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God, what a ****ing idiot.

For 180s, 158s and HSTs it wouldn't contrast at all, as you'd never be able to see interior and exterior at the same time.

There's no reason the core can't handle 24tph - London Underground manages it quite fine, even on lines with conventional signalling. But yes, the issue will be with feeding trains into the core to begin with, with East Croydon being a major sticking point. There is talk of an ATO overlay on the...

I believe it's in the rulebook, and it probably also stops having to create entirely new timetables for when a station is closed to deal with the lack of stopping time.

I do rather think that the "we lost so I resign" thing is a bit overdone. I grant you the long-term position is untenable, but would it really be so bad to say "I tender my resignation, but will stay on until such time as a new leader can be duly elected"?

Only in the northern hemisphere.

Well the model looks nice, and 125mph would make them more useful as HST/222/90+Mk3 replacements. That said I'm not sold on 1/3-2/3 doors on intercity stock.

The Bank branch is slower than a slow thing (it always feels that way anyway). Probably getting off at Vauxhall or Victoria is best (whichever your train goes to), gives least changes anyway, and the Victoria line is usually pretty fast, at least when they haven't flooded their signalling room...

I used to travel Nottingham to Bristol, and so I generally had a choice of changing at Derby, (Tamworth,) Birmingham or Cheltenham Spa. I eventually learnt that by avoiding a change at Birmingham I'd guarantee myself a seat.

I read today that Eurostar is having problems with passengers trying to take artillery shells on the train. They have a quite brilliant poster about it... On an unrelated note, people who try and change trains at Birmingham New Street when they could have changed elsewhere.

McLoughlin seems to have been decent enough at Transport. But it's a bit of a joke that someone who voted against Equal Marriage has been made minister for Equalities. On a side note, who's the new Deputy PM? Is it still technically Clegg until someone new is appointed? I half hope Cameron...

If the government loses a motion of no confidence, and then does not within two weeks win a motion of confidence, there is an election.

Ugh, I see that so often on the Underground. You physically cannot get on until I have got off, so get out of the way! People standing in the vestibules of HSTs stopping me taking photos out of the window... I'm quite surprised that "eye contact" hasn't been mentioned yet. I believe I...

Hard to say. It's safe to say that no one ever extols the virtues of being in Europe, you only ever hear Farage and his ilk banging the xenophobia drums and sounding the racism dogwhistles. I agree with someone a few posts back who said that we have a representative democracy for a reason...

Because the public sector is generally more unionised, and strikes are more effective.

North being up is maybe the standard but I don't see why it should be necessary. We live on a sphere, there is no definitive "up".

The last exam I did was my PhD viva voce (if that counts). Being in work does seem to decrease the need for such things. I stand by my assertion that significant numbers of untrained monkeys could pass some GCSE exams, although to my mind a lot of them are all about teaching the wrong thing...

I don't expect a full redoubling, but I don't believe 2tph is currently feasible without infrastructure enhancements. A Sprinter has enough trouble getting from Clifton Down to Severn Beach and back in the 40 mins it has for the journey.

And short-termism increases the shorter the gap between important elections. The US is a mess what with nationwide elections every two years, not to mention gubernatorial elections in some of the off-years.

Well, I count talking to me as a bad habit. I was on a Coastway train back in January, and two women ended up sitting next to be discussing how they were going to court for theft and regaling me with the story of how the ex was a ******* and the charges were trumped up... I just wanted to read...