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Probably overly optimistic, although I hope I'm wrong. NR have the likes of the Woodland Trust, local Green Party organisations and a big NIMBY factor to contend with when carrying out necessary vegetation clearance.

This isn't a hypothesis I've ever previously heard, but the wider causes of low adhesion remain somewhat nebulous. It doesn't strike me as massively likely to be true though.

Aylesbury Vale Parkway is often referred to as "The Parkway", or "AVP" for reasons other than the fact that happens to be its CRS code. Rickmansworth is often "Ricky". Gerrards Cross, Princes Risborough and Great Missenden are frequently abbreviated to "Gerrards", "Risborough" and "Missenden".

Not much love for the current Chiltern uniform on here, but it is actually the most comfortable and best quality iteration we've had since day 1.

Only in exceptional circumstances; broken unit etc.

Pre-covid, Chiltern stabled 2 x 2-car 165s in the bay platform at High Wycombe on weekday nights. Still happens occasionally when required owing to engineering possessions etc.

I thought the Northolt tunnels were being bored in the southbound direction from West Ruislip?

Aylesbury and Aylesford - I've known those two to be confused with each other in the past.

Also Chiltern services from Oxford to Marylebone run on the Down Bletchley as far as Gavray Junction.

And individual TOC policy.

I'm quite shocked at the state of the pictured units. I had no idea thay had got so bad. They are in a far worse state than the Chiltern 165s despite IIRC the GWR units having been refurbished/refreshed more recently.

Surprising or not, I can confirm it is the case at at least one (unnamed) TOC.

I expect someone else can explain it better than me, but it is the standard diciplinary procedure following a breach of the rules or cash regulations. It involves a formal charge, a hearing etc. Implications could range from exoneration to dismissal.

That is the official procedure, and if followed it pretty much eliminates the issue of overcarrying pax. The down side is it can be slow, for example if going through a train made up of three separate non-gangwayed units. However, if the company is happy to shoulder and delays incurred (they...

Instant Form 1 at our place now if pax are overcarried into sidings or left on an ECS working.

One of the New Street examples back in 2008. Presumably it is no longer there.

Moving back to the original question, I would kind of go for "got what you deserved" but I personally would word it a little less harshly. "Sadly inevitable given your actions" maybe. As a DOO driver I certainly try to take into account things like service frequency from a station when deciding...

Cheers. Yes, that would indeed rule out MYB for 9 car sets.

Not enough IMO, but until HS2 is in place the railway can't really handle any significant modal shift so the point is moot. It will certainly need government policy to be behind it in order to succeed. Legislation to ban domestic air travel on routes that are covered by HSR would be a start.

Are IET vehicles longer than 23 metres? All the platforms at MYB except P4 can take 9 23 metre card cars. Platform 3 can take 10, and platform 2 can take 10 in exceptional circumstances