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When there are materials left there for years it does seem to show the waste of money that the railway can sometimes be. At Poulton le Fylde there were full 1t bags of ballast there for YEARS, slowly being eaten by the undergrowth from the embankment. When the railways are begging for...

I left Blackpool in 2012, but have occasionally travelled there by train since. Last time in 2017, North and South were fine either way and my south ticket worked through north barriers. Enquired about Zero excess years ago and was told not necessary. May have changed since 2017 though as...

No need to add buses to a white list; unless it is a “local” bus lane order. Parking Services would usually just delete the capture before generating a PCN. Plus, if needed, it’s usually just a phone call to them to arrange dispensation for the buses. As for transponders; that’s usually only...

Is there asbestos in ANY UK rolling stock on the mainline now? Given that even asbestos cement (and even fibrous cement, if it cannot be verified) panels are treated as hazardous? Although personally, and without wanting to open a can of worms here, this thread is very much along the lines of...

Their only headline would be “Diana wouldn’t want HS2”

Plenty of ancillary things that could cause an “engine failure” though. Electrics, fuel systems etc etc. The engine platform itself is I should think probably fairly robust, given its pedigree...

Think you’re talking a load of old codswallop there, but hey ho. I’ve not seen anyone wailing about any of the other matters as much as I have with detractors nit picking about Cl230 teething troubles. And for the record, I don’t actually know who this Adrian Shooter is apart from being some...

Sorry, I should have said Sun “news article”.

Plenty of coatings out there that would last longer than the whitewash that’s applied. Self-cleaning coatings, hydrophilic/phobic/TiO2 whatever. Failing that, why not an intelligent spraying lance attached to one of the track recording vehicles or something. After all, track geometry etc is...

Most TPA “reports” read a lot like some cursory Year 9 students school project, without ANY basis in reality. One of their other transport reports - something to do with roads - was as equally fallible when engineering (or even common sense) was applied. They’re usually wittering on about the...

Would it not be easier and cheaper to just have the rail sprayed white at manufacturing? Painting by hand seems an inefficient use of resources.

Doors kept opening on the 155s when they were introduced. Class 70 locos catch fire. Hitachi are replacing their windscreens on the ScotRail stock GWRs IEPs draining air con water in to the passenger cabin. Azumas not working on electric north of York. Class 195 modifications required due...

There are plenty of lines out there where this type of stock would be absolutely ideal for to free up “mainline” units for higher speed, longer distance runs. Just off the top of my head based on experience; Cleethorpes - Barton (2 car) Blackpool South - Preston (3 car) Colne - Ormskirk (3 car)...

The biggest security risk to the railway will of course be from electronic attack from the internet. I was reading an article today about subsidiary device security and how it would only take corruption of sensors or other lower-end devices to cause significant disruption to the larger...

Discussion of national infrastructure and its weaknesses is hardly a security issue. Any reasonably intelligent belligerent is going to be able to work out the simplest ways of causing the most about of damage for the least work. Much of the nations infrastructure is the same. A few critical...

Okay I think there are quite a few missing points in this whole argument regarding guards. Places like Mill Hill (Lancs), Pleasure Beach etc are never going to get DOO or DCO equipment in any of our lifetimes - technology itself will move on beyond that before that happens. DCO will probably...

For SILK you also have to be at a station with an open ticket office, according to VT. Preston AND Man Picc are all closed at that time of night. And it was the 23:00 to Mancs she was trying to get on. She got in to Euston around 22:40 when she called her family. And that’s the point; there...

There’s a police presence at Euston? Then why didn’t gate line direct her to it? The girl isn’t a local to London and being panicked about missing the last train home, probably wasn’t in an entirely rational mood. Yes I’m sure a lot of people try to get out of paying for tickets but this...

To reply, she was borrowing a friends phone I believe. Or someone else’s. Not sure on that one. A lot of the “alternatives” being suggested here are all very well after the fact, but none of them overly helpful with little under 20-odd minutes from getting in to the station and getting on the...

Yes but you’re talking about someone who isn’t as knowledgeable about such things as the folks on this forum. She’s a young lass who has just had all her gear pilfered, not a rail ticketing expert with a cool head. The whole thing just seems unnecessarily officious, esp given the location...