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Thanks for the answer. So all these will stay separate entities, then. Southeastern will be ordering the replacements for the Networkers very soon (possibly this year), so they will most certainly never get the GBR livery.

Form over function as always. This is why car manufacturers are having a whale of a time selling cars more expensive than ever even though they're not necessarily more expensive to build -- it's got screens and ambient lighting everywhere, wow it's really premium ! thinks the customer, when it's...

I don't see why it would be outdated compared to Asian metros. Siemens know what they're doing and they've always been at the forefront of train development and innovation. It's not for nothing the Chinese have spent decades spying and copying Europe. A bit easy to now say they're ahead of us...

I've never been a fan of describing as "futuristic" stuff that exists today. If it exists today, it's not the future. The 2024 Stock will still be a massive improvement though. Just not from the future.

Although I wouldn't be surprised more modern trains have the information somewhere in the onboard computers, hidden somewhere in the menus of the TMS.

I think D6130 was being ironic.

This time it's a bit different... my question is simple -- why is it that nowadays, subclasses seem to be used much less (if at all) than they used to be ? It seems today every variant of a train is its own class, even when the differences are minor enough to have been considered subclasses 20...

Which networks are the ones which will never get the GBR livery ?

It's precisely on the first day of a train that I'd be more tolerant of some stuff - especially gadgets - not working.

Is that the West Midlands branch of the YMCA ?

Articulated buses can negotiate much tighter turns than rigid buses (10, 12, 13 m, etc.), because you only have to put the fairly short front section through and the trailer will follow (unlike semi-trucks).

What could go wrong ?

Even more I reckon

The whole D-train project, as the name involuntarily implies, is very System D

Oh the wisdom of the speculative crystal ball !

The answer is simple really — do all the countries which don’t have yellow fronts (most of them actually) have collisions more often than the UK ? ;)

Already, what did they use, ball point pens ?

The inferior Velaro ride quality, compared to the TGV's, not helping...

Unfortunately it's the new world some people are working very hard to build... Let's not forget that the more you nanny people, the more nannying they'll need.

I'm not sure many will agree with that opinion (presented as a statement).