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Class 221 to Blackpool North

I agree that makes a huge difference, but equally they don't tend to play silly buggers on the rest of the network outside of the tunnels. It's feels like a different mentality, speed, frequency and efficiency are the key words here because LU passengers aren't tolerant of slow driving and...

Whilst we all know that LU have little cheats in their station layouts which raise the track gradient on a slope as trains enter a station to aid braking and a downwards slope to aid acceleration on exiting, it always amazes me the speed that a LU train will fire into a station, I'd say its...

I agree, I shared the image from politics for all and typed it out for accessibility purposes for our visually impaired readers so I hope no thanks I'm glorifying it just helping out

Politics For All has leaked the incident report on Twitter

I wouldn't call it a niche situation, I think its a general call to all TOCs if you're gonna make your platforms available from all angles, sides and gates but not supply a ticketing option an REO shouldn't be able to fine someone and an opportunity to purchase from a guard must be allowed, I...

As the title says... I use a SE station Paddock Wood with 1.2m passengers a year, the London bound platform 2tph has a part time manned ticket office, no barriers and 1 solitary self service machine away from the platforms. Platform 2 & 3 have a 4tph to the coast, Tonbridge and Strood with an...

I've always thought and talked here sporadically about the state and disparity between fares in certain areas We're often reminded about the MML being a complete rip off compared to equal distanced stations just across county borders on the WCML or the ECML Or how traveller on predominantly...

My tuppence worth is to have maintained 11 platforms at Euston (just in case) all of the phases built as first suggested but with more failsafes to the legacy network, more triangle junctions with single track branches off the WCML or other routes when things go tits up. We know there'll be an...

Double sets, double access charges and many of those miles running no where near capacity?

I can't imagine many are breaking even, there'll be a few services that may during peak make some profit but I would hazard a guess some off peak services running round with 8 or 12 cars with only a ¼ or an ⅛ load on paying track access charges for those 8 or 12 carriages is ripping the profit...

There's always a way to fix that...sit in the declassified 1st class on that route.

Would it be the end of the world if SDO was used if they decided to (God forbid) run 6 or 7 car units, there are times on the PMS to CDF route that where honestly a 2 car unit would suffice but the PMS to SOU part gets busy, the BTH to BRI and BRI to CDF also get busy where a 6 or 7 car train...

We need a fleet of tri-mode 23 or 26m long, doors at ⅓ and ⅔ with end gangways, in car sets. They'd be flexible, able to run on 3rd rail, under wires and on diesel in-between on the SWR routes, the GWR routes and the Southern routes. Who I don't know bit that's the ultimate wish list. Worst...

I can remember the Dover Priory - Folkestone Central - Ashford - Tonbridge - London Bridge - Charing Cross services in about the hour or just over from Dover, the SEML certainly has the capacity to have them back running 100mph but I doubt the lack of rolling stock or the inclination from SE to...

All I know is drivers get away with a lot more than conductors/guards/OBMs I saw a TL driver on the the Rainham route driving round with his NYC Snapback hat on and a polo that certainly didn't look like uniform, because they aren't customer facing some drivers do push the boundaries

Class 68 to Kidderminster

Imagine running a 8 car along the coast then splitting it at Hove, sending 4 to Brighton and 4 upto Haywards Heath and joining an 4 car from Eastbourne allowing for faster journey times from the Coastway to London

I agree with 95% of everything everyone has added but remember screens mustn't have too much information, too many colours and too many announcements because of PRM requirements, a black and white LCD is simple for a partially blind person to see by being able to recognise shapes, but a fast...

If you can build up to say 6 or 7 storeys high, use the ground floor for station parking, the 1st floor for limited parking for the flats/maisonettes above with barrier access and then 4 or 5 floors of residential above. It'd create much needed finance for rail improvements projects and still...