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For comparison, I travelled on the VSOE last year and found their toilets to be very civilised. Highly recommended!!

Out of curiosity only, who pays for the removal? Does it depend on whether the unit has been accepted by SWR or is still awaiting acceptance? Sorry if this is not written very clear but I could not think of a way to express it better! Ed Chap

You say "Maybe evidence of a new fault tying in with the rumours." Please could you expand further and tell us about these new rumours and the new fault(s). Thanks.

Will all this disruption and the accompanying bad publicity be the point at which Network Rail decide to upgrade the OLE in this area to try and improve reliability and repair bad publicity?

This just came up in my YouTube suggestions.....

Interesting that whilst I was watching TikTok yesterday (I know, I should have been doing something more useful) a short video, from South West Railway, appeared of a Class 701 unit (701048) and the caption read "All you 'Rail Fans' better be excited because we are releasing the 701 this summer...

I noticed 5 Class 701 units parked up in Feltham Yard yesterday as I went past. Sorry, no unit numbers.

I was told that the reason for the 2 Class 67's being used was that they both needed refuelling before the strikes next week. The single Class 50 managed very well.

I and my Wife (SWMBO for those old enough) are going on the Pullman tomorrow as part of my 60th Birthday celebrations. Should be a great trip.

I am afraid that my first thought upon seeing it was Marvin the Depressed Android from The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy!!

Out of pure curiosity, would it be possible for SWR to use the same drivers that are testing the units for passenger service?

North Yorkshire Moors Railway have cancelled their 1940's event, apparently on advice of Heritage Railway Association.

Perhaps 701025 is the only working unit! Perhaps they are trying to get one unit accepted by the end of the year to tell everybody how well they are doing!!

The Dolgarrog Railway suffered yet more flooding last weekend. I just hope it does not get worse this weekend.

In all this criticism of the Class 701, which nobody has travelled on yet, surely one of the biggest improvements is having a toilet on each train. This will make life much easier for many travellers.

Obviously the best person for the job is Chris Grayling. He can start each announcement with "Thanks to me you have enjoyed this wonderful journey and now we are arriving at x on time"

Now if you read Surrey Live and the amazing testimony from a passenger on the train you can appreciate the incident so much more..... A Surrey commuter on a London Bridge train that caught fire has described how he "almost had to jump over the flames" to escape from the carriage. Rob Tearle...