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It appears that the UK implementation of this directive (which appears to be in GM/RT2453 - PDF) permits any stock which is not intended for use in international service to only display the TOPS number. Relevant clauses are A.1.2 for locos and A.2.4 for multiple-unit vehicles. Section A.3 (for...

For 25p/call (network operator dependent), which if you have bundled minutes, makes it more expensive than just calling the 03 number.

Funnily enough, I had a 55 minute connection to make through New Street recently. The weather was nice, and decided to have a wander outside. There's not much seating outside the station either, but I did find a moderately-comfy grit bin in a small triangle of land in an area which appears to...

You might find Recent Train Times of some use, although I'm not sure it's entirely what you're after. A lot of playing with options might be able to show you the worst days over the past few months for trains between two points. http://www.recenttraintimes.co.uk/

Many thanks for that - I haven't come across that site before. I only happened to notice it in 'upcoming recordings' in my DVR - I apparently haven't deleted the recording rule since it was originally aired!!

Hi all, From Tuesday until Friday this week, Really (Freeview Ch 17, Sky Ch 155, Cable Ch 267) are showing some episodes of the 2013 BBC series 'The Railway: Keeping Britain on Track'. According to the Freeview programme guide (EPG), they're showing the episodes in the following order...

Quoted from the article, for the benefit of those unable to click links (or spend data)...

I'm not familiar with this area at all, but I've had a good look on Google Maps/Street View and other sites to try to answer this. Both Google Maps and CBRD claim that this 'unnumbered' junction is actually still part of the J1 complex. It appears to be considered that way because despite...

I didn't realise you were on here!! :) That might have been a little easier to explain upthread ;)

Whoops! Google seems to assume 'spad' is 'spade' mistyped, then appears to find certain results for adult content. For the avoidance of any doubt, the correct and SFW link is: https://twitter.com/sammie_spad :)

Any money that's Sammie Spad (@sammie_spad on Twitter) - she's mentioned before she has a collection of them she uses for kids. :D

Completely forgot about the Voyagers!! :oops: I was referring to VTWC only. I was aware VTEC's emergency diagrams seem to be fairly comfortably covered by their HSTs.

I'm not sure it's entirely VT's fault... LM are saying the following: Quite why this is the case I can't find any confirmation of - my best guess is that it's something to do with safety given there may be no re-wiring crews available. But given VT don't have any diesel stock available at all...

But claiming Delay Repay on tickets you didn't buy is half the fun :twisted:

For those outside Scotland who don't have Sky/Virgin (for the Nations feeds), my DVR reports to me that this is showing on BBC Four and BBC Four HD (both available on Freeview) on Thursday at 9pm. If anybody can't wait until then, it's possible to tune into the live BBC Two Scotland feed on...

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-32748029

As a passenger you can (for now at least!) test this out yourself by sticking your bonce out the 'offside' droplight (being careful not to collide with oncoming trains). You get a few drops of water on your specs but not much more. The usual warnings about not doing that (and not admitting it)...

My favourite trick at Sheffield (I last used it regularly 2-3 years ago) was to head for the Northern machine in the bank of 4 under the destination boards, which would almost never have anyone using it - despite there always being a queue for the bank of them. There was just something about...

Handing over a seat reservation instead of a ticket, either at a barrier or an onboard inspection. I don't know if it's something specific about the route in question, but I probably hear the phrase "No, that's your seat reservation" most on the XC Turbostar routes (though of course not limited...

Ah yes. Why bother? It's obvious nobody's going to bother hacking this (because Land Rovers), so let's not bother with security models. I think that's called Security by Obscurity, and quite a number of people have lost a lot of money assuming that was safe enough. I really hope you're not a...