Recent content by setdown

I would have thought it'd be quite cheap to add accelerometers to trains, that reports in real-time, and any excessive regions get reported with GPS coordinates. Do any train types do this already?

With Northern, I have seen multiple times where an advance ticket for a traditional commuter service is cheaper an hour or two before, compared to the night before. (Both advance tickets, just a cheaper tier available in the morning).

There were reports in May about how TPE has weaker-than-expected revenue performance, I suppose this is to help offset that somewhat?

It's a bit moot I suppose, but if the infrastructure allowed 444/450 units to run with unrestricted power, could that help deliver meaningful timetable enhancements? It's really striking traveling on a 350 on AC power compared to a 450, the latter feels like snail's pace in comparison. It must...

Even without credits, the easy self-serve fee-free advance changes will probably keep me using the app.

I had a great guard last week who was doing what I wished all the others would do- they would lift up their PA handset at just the right time to cut off the start of the 61016/fare evasion/body worn camera announcements. He did it after every stop, and wouldn't say anything, just left us in...

Semi-interestingly, Phil was announcing a GWR service as "First Great Western" at Eastleigh yesterday.

The livery looks smart, but since the government are ultimately paying for this, how come it's not being painted into the Great British Railways livery?

True, but then I wouldn't expect flexi-seasons for the same route to be available in-app, but they are.

On a route that I travel on quite a bit, on the South West Main Line, S-tickets do not appear to be available for season tickets. This is frustrating. I know people don't like them, but I would love to travel just with my phone and no wallet. Is there any reason why South Western Railway don't...

Hearing Phil Sayer in use at Basingstoke this evening.

These tickets are for journeys starting outside the Greater Manchester boundary, so I suspect this is different to the GM fare simplification. Indeed, there's still advance tickets in the evening for the opposite journey, but more expensive than previous. I would contest this- buying Northern...

So, this morning I noticed that on a commute into Manchester, the train was much quieter than I've seen it in probably a year. However, there were no Northern advance tickets available on this service (only a couple more expensive ones on later trains). Normally I can buy them up until...

So what's the advantage to them of "P Coding" the service on the day, shortly before it leaves? Fiddling the cancellation performance stats?

That's the one! It's a bit weird it seems to have vanished elsewhere- I started to seriously consider that I'd imagined the train! It's the first time in a long time that I'm claiming from CrossCountry, and my word the system isn't great. Separately, I've claimed for another journey, after them...