Recent content by RicP

There are many options on the cards, the present 'Boundaries' being dictated by where major new works are needed. Beyond Shenfield, Abbey Wood and Maidenhead, works can be covered ither by T&W Act applications, or if for railway purposes and within the existing curtilage of the railway, then...

@eps200 The link that should have happened, but didn't because of 80s Anti Rail policies was the link south of Central into Wapping Tunnel, to emerge just south of Edge Hill. When studying in the 70s, all the PTEs sent me their plans except Murkeyside. But I have followed Merseyside and...

I remember visiting Hamilton Square as a trainspotting youth in the 60s, and could not believe the intensity of the service. Signalling was manually operated colour lights and I recall this very small box was where the then Rock Ferry line split from the Birkenhead Central line. The old 1938 -...

In the London area, surely F*CC has a worse reputation. OK SWT has some serious overcrowding problems, but so do many Thameslink and GN FCC services. Also a lot of FCC stock is so scruffy. Not my favourite TOC.

Sorry tm but I have not got time to read every entry, despite the fact all are informative. I may have another perspective after I have met some LOROL managers on 3/7.

I am not sure the Beeb news blog is right. TfL overseeing part of a former franchise is what happened when the Silverlink Metro Operations were separated from County, which is now part of LM. TfL contracted operations to LOROL, and their contract has been extended to 2015. These will be...

Yes on Modernisation plan DMUs, the Blue Square cars could readily run 9-car sets with the equipment monitored with 6 x 3 sets of blue lights to the left of the driving position. Some 101s and 116s only had 4 x 3 sets of lights, but the front cab could still control up to 6 power cars.

Don't know where you have got this from, the users group would be the first to know. 4-car trains need quite a bit of infrastructure work, platforms, signals, stopping points etc., whereas using 3-car sets involves less capital expenditure, particularly as TfL's expansion priorities are for the...