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Is that to swap units? i.e. to get a fully fuelled unit to Aylesbury? (or to get an empty unit to Aylesbury for fuelling?) Where is the fuel pump issue? Aylesbury?

With the recent strikes, weekend engineering work, fuel pump issue this week, strikes next week and then Aylesbury blockade for the 2nd and 3rd weeks in August, it is going to be basically a month with no proper train service between Aylesbury and Amersham/Marylebone. Even before the fuel pump...

Re: class 313 Why would Chiltern use 313s? None of their routes are wholly electrified.

How long do the broken windows put the train out of action for?

Chiltern have confirmed their timetable from May now too: https://www.chilternrailways.co.uk/may23timetable Significant recast between Birmingham and London. Also no more through trains between Aylesbury and Marylebone via High Wycombe (other than a couple very early/late in the day).

I witnessed this a few days ago on a Chiltern peak evening service from Marylebone. Immediately behind the cab on the 168s there is a single seat that faces sideways (i.e. not front or back). At Marylebone, when the doors were unlocked for boarding, a smartly dressed young guy charges straight...

Thanks, appreciate the info.

Chiltern service status on their website is (as of 7am) reporting short formations and the odd cancellation this morning due to an incident at the Aylesbury depot trapping a number of trains inside. The cancellation code for one service this morning was "mishap"...

Thanks for the info. Bonus point for the pun.

Aylesbury to Princes Risborough is blocked until est. 2nd Feb due to a "structural defect". Just wondering if anyone knew what/where specifically? Thanks https://www.nationalrail.co.uk/service_disruptions/316568.aspx

If I recall correctly, there are currently three traditional signal boxes on the Leicester to Burton Line - Bardon Hill, Mantle Lane and Moira West. I remember reading in a Network Rail document several years ago that these boxes will eventually be closed and control moved to the East Midlands...

Shippea Hill? List at: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category%3ARailway_request_stops_in_Great_Britain Perhaps/probably not entirely up to date.

It depends for how long. Standing from the last couple of stops into London/BHM for 20 minutes maybe. Standing for longer and/or on an intercity journey, no, especially given UK fare prices.

As much as I dislike all the hype around FS (and all that goes with it - idiot trespassers and the like...), I think NRM are broadly right in what they are doing. There is a whole generation of young people who have no idea that you could have a train that has no electronics* in it which can...

It would be interesting to see how the access charges have changed since HS1 was sold. You may be correct, but equally, in the UK there is a trend of regulatory bodies being overly close to business and generally putting business interests ahead of the consumer and other considerations such as...

I was looking at the Chiltern Off-Peak ticket info here: https://www.chilternrailways.co.uk/off-peak-ticket The page notes: A couple of thoughts on this: - It seems to stifle any form of price competition on the route. - Why is it not possible for Chiltern to offer their own fare with a...

Looks like a gigantic science experiment gone wrong: What happens when you decide to test miles of OHLE as if it were fuse-wire... Look at this photo!

Your last sentence is the point I was trying to make, i.e. it sounds like there is no hard and fast rule for exactly how drivers should approach the situation.

Re: line speed - probably one of those times where there isn't an exact rule to cover it since every situation is different. So presumably each driver making their own decision about what's appropriate.