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Battery Booster stations were an easy solution to Tramway overhead being Direct Current, to do a similar solution for Alternating Current at much Higher Voltage and Current, would involve much complex conversion stages and thus be vastly more expensive and less reliable

also that 20 years for electronics means obsolescence, whereas relay equipment will last many more decades, and mechanical even more still, yet there is always now the drive to use electronics despite the shortcomings in short life and failures

the drive to cut staff, replacing manual processes with computers always leads to problems, because they fail, which paperwork rarely does, for any vital process to run smoothly, experienced and valued staff operating systems without computers is more reliable

me neither, but I was talking about Birmingham new st (BHM) not Barnes (BNS)

the layout for the redesigned concourse was to have interchange between all platforms on the a end too, but Network Rail changed thinking decided to add entrance / exit doors facing Smallbrook Queensway which led to that side of the concourse being split to allow access to the unpaid area, and...

I actually meant using a bank cash point card, its just tap on, and is capped automatically

why spend tax payers money on a new system when the existing west midlands system works well

there's a section of original 3'6" gauge tram track in Birmingham https://www.britishtramsonline.co.uk/news/?p=32187

I cannot view screens that have moving images as I am one of the people that it is a trigger for migraine, so having sign language on departure boards (that already has the information in visible form) prevents me from looking at them, it also means the page does not advance for an extended...

more and more is being taken from working class tax payers, against a disproportionate number sucking the country dry and the politicians are encouraging it

time is not the prime factor for most of us, cost is, bus I can afford, train is far too expensive, and I work for the railway !

it is a disproportionate cost, for a minority of users, that in my opinion frustrates the majority, some of these so called enhancements certainly disrupt my usage, and it has to be paid for by someone too

assuming they are battery buses, is there the capacity on the electricity network to have charging supplies at the garage yet?

T1 Carmarthen to Aberystwyth & Return ?

I have seen a 437 when passing through Much Wenlock (on a 436) but cannot find a 437 timetable