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Unsuitable for their role on Scarborough - Hull - Sheffield fast service? Rubbish - they're prefect. I made this point before. People carry on as if 170s are isolated to the Harrogate loop. They're not.

Hi Bletchleyite, 1) Because, depending on the destination, taking the train takes ages compared to the car (to York: Car = 50 minutes, Train = 2 hours) 2) It costs way more to take the family out on the train than it does the car (to York: Car = £20 petrol & parking, Train = £45.50 Anytime...

How about... Urm, Hull - Sheffield!

Well I commute to work usually on 195s. They’re fine. As good as a refurbished 158. Better than a 155 or 150. Not as good as a 170. Given that they’ve allowed Pacers to fall out the bottom of Northern’s fleet, certainly altogether raising the standards.

Well I commute by train and generally just switch off, especially on the way home. I've heard it all before and 99% of what's said is useless rubbish like "see it say it sorted".

Try to book a ticket using Safari on a Mac and the website seems to default to the touch screen layout intended for phones. Painful.

Garforth is gradually getting busier and busier with each passing day.

Sounds like just about the most short-termist, daftest thing they could possibly do!

Indeed. I suspect that if it was enforced and the parties concerned “went legal”, a court wouldn’t look kindly on the railway in this situation. And I suspect the railway knows this, so it would never get to it…

I am a Microbiologist and have tested water for Legionella, including for train companies. Going by the article, GTR have done everything correctly: Have a programme in place to detect it and take the correct action to disinfect the affected pipe work.

I commute home on a 195 most working days. The A/C is fine and works.

Don't faff about. Just get on. If you need the toilet, walk down the train.

I wonder if Hull Trains could spare an 802 to send down to GWR? They only currently require 1 out of 4 Monday - Thursday for their current timetable. Every little helps. I hope someone's pointed out to the DFT that this situation would be easier to deal with had they actually completed the...

And you are quite right to. You're a paying customer, not an inconvenience merely getting in the way of running trains.

The last time I had to go to London on a Saturday it was to deliver a presentation at the University of Greenwich. How could I have deferred that to the following weekend? Granted, due to the current restrictions it's unlikely anyone will be doing that, but your assumption that all travel is...