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I'd guess that whatever parameters Ben lifted from the page when he was using EC's wifi are specific to one particular set (Is it the DVT on electric sets? What is it on an HST?) Maybe there could be a forum effort to collect the data, and allow the page to track any EC train?

Now make it show the ACTUAL train in the satellite view. Then I'll be impressed! :wink:

I rather think we're only getting one side of the story here. Nexus have weighed in, but from the sound of their response they've smelled a PR disaster brewing and have told the operator to pick the chap up no matter what. What's missing here is a response from the actual operator, whose...

I've got an e-mail here telling me that the minimum wage for over 21s is rising on October 1st, from £5.93 to £6.08

Interesting idea, but I fail to see how it could be implemented. If I buy a walk-up ticket with cash and put my ticket through the barriers at my start station (touch-in), but fail to go through the barriers at the exit (touch-out), then I am in terms of having automatic maximum fares applied...

Ah yes. Blockers. Ruthlessly efficient. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=stsb9f3UuGE The potential problem is that they work both ways, so a vehicle that was somehow stranded in the middle of the crossing would be unable to get out of the way - unless those Russian ones are designed to drop...

The "Why don't they have staff?" argument is all very well, but I'd be interested to see how the cost breaks down at the end of the day. Yes, a ticket barrier will require an initial installation cost, plus ongoing maintenance. However, I'd be surprised if the cost of maintaining them, plus the...

I've heard tell of a theatre somewhere that uses 'Elvis' as the fire code-word. The all clear, announced over the PA, is "Elvis has left the building".

I hope I don't drag this too far off topic, but I was wondering something along the same lines. So, purely hypothetically, let's say that I get off at a gated station having failed to buy a ticket at my starting station (unmanned, no ticket machine) or on the train (train packed, guard could...

I don't understand this one; bins are available in other areas that might be terrorism targets, so why are railway stations different? Why can't they provide clear plastic bags attached to wall brackets in more places? I've seen that at one station (might have been Lowestoft, but don't quote me)...

Google says six minutes. But that's door-to-door, and doesn't allow time for finding that platform, getting stuck crossing roads, etc. I think "pushing it" would cover that one!

This is a biggie. A daily commute, especially one with connections, can be tiring and stressful. Before I was made redundant earlier in the year, I spent over three hours a day getting to and from work. One of my colleagues helpfully pointed out that I was spending something like 1/10 of my life...

I'd second a lot of things that others have said. Getting a degree is only part of the university experience; the social life for one thing, and the shared experience of living away for the first time. 50 miles is nothing for the occasional trip home, but it's hell of a commute. If you do...

In the report, it mentions an "emergency stop call" - could someone elaborate on exactly what that is? Is that a radio call which will apply the brakes remotely, or just something to try and get the driver's attentions so that they'll do it?

Also remember that lightning doesn't have to hit something to cause issues; a strike in the vicinity may have caused issues. A few years ago, the company I worked for had various pieces of equipment by the side of the road across the region where I was based. I remember pulling up the...

I'm going to pretty much agree with Peter, there. I believe there is life out there, somewhere; in a really big universe, for us to be the only planet with life seems a bit far fetched for my liking. Are UFOs real? Well, yes in the sense that they're things in the sky that people haven't...

I'm always slightly suspicious that I'm not getting the full facts when the only online newspaper articles I can find are from the Daily Hate and the Express. One would think that other papers would be covering this if there was much substance to it.

I'd expand on this, and say that I walk in whichever manner stops me bumping into the backs of all the people who randomly stop in the middle of the pavement for no good reason.

There are, and there's plenty of people going for them, too. Just because a job's advertised, it doesn't follow that you're going to get it if you apply! My other half was turned down for a cleaning job, because the successful applicant had an NVQ in cleaning. Couldn't agree more. The first...

I've got a bit of a passing interest, but have never actually progressed as far as the looking through a telescope stuff. My father-in-law however is rather keen, but rather than using a telescope has a pair of astronomical binoculars which are frankly huge; they're easily about 2' long in...