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    Class 701 'Aventra' trains for South Western Railway: progress updates

    Other introductions elsewhere have been bumpy of late too but SWR seems to have created a perfect storm of a poorly performing supplier, covid and near bankruptcy with a recalcitrant workforce.
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    Stations rebranded to Great British Railways design / Rail Alphabet 2 & 3

    The text and symbols should be aligned left with the right pointing arrow to the right that would look better and be easier to read. But the overall idea of the signage with overly large arrows is off it seems to promotes the direction over the destinations. When I look at a sign I look for the...
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    Stations rebranded to Great British Railways design / Rail Alphabet 2 & 3

    So the symbols go between the text and the arrow? On the second picture the left and centre panel s look neat and tabulated but the right panel text is all over the place.
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    Politics of new trains

    What restrictions?
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    Should the HS2-HS1 tunnel under London be uncancelled?

    1742925644 And virtually none of them are starting their journeys from Stratford International, Ebbsfleet or Ashford.
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    Is there a link between incidents including fire near Heathrow and North sea ship collision?

    I also think the investigation should consider if Elvis caused the fire b throwing Shergar over the fence.
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    European Defence spending and strategy

    That sounds ok but different countries have different amounts of deployable troops, different capabilities and troops at different states of readiness. It may be the case that France or Germany with a 'better' equipped force might make up the bulk of a reaction force with reinforcements coming...
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    Should the HS2-HS1 tunnel under London be uncancelled?

    The UK has never been in Schengen.
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    European Defence spending and strategy

    I wasn't suggesting they would be just clarifying what 'parts' BAE made.
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    European Defence spending and strategy

    But the UK and Australia operates a mission planning office in Florida to make the jet work. 1742488317 It is more than that. We have no access to F35 source code so are reliant on LM to integrate weapons and also reliant on LM and access to their system to operate the mission planning and...
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    Should the HS2-HS1 tunnel under London be uncancelled?

    One will be provided when they build the Euston-St Pancras double ended Crossrail 2 station.
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    New DfT rail usage figures, big increase

    Yes. Why do you think the number of TfW specific fares has rocketed since TfW took over from ATW.
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    Should the HS2-HS1 tunnel under London be uncancelled?

    There is no feasible way of doing what you suggesting.
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    European Defence spending and strategy

    There are 139 outstanding Typhoon orders and about 40 Rafale. 1742013408 Germany has until recently blocked sales to Saudi and Turkey
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    European Defence spending and strategy

    Yes. But I felt your emphasis ie long list of things we need to build ourselves followed by a footnote down played the situation. By the way are there aby American missiles you think should be replaced first?
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    European Defence spending and strategy

    Have you heard of MBDA? CAMM, Aster, Storm Shadow, ASRAAM, Meteor, Brimstone, Sea Venom etc
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    European Defence spending and strategy

    Every F35 rear fuselage has been built by BAE in Lancashire, that's over a thousand and counting. Every F35B has the liftfan supplied by Rolls Royce, although noting large part id Rolls USA. In reality we need both a further order of F35B and Typhoon, F35 to bring aircraft numbers up to a level...
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    CAF class 197 Civity for TfW: News and updates on introduction.

    So were a just back to the status quo ante with sets swaps ago go but with 197s instead of 150\153s.
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    1970s / 1980s Station Buffet & Bar - Do you remember 'The Gantry'?

    Shrewsbury's buffet was called 'The Marches'. Photo here. https://flic.kr/p/mSYG1c
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    European Defence spending and strategy

    The Gripens austere operating base feature is a distraction. Gripen is a fine aircraft with operating costs four times lower than F35a. Purchase price is a bit high comparable to a good deal on F35a at around $80+m

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