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I saw a bit of rail which caught my eye the other day, which was a bit of rail that looked like it had previously been (designed atleast to be) held together with fishplates, but was now welded together. What would be the reason for changing how the rails were attached, without replacing the...

For runs like this, are driving duties handed over to a freight driver, or is a Scotrail driver who signs the class sent down to collect the train, and route conducted the whole way? Obviously no Scotrail driver will sign that route, but no freight driver will surely sign a 320 either

I had a PlusBus ticket for the Glasgow area on Friday, and it didn't go smoothly at any point. Firstly tried it on a Stagecoach bus, which had no barcode scanner. Driver peered at it for a while but eventually let me on Next was on a McGills bus (local company bus managed to buy out Arriva so a...

Would access to Peartree station in Derby be refused if there were no services due?

Not strictly true. The battery will be heated/cooled to its ideal temperature range if required. This uses more energy, and whilst the battery is not at it’s ideal temperature, the internal resistance of the battery is higher, so electrical output is lower (i.e. less range). You can of course...

I was passing through Stafford today, and noticed an old siding just north of the station, which looked as if the track had been lifted, but the OHLE above was all still in place. I’ve seen old gantries before above abandoned bits of railway land, but to still have the wires there stuck out to...

AIUI, Tesla (very intentionally) secured long leases for the spots their chargers take, back when EVs were a novelty, and owners of car parks though it was a nice little wheeze to make some money from otherwise unmonetised land. Now that EVs are more mainstream, and car parks have cottoned on to...

Yes (Source: I am the station)

Why can’t they just invent a door that everyone agrees on how to close, and then put that door on the trains

Could the driver not simply close the doors instead? It may save enough time that this passenger could have boarded their train successfully

I stumbled onto a YouTube channel about a German lorry driver who now exclusively drives electric lorries, and who gives some detail about what it is like https://www.youtube.com/@electrictrucker The general gist is that, with some planning, he is able to time his regulated rest times with...

How is signalling handled when a line is under possession like this, and also being physically altered?. Do they just rely on token working in the area?

Not sure if this is quite the right thread for this, so sorry if this isn't appropriate: I noticed 5J12 Corkerhill Carr Servicing Dept to Corkerhill Carr Servicing Dept today (5th Feb), and was wondering what on earth that would be? According to Traksy, it went along to Barrhead then back to...

Diesels emissions produce lower carbon, but it was in 2012 that the World Health Organisation ruled that diesel emissions were directly carcinogenic to humans. It is now understood (but yet to be formally proven IIRC), that diesel emissions are a significant factor in the rise of respiratory...

Nope. The Renault Zoe also has an air cooled battery.

Shame it skipped Barrhead. Would quite like to see something take the curve from Terminus junction to the Barrhead/Catchart lines

In adverse weather conditions, surely the most sensible thing for CS to do, would be to hire a coach for passengers to travel on, and give each passenger a sleeping tablet for the trip. This would be much cheaper than the diesel for a Class 66 + 73 at this time of year, so would also reduce...

Nothing is ridiculous about expecting the (British !) railway to observe the Twelve days of Christmas

At the other end of the spectrum however, I’m staying in some accommodation in the Peak District, which has on site EV chargers, which are priced at 75p per kWh for a 7kW charger. It’s nice they have charging available, but at that price, I’ll take my petrol car next time. Gridserve is currently...

Several large companies (including ones I have previously worked for), allocate public holidays as extra days of personal annual leave, to be taken whenever. Unless you explicitly book off the public holidays, you were expected to work. I wouldn’t have said that system was unsual. In fact, I...