Recent content by work-traveller

The Night Riveria and Caledonian Sleeper are the same type of service, with dedicated rolling stock. Only difference is the Caledonian Sleeper has newer/higher spec carriages.

The obvious presence of a railway should be reason enough to no drive onto the LX and (knowingly) block it, regardless of the condition of yellow roadpaint and highway signage. This would seem like reasonable grounds a a fine and points on the driving license - at the least.

A curious position for Chiltern to be taking, being as they were involved during the station design phase. It was designed to be: Similar in function to the existing new stations between Oxford and Bicester. Able to be staffed, with a ticket counter, public toilets, ticket hall. Able to...

It seems likely that many (perhaps most?), passengers enter 'disposible/bogus' details, providing Avanti and Chinese/Russian hackers with valueless data.

Over time, the visibility of train guards has reduced on WMR services. Now that they don't check or sell tickets, typically they are only visible when unlocking/locking the doors. There are other good reasons for those guards being there, but the public facing value has certainly reduced...

Those TVMs still have a roll of yellow/orange tickets inside, but they are only dispensed for pre-purchased tickets.

Hopefully the hybrid Bill adapted Bill in Parliament can be the vehicle to facilitate the northern section of HS2. Whilst it's labelled as removing HS2 from scope, the reality is that HS2 is still facilitated from Millington to Ardwick and the DfT/Treasury haven't decided how much passive...

'Gendered Journeys' - I might have to buy a monocle, just so I can let it drop from my face in amazement :lol:

The 'mind the gap' announcement makes sense at stations with an abnormal gap, i.e. platforms on a tight radius. Reason being is it highlights a real world hazard at the location it exists. What doesn't make sense is the West Midlands Railway automated announcements at every station: 'Please...

Indeed. The effect is that the UK legal system starts off by assuming that every intruder is a helpless innocent and shouldn't have to take responsibility for their own actions, whilst the continental legal system starts off by assuming that every intruder is responsible for their actions from...

The barriers are indeed quite high, higher than those currently being installed on the approach to Curzon Street. Given that the majority of electric train noise comes from the wheel/rails, I'd be interested to understand the mechanics of the need for such a high parapet.

For those interested in such technical details, one of the new FRP footbridges was load tested recently, beyond it's working load and up to it's ultimate design load. The bridge was loaded with tanks of water for a period of time, with laser measurements of deflects being compared to the design...

There is a permanent link from the OXD loop into the HS2 IMD, for delivery/removal purposes. There is also a permanent link from the HS2 mainline into the IMD, for infrastructure maintenance. A Bicester facing loop had multiple options developed - all expensive, space consumptive and...

Some construction updates: Bletchley High Level Station Bletchley Flyover Salden Wood Swanbourne Station (former site) Moco Farm (bridge jacking trail) Winslow Station Verney Junction (former site) Claydon Loop (east end) 1708333313 Some construction updates (2 of 2): Claydon...

West Midlands Railways 'Safety (@rse covering) Announcements' The proximity of many West Midlands Railways stations is close enough, such that the location triggered automated announcements often cut each other out. i.e.: 'This is a service for Bromsgrove, the next station...' 'We are now...