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Could there ever be a situation where (like Boeing) engineers were bullied into keeping quiet about safety issues by senior management in the rail industry? If not why not?

Whist it's got backers, I feel that this part of the forum maybe better suited to this discussion: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cpw7dd78j5jo

If you are unsure use the TfL checker: https://tfl.gov.uk/modes/driving/check-your-vehicle/ As all ULEZ's use the same criteria

mods note - split from this thread The issue with loans though is that, whilst they are kind of a graduate tax, those who earn a lot pay them off very quickly and so can stop paying this tax faster than those who earn an average salary who may end up paying the "tax" all their working life...

Moderator note: Split from https://www.railforums.co.uk/threads/gwr-class-769-information-discussion-units-to-go-off-lease-march-23.174866/ Whilst I'm missed to agree, we could find ourselves in the situation where by March 2023 (although more likely by December 2023 - by which hopefully the...

In the 2019 election it was suggested that Corbyn would cause a "coalition of chaos", having seen what we've had since then was this prediction accurate or was it half true; in that it's just come about anyway without Corbyn?

What are people's thoughts on this: https://www.newcivilengineer.com/latest/national-highways-boss-gears-up-for-period-of-rapid-change-for-roads-30-05-2022/ "Building nothing is probably the best solution", that's a huge thing for the head of the Strategic Road Network to be saying (even if...

I've made reference to the fact that we're likely to see a squeeze in the percentage of the population who are of working age (and potentially the actual number of working age) before (see quotes at the bottom of this post from another thread), however there's now talk of cash strapped Brits...

It looks like the government is looking again at providing a cycleway alongside HS2 again by asking contractors to repurpose their access roads to do so: https://www.newcivilengineer.com/latest/hs2-contractors-to-turn-temporary-roads-into-320km-cycle-path-20-04-2022/

Following from the above posts I've created this new thread to discuss the likely impact Now obviously inflation is going to be hard with staff and suppliers needing to paid more (which will almost certainly result in some business closing, with all the negative things which come from that)...

split from this thread: https://www.railforums.co.uk/threads/bbc-and-itv-quality.226484/ Given that you only start to be able to significantly benefit from the difference between SD and HD once you get to 32" screens, therefore unless you've got a substantial sized TV is likely that you'll not...

Following the above, and to stop that thread going off subject. Is it worth selling off the air rights at Clapham Junction and if so what parts?

Something which needs remembering with the future is that isn't something which is used for other illnesses is that they are testing in sewerage systems for Covid. As such is possible to undertake surge testing in advance of it becoming noticeable through hospitalisations. Whilst that's not...

Mods note - Split from this thread: https://www.railforums.co.uk/reports/12090/ Hopefully what is written below comes across as what it is intended as, which is just a series of statements and there's not any strong emotions behind it (as an example I'm aware that there's certainly cases where...

Given the talk of the benefits of a southwestern spur and that XC is generally a series of overlapping services then could the following be a useful outcome. If a SW spur from HS2 was built along with electrification from there through to (say) Western-Super-Mare then the traditional XC...

Given that the predictions for passenger numbers are cited by those who are opposed to HS2 as being inaccurate, and in general discussions about HS2 it gets lost amongst other things I thought I'd start a dedicated thread. It's likely to take a bit of time to read through the posts from the...

Following on from the news that the Southern Approach to Heathrow isn't likely to be taken forwards due to Covid-19 impacting on air travel, how likely do people think that it would come back in a few years to act as Southern Approach to HS2? For details of the project you can look at the old...

Given the likely changes to the airline industry following the current crisis (given that the government funded "backup" of the single rail line is an air route) does anyone think that it'll make the investment on a rail backup (be that the route via Okehampton or the DAL - Dawlish Avoiding...

I've been wondering, due to the lack of children at school (some estimates put it at circa 5% of normal values), and the lack of social interaction from everyone (i.e. no children's parties, clubs, sorts, etc.), what is the likely impact on other viruses? For instance, by now we must be getting...

The latest BBC article suggesting that HS2 should be cancelled: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/amp/uk-england-52151351 Yet again failing to understand how government funds such things, in that that there's two types of government money. Investment (think Mortgages) and spending (think credit...