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mods note - split from this thread https://www.railforums.co.uk/threads/how-do-you-solve-a-problem-like-bradford.295998/unread I really don't want to derail the thread, but yhe GW electrification project and HS2-East failed due to massive cost runaways, which is why they were cut back. The...

As in the title. Since coronavirus I have noticed that a lot ofpeople on 2+2 layouts, especially on relatively narrow trains like the 80x fleet, seem to protrude out into the gangway when they are sitting next to someone. I know this always happened before, but it seems more prevalent on trains...

Moderator note: Split from https://www.railforums.co.uk/threads/delayed-due-to-failure-of-tesco-daventry-coatbridge-drs-service-17-12.296248 I think that, simply, Bo-Bo locomotives should never have been ordered. If the operator is really eager to avoid three axle bogies, they should have...

We do appear to have reached the practical limits of TPWS as a solution. Perhaps you could do something with ETCS L1LS, which could impose a speed restriction of arbitrary length on the diverging route using a switchable balise. But even if we assume all ECML (or all trains generally) trains...

Can someone clarify something for me. Is Kempston Hardwick also going to be converted into a station serving the park alongside Wixams? Some documentation mentions this but it doesn't seem particularly clear.

I was recently travelling from Birmingham New Street to Manchester Piccadilly with XC. I was travelling on the return leg of an open off-peak return ticket without a seat reservation. The train that was arrived as a double voyager, with a five-car coupled to a four-car. I boarded the train...

Moderator note: Split from https://www.railforums.co.uk/threads/surely-the-case-is-now-much-stronger-for-bere-alston-tavistock-okehampton.255787/ Even the Tavistock-Okehampton section is likely to get you to Padstow, which I'm sure would generate an order of magnitude more traffic for the railway!

So as people may be aware, the EU sponsored a competition to select a future coupler for EU railfreight, to replace chain and buffer type couplings. After a competition the resulting coupler selected is a Scharfenberg, with the reference being a design developed by Voith. One oddity is the...

So - firstly I want to say that I don't want to relitigate the DOO debate, so please lets not have another one of those arguments. But rather I am interested in the technical question of the best way to provide revenue protection without reliance on universal on board ticket checks or universal...

So there has been some recent noise in the English language press and in academia about the future of the 1500V electrification system in the Netherlands. The reports were that the long-proposed conversion to 25kV 50Hz has been abandoned in favour of a shorter term conversion to 3kV, providing...

Somewhat related question not worth a new thread. I just saw a Mark 4 rake southbound at Grantham at speed painted in what appeared to be Intercity Swallow. Was I hallucinating?

I have recently become very interested in the architecture of the new Barcelona Metro lines 9/10 - especially their "two stacked platforms in a single bore" system. And the very striking architecture of the stations, especially Llefia and La Salut. I was wondering, however, just how many...

The obvious technical solution here is linear eddy current brakes for emergency use. But that would probably only be practical on new stock and could get very expensive infrastructure wise. But it would stop high speed sliding SPAD incidents like this from happening. Certainly cheaper than...

The journey time given for MKC-Oxford over East West Rail is 45 minutes, when its only about 55km by rail. That's about 45mph average speed, which seems a bit slow given the supposed nominal 100mph line speed and relative paucity of intermediate stops. Is this just low performance diesel...

So something a little different. Currently the UK spends about £84bn each year on private motor cars etc, including purchase, maintenance, fuel etc. If we have £84bn/year to operate a public transport system for the entire country, what could be bought with that money? Passenger transport...

Does anyone know the specific rationale for the escalation from 4.35m tunnels on the Jubilee Line Extension to 5.2m on the Northern Line extension? My understanding was that the JLE tunnels did include a continuous evacuation walkway, which makes the extra size seem a little odd. Have...

Does anyone know, why the Island line was third rail in the first place? Given that is/was entirely self contained and the only stock on it would be ex-LU tube stock, why wasn't it laid for fourth rail? Even if the fourth rail was simply bonded to the running rails it would have avoided the...

Crayonistas of the world unite! Well we've had a lot of recent discussion about reopenings vs new lines, so I thought I'd do a thread on something I've been toying with for a while, mainly for my supervisor in relation to transport decarbonisation. I know I am considered to be a bit of a...

Perhaps it would be better to obliterate all pre Beeching maps of the railways, and destroy all remaining surface featurse of alignments, so it was if they had never existed. That way we wouldn't end up with people constantly trying to reopen them, even though today you wouldn't build a railway...

Well, although it was expensive, I'm not sure we can dispute that the London Overground project has suceeded in dramatically increasing patronage on the railways in London that were previously somewhat backwaters. Are there any other lines that could heavily benefit from such investment? (I...