Recent content by jopsuk

the most theatrical is Harwich. If you're taking Stena from Harwich to Hoek van Holland as a foot passenger, you have to pass through a metal detector and get your bags x-rayed. There's very little that you're not allowed to carry. Vehicles and passengers in vehicles mainly get no scans. Coming...

right, so: Ignoring that you missed the 1618, that's irrelevant as that's on you. You intended therefore to catch the 1648, which was cancelled. This was timetabled to arrive at Stevenage at 1716. You did catch the 1718, which arrived at Stevenage at 1758. You were therefore delayed by 42...

No problem, they were a chance snap whilst I was running an errands to Morrisons! Put a definitive answer on what stock they're using.

Ah that explains what I saw yesterday 1712252292 Here we go, second time lucky. Not posted on here in so long

will they in time get matching Vectron locos?

having a spare power car is smart

hi, I was thinking of taking a trip that would include the Gravesend-Tilbury ferry this Saturday, before it (hopefully temporarily) ceases operation. Other plans for the day would mean I would have a Z1-6 travelcard. I am aware that there are not tickets that include the ferry but that there are...

we have not left the entirely separate Common Travel Area, under the 1952 agreement as modified and reaffirmed several times since (the existence of the CTA stops Ireland joining the EU+beyond Schengen area)

is it a format that's been designed for machine reading? Eg not using / to avoid "escape" errors, instead having separate arr/pass/dep fields

There are several, very large, stations where the overall operation is a company that does not run passenger trains

better electrification finished (and fully tested, and lightly used) before the new stock arrives, than a new electric fleet arrives and it can't be used!

really? Because for all my "an Aventra is just a Networker" thing (it is!) a class 170 really, really is just a class 168, and the main body didn't change between the 168/0 and 168/1. Were they really considering compatibility for the 158 routes when designing the 168/0?

isn't the cross-section of an Aventra- especially the profile of the sides- more or less the same as that of the original Networkers, with everything in between being a slightly stretched (longitudinally) and/or slightly narrowed version of essentially the same bodyshell? God some engineering...

let's set one thing straight- although it is very slight, the sides of a mark 3 coach do in fact taper from the "waist" towards the roof- there's details in this pdf (linked, don't actually know the best way to fully comply with forum rules here?)

smart business really, fleece punters to raise money for the museum. Wonder if they'll park a train on platform 7, or just have security chasing "freeloaders" away all day?