Recent content by tomuk

Five years is a parliament, a spending review, an OBR fiscal forecast. Treasury\Government short term thinking.

Low Cost Carriers provide about 47% of all UK air capacity, taking account of the concentration on Short\Medium Haul routes and the poor full service airline offering on the same routes. The LCC offer is very much in the majority. Should that not be an indictor for the ECML where LCC like Lumo...

How long is a parliament?

I'm fully aware of that.

Funded by Welsh Government who are TfW.

Do they only operate when its not raining? Travelling at 75mph+ in the rain is going to drive more moisture into where it shouldn't be than sitting in a siding. Plus the AC motors on the new stock aren't as susceptible to damp anyway. 1744227180 So not an agreement just management has caved.

Doubling between Wrexham and Chester? Speed improvements on the line?

They shouldn't unless the 196s have already run up 500,000 miles which is the typical overhaul mileage of 158s\Turbos. I understand the Southern 171s engines rafts are overhauled almost every five years.

So its now storage of the units that's the problem? The story just seems to change all the time.

XC country operate exactly what DfT tell them to do. The franchise has been a management contract since Virgin days. Any lack of quality or service is sanctioned by DfT.

Aren't acceptable to who? And is that state any higher or lower than GA and WMR have accepted?

Nobody including me. Aventra introduction has been rocky all round but WMR is happily operating 730s on Cross City and Euston services and GA has theirs in squadron service. The odd one out is SWR. As for your safety point I again refer to WMR and GA and et al. Are you suggesting they are...

The WMR Aventras share the revised smaller cab with the 701s albeit with an added gangway.. It is similar to the difference between 317s\455s and 321s\319s.

Thats why I listed the TOCs I did. WMR sets haring the snub nose cabs with the 701s unlike the earlier Aventras.

Why not partly? If the Aventras are acceptable to WMR and GA and Tfl drivers, why all the problems at SWR? Also note management have a role in making the staff recalcitrant too.