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I regularly travel between Cambridge and Karlsruhe, as does my partner. We have the delights of a 90 minute (normally 60 minute) hop to the local airport in Baden-Baden with Rynair from Stansted, often for a return airfare of less than £120. All up door to door I can do it in less than six...

Perhaps, but 99% of the passengers wouldn't even notice the windows had been modified.

I'm not sure dodgy Donny even knows what a train is

"just" back into kings cross? Part of the reason these services run through the core is because there's no room at kings cross to terminate them

I think it can be safely said that any livery choice that is made will produce much wailing and gnashing of teeth.....!

Correct- see here https://x.com/skmpub/status/1814293529285255289?t=dPsIvoLsvIpPKskWxQYwzQ&s=19 A planned increase in vehicle requirement with Stagecoach East at Bedford will see Enviro 200s 37199, 37002/03/05 transfer from Stagecoach Eat Midlands at Mansfield. They will be replaced at...

Or just use the European gauge platform heights and go triple-decker!

what, and extend their network all the way to Dover and Kings Lynn? Can't see them having much appetite for that

I knew there were a few but goodness, that takes the biscuit a little. Wasn't there something branded "Ovvio Transport Solutions" as well? Seem to recall it was a flight of fancy with social media pages appearing and vanishing within days after the Cityfox debacle. In honesty, why should he...

How long did Foxstar/Cityfox or whatever it was called run for? Transpora SW seems to have lasted 18 months or so, is this the longest lived iteration so far?

It's really rather odd, given that the OP's previous posts have essentially been "every train service stops at every station on route regardless of destination or distance". Then again OP does appear to have the unfortunate expectation that every service he uses should be rearranged for his use...

Old Ticket Office in the "North wing" of Cambridge station is okay if a bit pricey. Don't go in the Station Tavern nextdoor, it's horrible even if it looks smart from the outside. Even their keg beer tasted off! Earl of Derby is a 5 minute walk away near Hills Road bridge and is alright for a...

How many haven't! I remember a friend getting his CPC about 15 years ago and looking into setting up his own bus firm. Going by his explanation of costings in the pub (his plan was to obtain a cheap 'decker from Ensign's bargain bin, running school contracts and local private hire) it seemed...

Admittedly my background isn't railway (robotics engineer) but I can tell you that trying to govern "everything" in a given field (electronic components for example) to one standard is almost impossible! Trying to create a new standard also isn't the solution - with thanks to XKCD: An example...

I think there are far, far bigger political fish to fry than "keep loco haulage on Chiltern services"

Admittedly I've only travelled on one once...but I did have the misfortune of boarding a BYD E200EV outside Victoria station in London a few years ago. For a bus about a year old the prevalence of rattles and poor ride quality were rather disappointing. Heavier chassis and bigger wheels doesn't...

You sure? My brother alongside a fairly noticeable number of regulars did this every day pre-covid, as it was cheaper than travelling with Chiltern.

The NRM does have batteries fitted but would require far more to have a useful range as a purely electric vehicle. Fitting enough batteries to do so may well weigh more than the current diesel tank and engine - fitting all that in and maintaining a safe weight distribution probably wouldn't be easy!

....and given that post 2006 (petro) and 2007 (diesel) cars tended to meet the ULEZ standards then we're looking at 17-18 year old cars as a maximum. Most would already consider that well into banger territory given the popularity of getting a car for 3 years on finance, then PXing it before the...

Assuming we're talking about the railway bridge, it shows as triangular signage on google streetview.