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I found myself drifting off the topic of the 701s while wanting to reply to these. reply :- I agree mobile phones are a hazard. Mobile phones and people crossing the road is a bad mix I often see. Even tried to explain to a girl how close she came to ending up under a tram recently (she had no...

Moderator note: Split from https://www.railforums.co.uk/threads/rhtt-season-2026.304743/ 93s, anywhere / any-ideas to fit in 93s ??.

I have decided that talking about siding space on SWR is getting too off topic for any particular class of EMU but also covers all of them !. It must be eye watering. I already (think I) understand the problem and that 701/5s are part of the solution. But..... Thinking about 4/8/12 car...

I started this thread as a way of keeping this away from the 701 thread. + Good idea. It is hopefully a case of new technology taking time to settle down. Perhaps a few design changes and consequent alterations.

Simple question. Does TfW want to create a frequent service that benefits the passengers, employs more staff and improves the economy of South Wales ?. OR Is the point of rail in South Wales to keep drivers in well paid jobs. If it is the second then who pays for it ?. I do value job security...

mods note - split from this thread https://www.railforums.co.uk/threads/restarting-hs2a.270436/ Furthermore this is of course similar to the UKs approach to electrification - discontinuous. Where teams get set up to design and install the electrification. It takes time and money to get staff...

I am assuming this might be an infrastructure related feature. On Thursday 05/02/2026 the 18:33 LNWR 4car 350 service, I was on, to Birmingham was routed right across to the West side of Crewe (platform 12 - the usually down side). We noticed a lot of pointwork being crossed as we approached...

Moderator note - split from: https://www.railforums.co.uk/threads/transport-for-wales-class-230.251474/ We have to careful with the definition of the 230s. They can come in many versions. The one on the West Ealing trial is pure battery. So, theoretically, the engine rafts can just be swapped...

Hello. Myself and a friend are looking at the rail sale and wondering if the following is allowed. We plan to travel by LNWR from Euston to Liverpool and return. If on the day my friends last 777 is not out to play then we could spend the day at Crewe instead. BUT is a break of journey allowed -...

Took the following posts from the class 230 thread as it looks like these will feed speculation on UK electrification. which risks pulling the 230 thread off topic. My reply at the bottom but quoted all these to keep context. I think battery technology should not affect core route...

From the Chiltern Mk5s thread. From memory I recall 12802 barely, if at all, got beyond testing. DBSO or DTS (not DVT) 12814 was to be the spare but has spent a long time in set TP02(/CH02), almost all of TP02s life so far. CAF Newport remained the home of 12802 until around the time TPE were...

Moderator note: Split from https://www.railforums.co.uk/threads/merseyrail-class-777-introduction-updates.153458/ Makes me wonder. Could the coaches have been made slightly bigger instead. You know - more room on the inside for passengers ?.

I have had a look and cannot find an existing thread on the subject since 2022. How can I tell which services are planned to use Mark3 coaches and 68s ?. I am hoping to take the Granddaughter to Birmingham from London. Probably a weekday but maybe the Saturday or Sunday. Will be during her...

Quoted from the GWR class 230 thread. Now I know how it works !. I saw the charging panto-graph (or I should say grey arm) months back at Crystal Palace and waited to see a bus use it !. I was a bit too early !. Comment about the speed bumps used to line the bus up. Maybe something different...

Having read that Caledonian Sleeper are to get staff to wear body cameras it makes me wonder how common these will come in all sorts of public services. It then occurs to me that even people like me (a mere customer) might like one just for my own reassurance. Say a run in with someone in...

It occurred to me that discussions regarding the use of 450s on the Waterloo to Exeter route in that thread were beginning to discuss alternative solutions for decarbonisation in general so here is a thread for said discussions.

CoOp do compostable bags which I sometimes manage to persuade the missus to use for the food recycling. The collection/segregating arrangements do vary a lot. Our free garden waste bag service got "improved" to a wheely bin that we have to pay for. We decided we did not want to pay for anther...

mods note - split from this thread: https://www.railforums.co.uk/threads/paid-for-e-ticket-phone-died-penalty-fare-issued-first-appeal-unsuccessful.262332/ It has occurred to me that, morally, should staff have the means to access the ticket online themselves. My point is that if the TOC wants...

I was looking at a tread about a ticket that could not be presented (flat battery) but applies also if a ticket is mislaid. If one loses a ticket before travelling would the correct procedure be to buy a replacement ticket before travelling and later claim a refund ?. How likely is a refund ...