Recent content by Starmill

It seems unlikely that they can realistically use a Voyager to swap a three car 170 out for a pair of two car ones, although they may may able to make it less likely that a three car would be swapped out for a two car by itself. It does seem to be fairly common that they use a four car Voyager...

At least this will finally bring their capacity up from a just very slightly above December 2019 to a small but noticeable increase in daily production of vehicles. Obviously today's production is a tad depressed over what it would have been once the works programme is over anyway, and it will...

Yes a passport for name and picture matching may be requested. People with FIP coupons often present these spontaneously but yes they should be available regardless.

I wonder if it's less of a technical glitch and more that changes have come through last-minute, because the people leading the training and testing didn't wish to respect a bid deadline...

Whatever particular details of such disruption there are, these haven't been set out plainly in this thread, and it also would be likely to be rather off topic. There is, clearly, a question about data integrity relevant to this thread. Unfortunately STP being done at much too late notice, when...

The fare system for dealing with Interrail passes, BritRail passes and FIP coupons is quite easy in Great Britain. There aren't any time restrictions. How difficult is that to remember? There are some very minor restrictions you're right, for example, Interrail passes may not be used on...

Did you see the post two above yours? It suggests little or no disruption:

OK, reasonable, but nobody had been "played". The customer had the correct ticket for their journey and wasn't trying to board after the doors were closed. So...

If this happens again, you must offer to pay at your destination. A member of staff will give you some direction if you don't see anywhere at Norwich to buy your ticket from Gunton. For example they may ask you to wait while they fetch a colleague who has a machine.

The in-cab CCTV discussion is well-worn by now and has been done to death elsewhere. It seems unlikely that much can be gained in understanding this incident from re-hashing it on this thread.

Although it's clearly incorrect if you didn't miss a connection, as clearly no delay can possibly be said to exist at that stage of a journey, it's often easier to get the operator responsible for the least proximate cause, by which I mean the one that occurred the furtherest back in time from...

Actually I've had it confirmed by the Interrail support team that you don't need to alter the journey record if disruption occurs while travelling. The previous entry may be used to travel by different trains, if they're also in the pass network, if you experience disruption. So accordingly the...

That would make the most sense. However, as you probably know, loads of gateline staff have neither the means to scan tickets, nor any real time access to a colleague who does have the means. Some don't even have a work phone. So in practice... I've never actually seen one before despite the...

Because the government have been very effectively played by the leasing company, which has control over both. Unfortunately this is just an occupational hazard in leasing trains. 1791494682 The good thing is that unlike with most other trains, at least a lot of that £25m is there to ensure that...

Early 2028 seems terribly optimistic given it's mentioned above several times Northern won't be able to get hold of any until around December 2027. The July 2028 timetable change is the likely point for a few 323s to switch over, not early 2028. There is a possibility a small number of them may...