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Are these units intended (amongst other things!) to replace the loco-hauled trains currently running Hamburg - Copenhagen? I know these are intended only as an interim solution. Thanks!

Not NightJet, but České Drahy were as prompt and efficient as you would expect in issuing my compensation when I was delayed a few weeks ago on the Praha - Linz - Zürich sleeper, but you need to apply to the railway from which you bought the ticket, so obviously the efficiency of the service...

I agree that it would be great, to serve the vital Balsthal to St Pancras market! ;-) BTW Ad the idea of Frankfurt: would you really want to be tying HS1 and the Tunnel, plus the French & Belgian HSLs, to German levels of performance? Not a wise idea operationally, I would suggest! At least...

TPE.... ;) 1698233858 While what you say is of course entirely pertinent regarding total opcosts, I agree, the direct per-mile costs will be fuel and VTAC - unless of course somebody is attempting to calculate an average of an average of an average (or similar!), which does take into account...

You're right, of course - but there are those of us who are fighting against this stuff. The words "job" and "uphill" may come to mind at this point....... ;-)

I don't mind stats, so long as they are honest ones... I have plenty of my own up my sleeve!!!

Just spotted this in the "prospectus" (which has not, ahem, landed terribly well amongst "key stakeholders"): I can only assume this refers to variable track access charges. (The second point has already been ably debunked by other posters!) My CP7 spreadsheet tells me...: Class 68...

Nail / head interface on pretty much all counts, @sjpowermac!

Yes indeed: it's worth emphasising that no decisions have been made as yet regarding the future of this fleet beyond the December 2023 temporary timetable.

Yes.

Yeah, dare I say that, as @VauxhallNova says, to be honest there's a bit of an urban myth in there, really! There wasn't such a requirement in the ITT / franchise agreement - but what you say re supposed quick availability is right (not that it proved accurate in the event, of course!). To be...

I guess it depends how much of a Tatra anorak you are... ;-) But I think the T3s in service on other routes have modernised electrical equipment, so don't sound as good as 'unbent' ones... Happy to be corrected, of course!

By the way, for Prague do make an effort to go on route no. 23: it's worked by heritage Tatra trams (T3 or even T2), but unlike the other, full heritage/historic route(s?), normal tickets are valid and it's part of core network. Unlike the T3s on other routes, the T3s on this route are un-bent...

Here's the link, if it's of any use: https://www.interrail.eu/content/dam/pdfs/Additional%20My%20Trip%20lines%202022.pdf By the way, surprised to hear a report of problems with staff in the Czech Republic - is that on České dráhy or one of the privateers? The former are usually pretty clued-up...

But surely with at least an hourly train on the Mule, the sensible solution is just to get the wires up, or the third rail down, anyway?

Good luck with all this - it will be great if you pull it off!

Happy to be corrected, thanks! I must admit I did have in mind that sort of "peri-urban" situation, though, yes.

I'd agree with this post. Cascais sounds like an idea that won't go far - and I thought there was already a concrete upgrade plan anyway for the line, with voltage conversion and a new fleet? For the Vouga, I can't see BRT being sensible - BRT is an urban / suburban mode, not something to...

Ah, they all clag less at night.... ;-)

Back in the early '90s I remember taking the 01:40 (I think it was?) from Halle to Nordhausen all-shacks stopper on that night, which after its first stop would be an hour late, all other things being equal. As a result, the driver just decided on an alternative strategy of, after Angersdorf...