Recent content by Snow1964

The lease on 40 class 334 has been extended from 31 December 2030 for extra 4 years to 31 December 2034, with optional 12 months £94,900,000 plus VAT which works out at £593,125 per unit per year or £2,372,500 for 4 years per unit, which doesn't seem that cheap for a 30+ year old train, but...

And Siemens has just got an order for 113 3car Mireo BEMUs 83 for Landesnahverkehrsgesellschaft Niedersachsen (LNVG) and 30 for Regionalverband Großraum Braunschweig Whilst these wouldn't have been assembled in Goole, various components needed, will now have production capacity booked up for...

I wonder if the 2 or 3 car 197 is more of an introductory idea Building all the Burns stations with 170m platforms, is sufficient for 8 x 20m EMU or 7car 197, my gut feeling is they will be getting new BEMUs or tri-mode stock to enlarge the fleet, because otherwise why build the stations with...

Different approaches, Eurostar have tiny route choices, and operate it at both busy times or the day and quieter periods. Ryanair find all sorts of destinations to utilise the quieter hours as a marginal infill. Eurostar don't work on basis of its quiet for say half a Paris-London circuit, so...

The range would be more than adequate for those who need a second car, or a car that is easy to park in congested city streets. It is actually small enough that most people could get it in their garage (assuming it's not more than third full of junk) which might be relevant for those charging...

Didn't realise at 41 years old, they would be works overhauled rather than withdrawn Must be some of the oldest stock still in use

I think 20m people is including an awful lot that couldn't get to St Pancras in an hour, all sorts of places like Guildford, Southampton, Oxford etc. Some journeys might be just over an hour if very lucky with connections, but often will need 1.5 to 2.5 hours to get a service that arrives by...

We have a/c unit, MitsubishI, it's very quiet. You can hear a small hum outside, but not very loud (not much louder than fridge), can't hear inside unit Its more of an obvious hum if put system on boost (when first come in, for rapid cooling), but it switches back to normal after 5-10 mins)

Appears to be a move from Neville Hill to Wolverton tomorrow https://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/service/gb-nr:K05122/2026-10-14/detailed

I think need to be careful about using the vague south of the country terminology. South-East I accept has plenty of trains. Birmingham-Oxford and Birmingham-Cheltenham-Bristol and Bristol-Bath-Southampton need serious capacity improvement too

The consultation appears to include 2 stations : Hirwaun and Llwydcoed But I agree, shame there isn't a park and ride by Gellitaw Farm where the line crosses under A465 Heads of the Valleys Road or where it crosses A4069...

Work on GWR and Elizabeth lines at Old Oak Common https://assets.hs2.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/AWN-CS-and-SAB-Concrete-Works-Night-working-Oct-2026.pdf They have actually used words complete the station platforms, and until 30 April 2027, although quite what use completed platforms...

It's irrelevant from ticket buying part. But if a season ticket holder sits in an allocated seat then who will enforce it (also applies to anyone with other open tickets, rovers etc too) But of course, most of Northerns fleet doesn't have reservation indicators, so will have the potential farce...

Insight into Anticipated demand - ok, collect information decisions around capacity planning - if they spot busy (perhaps because event on somewhere) will they actually react and lengthen trains revenue management - if a train is shown out, and no one can buy a ticket, then data on remaining...

There are about 950 vehicles in GWR fleet (plus sleeper fleet) The 175s are adding 68 vehicles The 158s add about 40 vehicles (depending on exact number moving) So roughly 11% uplift in vehicles However many of GWR local services in South West and Bristol suburban are running at 115-140% of...