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That's where Severnside was the best plan but would have been rather expensive been reclaimed land in the estuary. It would have also solved the problem of the Severn Tunnel by offering the chance of a shorter crossing to be built

Better kept isn't exactly appreciating the difference of time in service between the 195s and 197s. Depots will likely get better with time and experience, as an IT worker I fully appreciate knowing a new system Vs a (broadly) understood one. 150s seems to have been a financial choice howeber

This. As someone with epilepsy I don't want someone to call an ambulance unless a seizure is over 7 minutes. Spending all day waiting for neurology who then go off duty until the next day isn't fun. Everything described is correct and what should be done, I would add that do not, under any...

Any idea what those situations are? I'm assuming that the TMS would make the decision?

I keep a pack of multi flex tickets on my phone because of how easy it is to forget my smart card, it would reduce my cost a fair bit but don't know how representative I am

There's a light loco move that runs from Swindon via Gloucester and Severn Tunnel Junction to Westbury. Does anyone know why it's such an elongated route? My guess is route knowledge but that's only an assumption

To dangerously assume, CAF wanted more time for 197s so it wasn't prioritised, someone with more knowledge with me can confirm though

That's good to know, at least it means that the right staff should make the right checks

I think the question over the 175s is what they'll be like away from Alstom longer term rather than other units such as 170s which are more ubiquitous. CAF clearly didn't maintain them as well but to me the real question is were Alstom going above and beyond given the issues the 175s and 180s...

Yeah its around Mathern and it feels worse heading east bound. I did notice it on a 175 but it was the yaw on them

The people there also don't eat, if larger than the lower level lines it's worth remembering that simple fact. I'm asking as someone with no clue, what's the age difference? I feel like the underground is incredibly old and therefore it was easier to dig smaller tunnels

Do we know if one failed or both simultaneously? Law of averages suggests the former, likely the leading one. Stock fails all the time, I personally wouldn't call the leading one failing a bad day considering how often stock fails. I'm saying this as someone with serious reservations about the...

Self reporting is only a guide, anyone who deals with tech wants correlation of a reporting system. Staff and the train reporting the same issue would be that correlation and it would them be looked into more deeply. Often one or the other will be logged and then ignored by technicians

I have to be honest I've not looked too deeply, just at things eh my train has been delayed on Opentraintimes.com diagrams. They seem to have queued around the Newport tunnels rather than filtering into the station. My own hypothesis comes from 2 being West and 3 East at Newport so more so...

I understand how this works but I also feel the plan is essentially unrelated other than the needs of the Cambrian. 90+%of my Cheltenham trains are 197s, whereas at most it was two 158s at most most days. I can't talk for other routes though. 398 introduction is the main problem with both...

Is it not more nuanced than that though? It feels like from Newport that there are only two running lines full stop, as even in disruption only the northern two seem to be used. I've considered opening a thread on the layout as a speculation topic as it does seem that it's actually only three...

Without the knowledge you have I guess something around that would be normal for a DMU/DEMU as you wouldn't want to risk it? For comparison I know the old HMS Ark Royal (before the previous one) kept her tanks above 50% to avoid the chance of issues and I would assume (dangerous I know) that no...

As someone who wants to criticise the 197s normally I've been happy with their air con the last couple of days. It's definitely feeling cooler inside, I wonder if they changed a setting. Someone more in the know can answer that though. I could still complain about the ride today but they've...

There are plans, I think at the MCC level, to do this. Proposals have been made for a road around the bottom of Rogiet, starting between Caldicot and Rogiet. This is proposed a new M48 junction in the same location. The associated news article is here

My question, as echoed by those above is, is this worth the effort? We have fuel cells and hydrogen combustion engines are also a thing, this feels like a solution looking for a problem rather than an actually viable project