Recent content by math1985

That must be it, thanks!

Today at Birmingham New Street, I saw a train passing by with a bright white light on top of the carriage. It was dark, so I couldn't identify which TOC it was. Does anybody know what this could have been?

I live next to BHM, and this happens every second week or so (excluding the weekly test on Satuday night). Unfortunately such a common occurrence that it's not really worth reporting.

Sorry for the bump, but in Leer (Germany), there are indeed Dutch Arriva ticket machines. In Enschede, Venlo and Heerlen (all in the Netherlands) there are German machines, and in Luxembourg there is a French ticket machine. There are no doubt others.

I would go for London Heathrow to London Paddington.

Could this have anything to do with graffiti sprayers? Judging by the amount of graffity on the North of the railway bridge, the sprayers must often climb over the walls of the bridge. I can't find the original discussion, do you have a link?

Who are you replying to?

Very good example. That app uses the same data as National Rail (NR): http://ojp.nationalrail.co.uk/service/ldbdetails/9PVacmR0MWnlUqbkRf5mBQ%3D%3D If you look on RTT, you see that for some reason, the WTT is 1,5-2,5 minutes later than the GBTT (probably the WTT has been pushed 2 minutes...

RTT seems to give the answer: the time is also measured in the stations where it doesn't stop. For example, although it left Redhill on time, it passed Merstham 2 minutes and Coulsdon South one minute late, so presumably that was used to calculate the delay in East Croydon.

Thanks. I take it any manual intervention happens after the stage when RTT gets the data? Is the manual intervention done by the TOC, or by Network Rail?

Passengers have different ways to get informed about possible delays: overhead next-train displays, tv-like displays, the National Rail site/app, the Network West Midlands site/app (in the West Midlands), and sites like http://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/. I noticed that these systems are not...

That one seems quite quiet, it's an entirely different sound.

He just passed again: http://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/train/U11348/2014/06/09/advanced It makes a strange pulsating sound.

Thanks for the answers! It was indeed yellow, but I don't remember exactly which of the trains on that page it was.

Last week, I heard this maintenance train passing by from my apartment: http://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/train/H33794/2014/06/05/advanced (TRUST ID 42300HC805, Running as 300H, VAR schedule UID H33794, Service code 53790132) The train made a very loud sound, much louder than the regular...