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    Driverless Tube Poor value for money

    Waterloo & City line should be driverless. Not sure about the other more complicated lines.
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    Rail decarbonisation: What are the solutions?

    Battery trains on rural branch lines. Vivarail came up with an interesting battery concept.
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    Should Regional Railways be brought back?

    Who on earth is nostalgic for Regional Railways? Good lord.
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    Best and worst refurbished train since privatisation

    Keeping with Scotrail. Their 334 saltire interior is a huge improvement from the SPT teal and orange.
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    *Should* Network SouthEast return?

    New York City controlled commuter trains run into to Connecticut (a different state with different laws) without any problem.
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    *Should* Network SouthEast return?

    Britain's rail network has changed a lot and wouldn't fit into the old sectorisation model.
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    TFW Rail Services to be taken in house by Welsh Government

    I'm wondering why the Scottish govt hasn't done this with Scotrail. Instead of faffing around with a public sector bid, they could just bring in an operator of last resort and use covid to keep it in place indefinitely.
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    Class 810 for East Midlands Railway Construction/Introduction Updates

    Aurora Borealis literally means the Northern Lights. But you're right, the Borealis a ship in the Half-Life games.
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    WMTrains livery and station branding

    "West Midlands Railway operated by West Midlands Trains" sounds silly to a ridiculous degree. "ScotRail is operated by ScotTrains" I don't get why the operator's legal name needs to be displayed on the livery at all. Transport for Wales makes no mention of KeolisAmey on their livery. Their...
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    What is your controversial railway opinion/idea?

    Ban the Metro newspaper. It creates so much litter. Pacers should've been turned into Coke cans years ago.
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    Is it a mistake for FTPE to order the 397 / 802 / MK5 trains?

    Traveling on 185s every day is not fun. Especially during rush hour.

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