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Thursday is Th not H, and Sunday is Su not U.

The /2s and /4s aren't exactly in prime condition either though.

Interesting. I recall reading somewhere that a lot of faults on 444s are things like individual door failures and problems with the toilets, which I guess wouldn't be counted on the MPC figures.

Well, they won the Golden Spanner in 2010 with 89,000 miles per casualty. No idea how 395s compare, but they're not exactly intensively used.

There's nothing wrong with the glass dividers IMO. They keep some of the draft out when waiting at stations, which due to the padded timetable, will inevitably occur. Whilst there is something to be said for having a standard fleet of four coach twenty metre units, it's worth pointing out that a...

There's still a few CST > LBG and LBG > CST workings, but at 56 chains it's slightly longer than WRX > WXC. Redhill - Reigate is 1m67ch so no competition there.

The OP wasn't really the problem, he set out an opinion and largely left it at that after he became aware it was causing an issue.

How ironic.

Probably not north of City Thameslink/Smithfield Sidings, but I could well be wrong.

All I can see in that thread is you making a fool of yourself, just as you are doing here.

So it's not okay to assume everyone on an internet forum is male, but it is okay to assume everyone who votes for a photograph containing attractive young women are "dirty old men" in their fifties. Right...

Exactly why do you believe this to be wrong? Religion reasons I assume - "Thou shalt not photograph totty" etc.?

Fair enough, I completely misjudged your motivations. Still don't see what you're getting so worked up about though. Should've put an IMO in there somewhere really. :oops:

Who are you to decide what is moral or not? If a photograph causes you to get a bit "hot under the collar" then it is immediately deemed immoral, presumably you are married?

Absolutely nothing wrong with it providing they weren't forced to have the photo taken (which I doubt they were).

I challenge you to find rail passengers down here who think it's a good idea to waste not insignificant amounts of money refurbishing and training crews on non-standard rolling stock when the TOC already has sufficient suitable rolling stock available to cover the requirement in the short term...

There was a rumour that 375/6 sets would be used on the East Croydon - Milton Keynes service whilst the 377/2 sets were on loan to FCC, but in the end 350/1s were used. So I'm fairly sure 375/6s have never run on 25kV AC in passenger service, and quite possibly not at all apart from testing...

How is using a fleet of non-standard and knackered units that would require extensive refurbishment, overhaul and crew training the "only sensible short term solution"? The current solution is more sensible! I would be absolutely against Northern taking on a handful 317s to run a single...

Not this again. :x Sorry, but myself and other objective users keep telling you exactly why 158s are used on the Lymington line and what you can do to allieviate the situation (buy us more 444s), yet you continue to bang on and on and on about how brilliant 508s would be on there. I think we...

To be fair though, by only experiencing a 221 and a 375 you were exposed to some of the worst modern classes in the country. :wink: