Recent content by ijmad

Well then, that's great news!

The web feeds (which come from the signalling system) are still showing a lot of 'Check Front of Train' destinations which doesn't fill me with a lot of hope.

Would they be able to enter into public service just on Heathrow routes before the Uxbridge works are completed?

In the South West this happens on the GWML with the joined 5-car Class 802 units, for example stops like Ivybridge where you can only alight from the front unit. Usually the guard makes a number of announcements at stations prior where there's expected to be a little bit of dwell time (e.g...

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c1m78xl0gmpo There are some photos of the crash on X, which I won't share due to concerns around appropriateness before we know if anyone is trapped in the wreckage, but it looks like the train has been very seriously damaged.

Is it fair to say the 'fix' is likely to be a software change rather than hardware modification anyway? So yes I understand the contract arrangements but from a practical point of view it doesn't really matter where particular trains are.

Nationalisation should surely sweep away all this nonsense, as the companies will no-longer be competing for brand recognition. There must be pretty marginal gains, but I guess they do it so some people might choose their services on a competitive route...

Tendering evaluation is not solely based on up front cost, to assume this is just wrong. They look at what represents best value for money (BVM) - which does include price but also considers total cost of ownership, and measures such as support costs, spare parts costs, energy efficiency...

From what I gather, it would be two additional platforms on the but still part of Old Oak Common Lane station.

Lebanon Road on the Croydon Tramlink has quite widely spaced staggered platforms, though these are in a section of running on the road, so not sure how well it counts.

Forgot that one. So it's literally tunnels in all directions. Tunnelphobes might have to take a bus.

I think the only line out of Bristol that doesn't pass through a tunnel is the GWML towards Plymouth/Penzance. If you took that, you could change at Exeter, but the only alternative route back up to the rest of the country is the Honiton route which also has tunnels. So I think no.

I suggested Mildness when they ran this service in June!

There's been a lot of chatter in the press today about it potentially getting approved next month. https://www.timeout.com/london/news/london-is-set-for-a-new-700-million-overground-line-102025 https://secretldn.com/west-london-orbital-overground-line/ No idea how accurate this reporting is...

Most people I know locally who live on the Windrush line are now using its name. Me included. Can't speak for the rest, but the name seems to be taking hold in SE London. Exactly, I don't say "I'll be taking the Windrush line" unless I want to be specific about the route with someone, you'd...