Recent content by Verulamius

Thameslink is DOO. So up to 12 car trains, crush loaded in the peak, Bedford/Cambridge to Brighton, Peterborough to Horsham.

In a similar context should TfL services transfer to GBR if they go outside Greater London? What about Merseyrail?

I was charged in Euros no GBP alternative. I was surprised and queried it but the waiter did not know anything more as the charge was automatically added by the machine. As a consequence I did not leave a tip.

Earlier this month we had a holiday to Munich and Garmisch Partenkirchen. Munich was ok with cards; we used the MVGo app to travel around. One restaurant applied a surcharge for non EU cards. In Garmisch and surrounds it was cash preferred and we had to get more out at an ATM. A number of...

Network Rail has published this month (April 2026) a summary strategy document with options on improving the Brighton main line (BML)...

Is there any difference in timings for a 810 diagram compared with a 222 diagram?

If you want to have a good business case for incremental electrification then ideally you would want to achieve each stage just before new trains are rolled out. So if it takes 5 years to plan and implement an electrification scheme then you want new trains just after. So for the first schemes...

The slides of the public event regarding the train maintenance depot are in the Library section of the East West Rail website. https://ewr-production-files.s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/public/Uploads/bce156122a/NL-Public-Event-Presentation-060326.pdf The slides broadly go through the follow...

I've noticed on Realtimetrains that the runs from Old Dalby to St Pancras and back are timed as for class 360 at 100mph under the wires. Presumably the full speed electric testing for double 810 units will be in the near future?

Derby and Nottingham stations have already been redesigned with future proofing for Electrification. My understanding is that Sheffield station layout would need to be modernised?

The Department for Transport accounting officer decision for the route of the proposed Manchester Liverpool line has been published...

If HS2a is built prior to NPR west then there is little additional passenger capacity created. Building Liverpool Warrington Manchester could create the necessary terminal capacity for the HS2 trains.

I am not sure whether to post this information in this thread - Mods please move if required. The East West Rail Company submitted a very detailed track access application to Network Rail on 15 December 2025...

https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2025-12-03/debates/E7389FF9-B270-4CDF-8242-34951A3DFF11/ElyRailwayUpgrade

By increasing the risk of performance worsening this will reduce the willingness of ORR to grant more open access on WCML (eg the proposed Rochdale service). An additional benefit for Avanti and HM Treasury?