the taxpayer seen any reduction in the leasing costs for.theae units seeing as they're pretty dire and can't be used for a week?

I'm not so much interested in how they are doing at 8yrs but at 12 and 15yrs I want whole life value. I can only think of Nissan leafs getting to that age. I imagine Barry techs moved on. In 25 yrs of motoring the lowest milage car I've ever had is 85k. I had a Corsa Diesel I kept from 85k...

I think there is still some way to go. Many people I work with are happy spaffing £400 a month on a PCP. As it happens most are coming to the end of their current deals and looking to replace. despite Having tipped up £16k + a deposit to borrow a car over 4 years they they are inexplicably to...