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How about a Deltic for the ECML whilst we're at it? :lol: On a more reasonable note, one that might actually be feasible in the real world cost wise - how about building some more 9-car 800s/802s for GWR and LNER, and cascading the 5-car 80X to Cross Country? Or expanding the CAF order to do...

Would the solution for Manchester be to to to every 15 minutes, not every 20? Or would there not be the paths?

This is 100% spot on. Many things are great about even the 720 - but it's all ruined by seats that are so narrow that I cover 1 and a half of them. Thankfully I rarely end up on them, but on the times where me and my husband have used them, there is zero chance of anyone over the age of 10 being...

To be fair, not much can match a 158/159 for ride quality. I'm very fond of them.

The only downside IMO to the Desiro City units is the seats and the general colour scheme (at least in the 700s, not been on the others). A 700 with the seat design from the 350/450s would be truly excellent. Had quite a pleasant trip down from St Pancras to Brighton yesterday, in the...

I've not yet been on a 730/2, only a /0. That was also better than the 720, as it doesn't have the extra seat, but does have 700 style pairs squished towards the wall. Thankfully there were only about 10 people in each carriage, and I was only on it for a very short time! Looking online at...

The worst flight I've had in years was when I was in a window seat of a 10-abrest 777 with a very, very, large and deeply rude and unpleasant woman next to me on a flight from London to New York. It was torture. I'm 187cm (6'2) and 105kg (230lb), and into my fitness (ex rugby player, now more...

But you don't need to roll in local bus/train tickets to the plane ticket to do that. The £5 drop off charge is already dissuading people already. And making sure that public transport in general is affordable and practical is the most important thing IMO, regardless of whether that's to/from...

But if you lived in Hatton Cross and were flying from Heathrow, or Wythenshawe flying out of Manchester, or even the area near Liverpool airport that's so close to the airport you can walk to the terminal - why should your fare be hiked by the cost of a train/bus into the city centre? We need...

I used to travel across to Chicago very frequently, when my husband was waiting for his UK visa and couldn't leave the US. I was living in Manchester at the time. Flights from Manchester were often a lot more expensive, and necessitated a change, whereas flights from London were usually a lot...

I quite like the design, but on the 378 it does look odd from a distance. The standard livery has black around the windows, which gives the illusion from a distance of ribbon glazing. The wrap doesn't. From a distance it looks like a car from a different type of unit has been tacked on! Our...

Has there been any word on how long the B23s are likely to be out of service for? The whole thing seems to have been a major mess up - doesn't the '23' in the name mean they were supposed to enter service in 2023? :lol:

The Valleys Lines though have a number of places where actually fitting 25kV electrification would have resulted in the need to do a lot of work though, didn't it? Bridges or tunnels IIRC? And the costs of that would have been astronomical. But I cannot see lines with existing electrification...

The 158/159 will undoubtedly go down as a great design, one that's provided years of great service with still one of the best rides on the network. But they're no spring chickens and they absolutely need replacement, not tarting up. They're going to end up at 40 years old, which is impressive...

10 pages and nobody's mentioned Stratford International, with no international services? Or am I missing something! I'd suggest renaming it Stratford East Village or Stratford Olympic Park. Although it would make trips to France easier if they just made it an international station, given that...