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So much the same situation as TASS then. Pity.

To confirm - this is when travelling long distance in a seat, with a seat reservation. The policy applies additionally on TGVs and ICEs.

How far from the now-standardised ATO-on-ETCS is Thameslink?

I am expected to work while travelling long distance by train by my employer. My employer does not offer first class travel.

Possibly worth noting that smart is no longer a Mercedes brand

Yes, there are both technical and economic reasons.

It will need buy in from other OEMs in order to succeed, otherwise it's just a novelty. As it stands, no European, Japanese, Korean, or North American manufacturer seems likely to follow BYD.

I highly doubt that this will become widespread, unless vehicles come with MCS.

Oops - Alstom Kassel is closing.

Talgo coaches with different (better) end cars, like a return to something out of Alstom Kassel, would both be low floor and fairly easy to approve everywhere except for the channel tunnel. Awful passenger experience though.

Actually I meant Avelia Stream, not Coradia. The brand names are nonsensical.

Additionally he has highlighted repeatedly that the critical issues in the Single European Railway are are not unreliable-but-frequent trains in Germany (despite the frequent criticism of late) but the 1-or-2-per-day unreliable services in Sweden and Portugal.

I'd put a small bet on this being a Coradia Stream - I.E. an Alstom Italy or Poland product. The TGV-M already has a full order book with French operators.

European Sleeper are also on record as deliberately avoiding direct on-rail competition with Nox, at least in the short term.

But the objective was not track mileage, it was geodesic distance. You could get infinite track mileage by simply traveling in circles.