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I presume most services that were disrupted were DOO? GSM-R is a requirement for running a DOO service

FTNx works on self healing rings so any break in the fibre is restricted to localised services Main GSM-R centres are Stoke and Didcot

GSM-R GB means GSM-R Great Britain. It does not mean UK as GSM-R was not rolled out to NI as part of the British rollout 1778176538 Its own private network

Correct, NR manage 20 stations on the network (18 in England and 2 in Scotland) and NR is not devolved

Hopefully not

I was on a 3 car low-level service earlier and most of the people in the carraige I was in were getting the Avanti service at Motherwell. The Class 318 & 320s are not great for people with the large luggage.

Ross is a good man, very capable

I like Ferret Scotland but they misname the building (not the only outlet to do so). The Forsyth building is on the Gordon Street / Reinfield Street corner (the one with Greggs). Other than that gripe, good reporting of the lack of standards and enforcement in general.

The building was not owned by the railway so it will be up to the owner / developer to come up with their ideas which no doubt will involve some sort of student accommodation. This is where the council planning should come in with what is acceptable / desirable. Does anyone know who owns the...

Pretty bad, how can it spread so much given the Fire Service were there quite quickly

Thanks for the summary, it is scandalous how Spain made the driver the scapegoat for that crash

Is that rail side on i.e. the black marks are the bottom sitting on the sleepers?

That work was done in 2018 when Westlock and Westcad was commissioned

I am sure all staff on trains, apart from the driver, are now happy that the letter writer is expecting them to confront a mass stabber on their train

Keys for access gates are standard issue to anyone who would be involved in a controlled evacuation from a train

https://x.com/networkrailWCML/status/1985596877199303158 Network Rail posted an update on twitter showing excellent progress during the night

It is not bizarre at all, it is actually quite sensible. The whole strategy is driven by the cliff edge of replacing aging electric & diesel fleets in a joined up way.

Next stage is funding The car park (T) has 100 spaces including 5 disabled and 12 EV charging spaces Link to all the approved PDF drawings & visualisations (36 MB) https://planning.westlothian.gov.uk/publicaccess/files/8230302D7B631B9DFDBFBFEA5A1B64F0/pdf/0427_MSC_25-APPROVED_PLANS-3607416.pdf

Very good post, need more of it

The aftermath of the Stonehaven crash being played out