Recent content by nickswift99

Fuel goes off too. Diesel typically needs regular replacement roughly every 12 months.

At least there might be the chance of XC actually getting stocked up at stations - I've lost count of the number of times there has been no catering available from Reading to Birmingham - plenty of hosts but no food. I'd be happy if the microwaved bacon and tomato roll doesn't make a come back...

Yes, but only by a constable. The whole point of this thread is that the confiscation occurred by those who were not constables.

1990. Was sent one by the RTC in Derby to attend an interview. Yes, I did get the job. Still have the ticket somewhere.

What they’re not allowed to do is to abandon passengers. This happened to my wife and her friend who were stranded at Gloucester (having travelled from Cheltenham) and then been denied any help by the station staff. Fortunately the taxis at the station take credit cards. Despite this and many...

There is. There’s an EU directive and associated SI in the UK that obliges the TOC to provide accommodation or onward transport. It doesn’t oblige them to pay but to provide it.

Is 125mph absolutely required? GWR run 387s along this route which are definitely not capable of 125mph.

It doesn’t need bespoke software. I built a demonstration PIS that interfaced with ARS back in 1993. It would automatically detect changes like this based on route setting and berths. Just needed a very small amount of configuration data to allow a PC to drive displays.

We should also recognise that vulnerable/disabled people are much more likely to need to to depend on public transport as they are less likely to have access to a driving licence and a car. The issue of vulnerability is also somewhat contextual. If you are a lone female stranded by the railway...

I believe there are a number of international treaties, including at least one Geneva convention, that would prohibit such a sentence on the grounds of it being either inhumane or torture (or both). Sadly, those rules only apply when a state does something to an individual, as opposed to a TOC.

A hobby exists involving members of the public writing down numbers of vehicles on the railway. This is clearly an attempt to frustrate them collecting all the instances of this class.

But you wouldn't know where the passenger was going so couldn't display a price (unlike Uber). You could possibly display a charging band (peak/off-peak) but even that would be complex for passengers to understand as they'd need to know what the different fares were. Then you have the problem of...

When NR approve TOCs timetables, does anyone actually stop to think about infrastructure impact, or do they just focus on whether a timetable will "work"?

Ah, so the reverse of the air cooling that was originally installed on the 165s which never worked and used to provide excessive hot air into the carriages?

The Sleep Guarantee might be an issue though. All those unhappy customers demanding a refund.