Recent content by Nean

Except those are generally local council responsibilities (and mainly the infamous farmed out Amey contract). Also expanding the Supertram Network will require central government funding (good luck getting that, even from the magic money pot "released" from HS2). And also he was only elected in...

There was a proposal as at one point to swap the ring road and tram routes so that the station wasn't separated from the rest of the city by a busy road (old article from 2020...

Given how crowded some of them are getting in rush hour now it's less "bringing people together" and more "squeezing people together"!

The other irony of the Purple route being that with the current timetable they're almost always flighted perfectly behind the Blues. Everyone following the addage "always get the first bus that turns up" gets on the Blue (causing them to be absolutely rammed during the peaks) and the purple...

It does not- if you zoom in on the image it becomes clear that the shades on the number 4 position are reflecting some of the ambient light- the actual underside where you'd see the glow of the lamps remains dark.

I don't often end up on one of the Stadlers, however the complete lack of seat padding compared to the Siemens units really doesn't help things!

And if they used green track instead of just continuing tarmac for the joining/leaving street sections like quite a few systems have, it would probably discourage the perennial problem of someone not paying attention and getting stuck! (There are definitely a few bits of the blue route that the...

Hopefully... though at the moment I'd just be happy to see routes go up in frequency past 6PM and a PIS that actually displays correct information!

Indeed- as an enthusiast on the mid-20s side, the infrastructure and operational intricacies are what I find most interesting (and many thanks to BaldRick, 59CosG59 et al. for their incredibly interesting insights on the Infrastructure board). This was similar to the group of friends I had at...

From living up there for a couple of years (and working in a tourist attraction), half term was almost as bad as peak season from a holidaymaking point of view- people seemed to be less likely to go abroad for half term so ended up having a few days or daytripping in the lakes.

Indeed- Either sitting up at Cathedral (I'd avoid Castle & Fitzalan Squares as the area surrounding isn't the best at the moment) or by the triangle junction on Park Square (where there are a couple of benches literally looking at the line in a park) are the best places IMO. Personally I'd go to...

I'm sure someone with more knowledge will correct me, but I seem to recall hearing that some locos had kettles/plate warmers inbuilt for the drivers convenience!

Also when the Lime Street Cutting collapsed- 3&4 were used for terminating the LM and Virgin services with (if my memory serves correctly) TPE terminating in 1&2, and the Northern CLC stoppers terminating at Edge Hill. IIRC they then hit another stumbling block when a London Midland service...

Trying to commute opposite to the flow at Oxford Road was pretty bad... Nobody seemed to heed the "keep left/right" (can't remember which) signs on the overbridge which was always super fun when a Bolton/Liverpool train dumped an entire load onto platform 1. Then again, going against the flow...

As a slight addendum to this (as it used to be connected to to the Hornsea Branch), the Hull Victoria Dock branch is walkable from near where the old Botanic Station was, past the old Stepney Station building (which has been turned into a private residence) and then across the River Hull before...