Recent content by MisterT

You seem to keep changing your story, which doesn't really make for a great discussion, so I will refrain from posting here after this comment. Yes, it's a safety risk when people are entering ETCS data incorrectly, which is also why it's really important that people are trained to input all...

Sounds more like there aren't enough balises to recalibrate the position if that's happening so often. I've been driving with ETCS (mainly level 2, and a little bit of level 1) almost daily for more than a decade now, and I don't think I've ever had real issues with the odometers, even in snow...

While we're going really off topic here, that sounds like a systematic issue in Switzerland then, which might need a cultural shift in human behaviour then, in the way those safety systems are being maintained. An incident might happen, but when it happens regularly, it seems rooted in something...

I wouldn't say that driver error is necessary. I've had it happen that a unit was just fresh out of maintenance, and they swapped the wheels on the bogie with the odometer (see where this is going?). Both the speedometer and the safety systems relied on that odometer to be calibrated correctly...

Of course a SPAD is possible with ETCS. It's just less likely to occur compared with most lagacy systems, and if it occurs, the safety margins should prevent most dire accidents from happening, but even that is obviously never a given. An accident like at Bedford, where this topic started with...

Why do you think the risk would lie with the driver in the first place? They are just the operators of the train. They don't configure the on-board systems or perform maintenance. I don't know if it's any different in Switzerland, but when we have a technical issue with a safety system...

Thanks, but that doesn't read like an issue in ETCS itself or anything relevant to the discussion. If I understand correctly, the position of the train was incorrect due to a configuration error on board the train. So the RBC responded correctly based on the position received, which is also...

Is there any public report from that last incident you mentioned? Because I'd be really interested to learn how that happened, as every train needs its exact position to be known before a MA can be received. If a train truly receives an MA not intended for it, than something really went wrong...

Just a comment as info: Rotterdam Blaak is served by the replacement bus. The bus departs at the front of the station.

@DanielB is right, the signage will lead you over platform 10 to the west tunnel and from there you can access platform 14a. I've made the same mistake of trying to enter platform 14a from the middle tunnel myself a few times, even though I should know better by now, especially as a train driver...

The motorway is to be moved underground, and the station itself will be fully rebuilt. IIRC it was supposed to be finished a lot earlier than is currently planned. A few artist impressions can be found here. https://www.prorail.nl/projecten/amsterdam-zuid-verbouwing-station I've attached two of...

I can also confirm from personal experience that the coupons are valid on RhB trains. Never had any issue.

I was there earlier this year, and I don't think I've seen any signal, so I guess it's still the same as in 2010. A really beautiful line, can really recommend (and also visit the Machu Picchu ofc).

The number of first class seats will not change, if I understand correctly. So basically same capacity in a smaller space, and more 2nd class seats per train.

I'm not sure what you're trying to say. Surely, when people are standing, all seats are taken as well. That's exactly the same as I said? And ofc just a 5 car during rush hour is simply a short formed train. The trains are usually planned with at least 10 or 13 cars.