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Really don't seem to have many answers on this reset: * How much does reducing the speed save? What is the design speed now? I thought the plan was to start running at a lower speed and gradually/overnight increase speed. * Will there be the expected reduction in capacity North of Birmingham...

Seems like the report does a lot of changing the goal posts to justify it's cost savings. For example they admit that changing to ballasted track which affects the speed does not take into account the whole life costs which HS2 did. So it could mean all these savings are not really that big but...

Nearly all the screens and dot matrix displays on the national network are made by Infotec who configure them to each operator. They all use the same software from reading their website so could all be updated to be consistent, at least in terms of software.

The land should still be covered by a covenant that it can be bought by compulsory purchase for 8 more years (I think).

Though the current render shows the removal of all the retail units above the current gate line and along it.

Render below which shows the extent of the demolished concourse (essentially everything up to the tracks) and replacement with a double deck concourse. No idea why they feel a double deck concourse is better here, making the main concourse the exact opposite of what it is currently with low...

Yeah checked again and it seem whilst I can connect to the WiFi in the tunnels as 'TfL_Wifi' and it takes me to a page to accept the terms of conditions it gets stuck after that.

WiFi seems to be working on the trains on all 3 I tried today.

Will Avanti have a say if they are losing the franchise before these are introduced?

Yeah, just read the EC judgement (or tried to) and it seems the partnership can continue because Hitachi couldn't go it alone for this one. But in the future Hitachi now own the Zefiro V300 IP so would go alone for future orders...

If these are Zefiro based trains, and with Alstom selling its stake in Zefiro to Hitachi by early next year will this Hitachi-Alstom join venture become just Hitachi?

Missing the most important thing in this discussion. What seats will they use...

Class 707s facing another rebranding whilst they are being introduced. Cursed to always be in the wrong colours.

How does the tendering process work? If a company decides to bid for running a service that then becomes unsustainable (e.g. they low-ball so government payments no longer meet their costs) what difference is this to the franchise model where this was the cause of most failures? Surely this...

Question: Does the 345 have a single gangway door on one of the carriages. There is a button that can be seen here: https://www.ianvisits.co.uk/blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/elizabeth-train-launch-07.jpg where the gangway is narrower then usual. Any reason for this?