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According to the Crossrail website: I seem to recall a while back that the testing, certification and commissioning stages had started for Paddington last year. XR are suggesting it'll be handed over in 3 months.

I was once waiting for someone outside the Thameslink gateline at St Pancras while wearing a suit and in the space of about 10 minutes I had at least 3 people walk up and ask questions. Such a range too: where's platform 9¾? Where are the Kent trains? Is this ticket valid? Admittedly I could...

Definitely future-proofed! The iPhone 12 comes with a USB-C on one end (and Lightning on the other), and all their laptops come with USB-C both ends. Pretty cool to have them built into your sockets though, let's hope the TOCs start thinking about the benefits!

Big push for USB ports, which is positive - though the tech world is quite rapidly moving to USB-C (for both mobile and laptops), wish train operators would try to be ahead of the curve for once... It'll be nice to see what they do to the Javelins. Don't think here's much you can do with...

Agree with all, except... I'd move 465/9 above the rest of the 465/466. The free First Class upgrade on metro routes!

Agreed - definitely the best Pride-liveried train I've seen in the UK. Can see why it's controversial, but like Ianno points out...its stand-out nature is maybe why I like it so much!

C2C and Avanti - though both of which are still quite generic.

Of course - some universities still maintain quite a lot of catered halls so it will be more of a challenge for them. I think in any case they would need to ensure there are ample takeaway options (which, in the case of my uni, there were), social distanced queuing and reduced capacity in the...

Going to be really difficult for people at university - particularly for first years. These social bubbles should be theoretically possible for first year, but realistically it will be futile with house parties, interactions on campus, social spaces, social groups/societies, etc. Almost...

I didn't think so

Apologies, I meant from 804 to 810 - if route clearance isn't the same would they need a major differential?

I suppose 'EMR Council Car Park', named after where they found Richard III, or Plantagenets to really rub it in during the occasional trips to Leeds. Maybe 'not quite Azumas'? On a serious note I do like Wyverns. Can't think of anything creative. Odd that they'd change the class number, not a...

I'm not sure anyone could expect TfL to survive this unscathed. A drop of 95% of Tube travel and 85% bus travel would kill any transport organisation - and that's why the government (rightly) bailed out the TOCs. However, as the Mayor of London is unable to raise funds themselves (unlike the...

Increased risk of emergency services, including mountain rescue and coastguard, increased pressure on local essential shops (much longer queues for small shops), frequent touching of gates, etc.

Really worried about the line: One warm weekend and beaches and country parks will be swamped. Not fair on rural communities in Cumbria and their limited facilities should face the brunt. People really should stay local.

It's an ITSO card reader for people who use smart cards.

So with stock moves like this, how does the maintenance experience get transferred between SWR and Southeastern, will SE send staff to SWR depots ahead of time or will they have a few SWR/Siemens staff on loan at Slade Green?

Will other operators be in a place to pick up new stock with these emergency contracts? Even if they did post-pandemic, wouldn't it be the same as creating a new payment plan with Open Access operators?

I wonder if that’s because they’re at Avanti-run stations?

Nothing extraordinary, though from what I recall they're going to be on relatively easy diagrams.