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Apologies; I was being facetious. No offense intended. Saying designed to appease accountants (not bean counters) would have been a better and more respectful coin of phrase, but would you not agree that accountants do drive most of the design decisions on today's railway? Regardless, I think...

More expensive to maintain, yes. But the HSTs are cheaper to lease because of their age. Still, it's like comparing a 40 year old Mercedes SEL to a 15 year old Ford Focus. The HST is a vastly superior train to what they are replacing, hands down. Better designed and far more comfortable. As for...

Stylish? You must be joking surely. Voyagers are (in my opinion) one of the worst design of trains ever foisted on the unfortunate traveling public in the UK. Ugly, cramped and smelly, not to mention the constant drone and vibration from those Cummins underfloor engines which is enough to drive...