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I believe the concern was about drivers being distracted by reflections of the internal lighting on the windscreen. This was much more likely on flat glass hence the use of curved windscreens on many bus designs to mitigate this. The alternative was having a sloping windscreen: the Wright...

Why do they need to be any bigger?

The last three E400EVs (2217-9) were delivered in a basically red livery, rather than 36 colours, precisely to allow their use on other services as required. They have all made occasional appearances on the local school routes, not just the S8 which is scheduled as part of workings on the 36. So...

The problem is that although GBR is/will be a "vast organisaton" it is effectively an agency of a government department and one that is well down the priority list for public spending. It has neither the luxury of time nor money with the need to restore public confidence in reliability of rail...

What that needs then is for a lot of four-tracking of existing two-track lines. And not just on XC routes, there are other routes that could benefit from such an upgrade. Given the huge cost, not to mention the disruption caused, of doing this it's likely that new HS lines should be part of the...

Do the Baltic states have any domestic rail manufacturing capability? Is it not likely that new trains will be procured from outwith the region, even if some assembly takes place locally? Surely new rolling stock will be developed from existing standard designs available from existing builders...

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There's little doubt that the IET seats were poorly specified but plenty of post-BR seats are better than any of the original second class offerings in mk2/3/4. However many people seem to think train seats should be for lounging in when they are specifically designed for upright seating. When...

The only reason for going back to the 70's and 80's would be to relive the loco-bashing. Almost everything else is way better on today's railway. Stations are in much better condition, staff are much more customer friendly, information provision is incomparable (it barely existed back then) and...

I'm afraid I'm going to come across as a killjoy, but I can't find any cause for optimism regarding the obvious problems raised by the OP. The country's economy is in poor health with no signs of improvement any time soon. The pressures on the public purse are only going to get worse and the...

HST power cars were built by BR workshops. But overall build capacity for new traction units was not great. A gradual move to MU work was already well underway.

Consequences for Infantino's actions? Almost certainly none. As stated upthread he already has his re-election in the bag. So could UEFA do something unilaterally? That would have to mean leaving FIFA. So World Cups would become meaningless. And non-European players would almost certainly be...

Lots of Heidi too. Not forgetting Laurel and Hardy as well as Casey Jones (who could also appear in the holidays). Oh and The Lone Ranger.

Is it not the case that your real complaint here is that Northern are using trains that you don't like (150s) on a route that you use rather than using them somewhere else? Reality is that Northern's fleet includes a large number of 150s still and they have to be used somewhere: where would you...

Even Spain is not immune: last winter they had unprecedented amounts of rainfall leading to major flooduing and some rail routes were closed for weeks awaiting repairs. I would suggest a particular issue in this country is the refusal by many people to accept that weather conditions can ever...

The curve is indeed a single line. When it was first restored to traffic Northern had insufficient units to enable the planned service using it to operate. But trains did run from the Manchester direction, terminating at Todmorden and using the curve as a reversing siding. When I was a guard...

As far as Wigan-Kirkby is concerned it's simply down to passenger demand. The only stations which are used very much are Pemberton and Orrell. The outward demand is overwhelmingly eastbound and most of that for points beyond Wigan, particularly Manchester and Salford. The actual location of the...

If it was really that simple do you not think it would have already been done? And yet it hasn't. I wonder why...

This is surely key: Narrow view: politicians tend to have little interest in supporting bus services but run scared when they see the cost of providing rail services. Big picture: the issue is about political will. Unfortunately we live in a country where it has become the established norm for...

Weren't £2 coins partly intended to make life easier for operators and users of vending machines? With contactless being more common I guess the original driver for £2 coins has subsided considerably so perhaps there is less need to keep them in circulation.