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Last night around 22:10 i saw two 378's coupled together, in full London Overground livery at Crewe! Was a bit disconcerting to see that go past the window!

Depends on the type of supply and ratings of any breakers put on the supply. Type of supply depends how it's generated - it may be generated in AC and be a proper smooth sine wave in which case everything will be as happy on it as it is at home. Alternatively, it could be a modified sine wave...

They always seem to do it the hard way - i was caught up in the recent Crewe closure, had i stuck around til 23:30 when the station re-opened i may have been able to get half way home, presumably they would have sorted something to get me all the way home. I decided to stay over (with a...

Surely the 4 seconds depends how harshly the driver applied the brakes! Coming to a smooth stop takes longer than a harsh one, we all know that.

The ticket machines seem to break down quite often, does anyone know the nature of the fault? (software/hardware/remote link?) (i'm a software engineer hence my curiosity...) Who supplies/makes them?

My boss has apparently had quite a few and when the inspectors are on board the trains they've not been very happy at all - to the point of contacting the issuing station to find out why it was issued! I didn't have a problem, at Hamilton Sq i was just waved through with a flash of the ticket.

As would I, but it seems that given how many people already arrive in Stranraer by coach that lots of peope don't mind...

Shame, i'm saying in poole during the Olympics as it was the nearest reasonbly priced hotel to Weymouth! We had planned to get the train in... might have to leave lots of time.

Yup RSP4407 and yes it is Merseyrail.

Just a quick comment on Stena and Stranraer, I was recently up at CairnRyan doing some work at the new terminal and i spoke with one of the staff about passengers. They do get a lot of foot passengers but they are not worried about losing them due to there being no rail terminal at CairnRyan...

The ticket machine was down at my local station (again) and normally they just ask us to pay at the destination (which is what they said to most people this morning). They do normally have a pile of pre-printed tickets to the main destinations though and seemed to have a pile of pre-written...

Worst journey... hmm... In about 2002 we were making our way to London from Carlisle on what Virgin's pendolino/voyager predecessor (was this Mk3's? or HST?) anyway, it broke down.. twice and only a few coaches had working air con on what turned out to be the hottest week of the year! Wasn't...

At big stations where there will be many people getting off, would it be so difficult for the station to provide someone standing there with a wheelie bin (or multiple for recycling). They can easily see whats going in (ie no big bulky bags which could be something naughty!) and people will be...

I agree with the charity shop idea. If you absolutely must be buying new stuff on every trip (and i don't think you should, it's a waste) then take it home and donate to charity. Alternatively, take a clean set with you when you go away and bring it back each time. Should something get broken...

Chester has quite a few of these lights - on the platform which isn't a platform.

Oh i agree, photovoltaic panels are a waste of time and money in this country. The only reason renewables are profitable in the UK are due to ROCs or FITs (depending on who is generating it).

A great method of getting Hydrogen is indeed using electricity, however for this it is quite straightforward to use 'solar farms' which use focussed sunlight with mirrors into a solar furnace which heats water and generates steam/provides power in the usual way. It does only work in hot/sunny...

I was caught up in this last night.... I normally catch the 22:23 train for Chester, at 22:20 Nantwich road was still closed off, the final train i could have boarded (and still made connections) would have been 22:48 to Lime St. As a result i decided to make arrangements to stay overnight in...

Theres a similar one next to Woodside Business Park in Birkenhead, then again theres lots of old railway buildings around there. At Birkenhead Hamilton Sq, you can still see the writing on the tower 'Mersey Railway, frequent service of electric trains' There is also a much more modern sign...

I've remembered the other reason why i dislike barriers - They can ruin the passenger flow of a station - Birkenhead Hamilton Sq is clearly designed to have 'in' and 'out' doors on the lifts - in through the front, out through the back. The back doors at ground level now no longer open and i...