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As I say they all have a low density layout maybe not so suitable for intensive commuter operations.

Arriva did a recast in Shrewsbury probably around 2000. They paired up routes either side of town and ran them through so as to save some resource, i.e saving layover time from each pair of routes. A number of the traditional route numbers were changed to 2x numbers. It was sold as improving...

Why not send the 150/2s direct to GWR they were all part of the same Wales and West fleet at one time and have the same 2+2 interior apart from two odd ones.

There are different companies involved, generally the suppliers haven't been making huge profits, in fact loads have been making a loss and have gone bust. What is happening is the producers are making large profits, a barrel of oil, a m3 of gas can now be sold for a lot higher price. The other...

If its Sellar imagine a large glass building in a geometric shape a cross between The Shard and Paddington Square plonked on top of the old Great Eastern Hotel. Paddington Square at Night.

Well its intermittent for a start. The more there is the higher the average output will be. There is also storage being built/planned. There is pumped storage being built by Scottish power now. There are more interconnectors being built, there is already one in the Irish sea and another is...

Would it have been any different if it said the 'true' £250 million a week figure? Or the higher figure we would have now been contributing if we remained?

Wrong DPFs do tap PM 2.5.

Well about a quarter of their revenues aren't from hardware sales. The quarter being 20 odd billion dollars.

They don't have westcode 3 step brakes like the earlier sprinters or the 170s

Why would you get rid of 150/1s for 150/2s they are virtually the same age and their relative condition probably varies between fleets rather than between class. Plus there is the old urban myth that the York 150/2s were built with thinner\Russian steel compared to the Derby 150/1s

It isn't a fixed price contract. NRs predicted consumption will be broken into Tranches. These tranches will be bought and sold ie fixed and unfixed up until consumption similar to any other commodity.

NRs deal isn't fixed rate. NR and groups of TOCs are free to trade the electricity within the overall contract. They can buy and sell their demand many times in advance of consumption. This isn't unusual for large companies.

If you look at this overhead view the grey coloured roof to the right of the picture and the innars of the hotel at the front are 'reproductions'.

Here is a picture of the 'main' entrance of Bishopsgate being built in 1989 Liverpool St station reconstruction 1989 Robin Webster / Rebuilding Liverpool Street Station, 1989 Here is the mid 70s city of the future version.

What are you talking about he has been at West Coast for over 20 years, MD for a lot of that time. It's First\Trenialia who are new on the scene and the post covid ERMA contract with DfT.

The hotel wasn't retained only the façade the innards were demolished and replaced. Personally I like Liverpool Street and it is probably the best of the 80s BR over station developments. However most of the concourse is only 30 years old.