Recent content by mattpharrison

I really like this - obviously it's early days, but so good to see AI and data being put to good use! I've never seen the UK rail network visualised in such a way. Keep it up!

More about the interior design of these new units here, for anybody interested: https://transportdesigned.com/lner-unveils-serenza-its-next-generation-intercity-trains/

Head's up! Northern will run a train over a heritage line for the first time EVER on Sunday 22 Feb, and tickets are now on sale. A class 158 will depart Darlington at 0946 for Bishop Auckland, where it will join the Weardale Railway and run over the full length of the line to Stanhope and...

You've done a better job of outlining the changes/improvements to the map than even I could, as the designer! Thank you to everybody on the thread for your suggestions, changes, improvements - they are all very gratefully received and as referenced above, they are actioned!

323s have better odds on spending more of their time in and around Manchester than 331s, hence the choice of a 323 to receive this branding.

Exactly this - that diagram is usually covered by a 331. We swapped it off for a 323 to take advantage of this for the press event.

It certainly will - trams and Tyne & Wear Metro are all represented on this version. Good suggestions - we had a combo of all of these things on the Northern map, which even in itself was fiendishly complicated. Stations with limited calls on lines with more frequent services (like Clifton, on...

Excellent point, well made. Consider it reinstated!

Thank you - I had both of those in there originally, and took them out - but might restore them before I share the full map. It's a tough balancing act when representing limited services; arguably there should be some more (or some fewer) dots on station calls in various places. On the line...

May I present an alternative, nicely set in RA2? I've been working on this for some time now. It's loosely based on my map for Northern, with a load of improvements as suggested by forum users here. Keen to hear thoughts! (Ignore the bottom right corner, I haven't redesigned the line via...

Just chiming in here on the Hadfield run - alongside the ROSCO, Northern is supporting exploratory work which is taking place to determine whether Class 350 trains would be suitable for deployment on routes in the north of England. At present there is no commitment from Northern to operate Class...

A shame that more units didn't get the Northern Spirit livery. Easily the best looking 142s in the land. The 156s carried it for quite a while too!

Absolutely second that. Northern by far the worst of the lot. Dull, unimaginitive, finance committee-led drivel.

Nothing says '1999' like GMPTE grey!

Hi guys, This was covered on a previously-locked thread, but in light of the new article over on Transport Designed - which is your favourite livery ever worn by a Pacer? Has to be Northern Spirit for me. Loved North Western Trains, too, but for some reason it always cheapened the look when...