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No, the general public neither understand them or care about them. The railway doesn't and shouldn't cater for our hobby in that way, these boards should provide useful information for the travelling public and that's it.

From what’s been said that’s not the market this is aiming at. The seating will be what is needed for the business model to work, whatever that turns out to be. The point is it may be all bays or not but that doesn’t work in an HST for standard class as it’s not how they were designed without...

I’m sure they’ll do what their business model tells them to, not what people on forums think. This may or may not be full bays and train consists.

Possibly but it would be a) reputational and PR suicide and b) laughed out of court if it transpires that they’re partially liable for the injuries in the first place. So in the real world no they couldn’t.

No, nowhere does that post advocate that. But I don't know a single private sector organisation outside railways (or many public sector ones) that use RPI or CPI as a way of determining wages/salaries, it's another rail anachronism. Most in the public/private sector have had way below even CPI...

No he isn't, he's saying it's the wrong way of calculating the rises and asking the rail companies to use a different measure. That's all. there's a lot to criticise Grayling for, this isn't one of those things. It's a sensible decision that will be welcomed by passengers. Cash's response is...

Not any of the above I'm afraid. I'm a senior manager who hears a lot of high level disciplinaries as part of my role and I know a substantial amount about the process and legislation regarding this having been through tribunals and heard appeals for dismissals in the past (and reversed them on...

He won't speak, as the RMT haven't gone into any detail about the reasons either it'll be covered by a confidentiality clause, ie if he talks about it to anyone he'll be disciplined again, probably not a wise move on his part in these circumstances and I'm sure he wouldn't jeopardise anything now.

Only in your dreams, appeals are part of the HR process, and that process has been shown to be sound by this incident. Sacking someone after a disciplinary isn't a decision taken by just 'managers', it involves some detailed discussions with senior HR people once the disciplinary has been heard...

A large device going off mid tunnel is a significant concern. it would very spectacular in publicity terms for whoever did it as it's likely to result in a very large number of casualties and would cause problems in getting an adequate response to it, though I'm sure that a) there's a plan for...

I've played under him professionally, he's hardly second rate (better than some more 'household' names I can mention) and has a significant body of well reviewed recording and live performance behind him.

I could argue much of this, particularly the economic benefits of rail enthusiasm which I think you're significantly over-stating and your point about trainspotting being taboo lowering passenger numbers to the point of their being large service cuts is one of the most fanciful things I've read...

Kings Cross and St. Pancras are nationally important (and listed) pieces of architecture and seen by more people in a day than there will be trainspotters in the UK. Railway lines have none of that cachet and any bits of the infrastructure that do, Glasgow Central, York, Carlisle, the list of...

My question was rhetorical, of course there isn't. NR is tasked to provide safe and effective infrastructure. The priorities and wishes of rail enthusiasts aren't and shouldn't be a consideration within that. Much HISTORICAL infrastructure is appreciated, most modern infra certainly isn't...

It's transport infrastructure and a way of getting people from a to b, not something that's to be 'displayed or appreciated'. If there is any of it that is there then it's a happy bonus but certainly shouldn't be considered in the grand scheme of routing and infrastructure. The main reason for...

Because Journeyman's post referred to all disabled people... oh wait, it didn't, not even remotely. It was a general point about the use of social media instead of following an organisation's complaints processes. That said, and as others have posted, there really does need to be a national...

And airports are private businesses not using public money, so if that's what they want to do then fine, it's their money. Network Rail isn't the same thing at all.

Nonsense, there are plenty of places other than stations where enthusiasts and 'casual tourists' can get a fantastic view of trains passing at whatever speed one would like that don't require NR to waste precious resources making allowance for someone's hobby and are completely safe. 'Making...

Your airfields example is a case for restricted spotter/enthusiast areas at stations, not alongside the railway out in the countryside somewhere. I'm not sure why the railways should provide extra places to watch trains from, their purpose is to provide transport, no pander to someone's...

If this is the Allerton case, and I rather suspect it is, then it's been through the courts and the evidence/judgement is online.