Recent content by ossy5190

Any idea why? Would have thought louder motors would be a retrograde step unless they are needed for reliability or performance.

In this BBC article there is a picture of the crushed coach lying across the tracks with the letter D clearly displayed beside the door. If the train was in the correct formation then surley this should have been the lead coach...

What are the issues preventing the refurbs being used? Faults/maintenence/staff training? Still seems to be precious few in service.

Another failure is disappointing, I saw it leaving Haymarket, looked pretty well loaded. Is it just 'one of those things' or is it starting to look like there are deeper problems with the HSTs?

Almost had my first trip today on the 1404 from Aberdeen but it was cancelled due to fault about 5 min after it was due to leave. Heard the driver say it was a brake fault. Was sitting in first class looking forward to the trip then got turfed off on to a 170. Bit disappointed, quite a few...

Today I while onboard a VTEC service travelling north of Edinburgh the on board trolley host was offering multi buy promotions on alcohol which are of course now illegal a in Scotland. Does VTEC have an exemption from Scottish licensing laws because they are registered in England operating a...

When that happens it's normally due to a 322 failure. I was on a SPT one a few months ago and that was what the guard/ticket examiner was telling us over the tanoy. 158's and 170's are more common though, much rarer to see a 156 being used.

Thanks for the replies guys. On the 322 on Monday the guard kept making announcements, presumably about the flooded carriage but as usual on these units the announcements was so quiet you could barely hear them. I thought it might have been down to a bit a dodgy maintenance, some of these units...

I'am a frequent traveler on Scotrail's 322s and I can't help noticing how may of them have sprung leaks around the toilets. Frequently water pours out from the roof and down the sides of the carriage just above the toilets and today on 322485 half of the carriage was flooded, again coming from...