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There was some unofficial acceptance via Westbury - my dad was trying to get back to Salisbury from London at about 6:30. They got as far as Woking, and then returned to Waterloo. He ended up on the 20:03 to Plymouth out of Paddington, and got off at Westbury as that's not too awkward from their...

If LNER are making the DfT money, then investing further in them would hopefully make the DfT *more* money. When under OLR control, the ECML has been quite profitable. The question is whether the investment in extra rolling stock will be offset with the increase in passenger revenue possible...

Is coach A not a driving car on an Adelante?

Aren't both the 373 and 374 effectively half-sets for tunnel evacuation? The idea being that everyone can move into the rear half if the front half is disabled for evacuation. And there's someone else who's trained to drive in the rear cab just in case. Or have these rules been relaxed? Would...

No need to replace the Desiros any time soon. They have a *lot* of life left in them. The 159s... not so much. They need a replacement ordering fairly soon. It'll have to be a bi-mode, given decarbonisation efforts, and I think adding some extra units to replace the 458s could make sense, if the...

If you were a marginalised member of that 'niche, tiny demographic' then you might think otherwise. Try other people's shoes sometimes, it's eye opening. Anyway - Kudos to SWR for their inclusivity! I think it looks good and is a nice way to show inclusivity across all people who work on SWR...

I think someone said that they come out, touch the platform edge, then pull back by a cm or two? If the step doesn't hit something, it just goes all the way. Might have been on one of the other threads about the Greater Anglia Flirts or maybe the Merseyrail 777s.

There's a lot of people who will take the direct option without the change, especially those travelling on holiday when changing trains with luggage is a hassle- north Wales is a common tourist destination for those with young kids and also those who are older and perhaps less able to easily lug...

Would 140 mph Hitachis running on HS2 to Crewe to then head to Wales play havoc with the pathing, or would it be OK? Might be a good option. Presume they're ETCS 'ready'?

I'm dyslexic and I'm a doctor. I know quite a few neurodivergent doctors too- one person who has Autism Spectrum Disorder is very high up in the BMA and has been interviewed on TV regarding the junior doctor strikes even. With the right teaching, bright people with these conditions can achieve...

The way that the 222 (and Voyagers) have a film coating on the glass that stops RF, such as mobile phone signals. Nothing to do with preventing people being ejected in an accident - other trains have the same requirements but don't block your phone signal. But yes, chronic corrosion is a...

I could see a 'stopping services only' ticket being a good idea. A London-Manchester ticket that's valid on LNR, TfW, and Northern services for example, or @miklcct 's Peterborough to London on Great Northern/ThamesLink. Plenty of people will chose the slow route to save some cash, I certainly...

Not sure that it's just the railways they don't care about anymore.... but that's for another topic. Would the owners of these units not be willing to invest a little towards it, enough to cover the TMS and tilt deactivate? It's got to be better for them than having them sat around off-lease...

Agreed - but I just realised reading @plugwash's post - the higher the number, the more interesting the train! Nova 1 is just yet another Hitachi 80X - they're everywhere. Nova 2 is a unique 125mph EMU, but there are other 125mph EMUs. Nova 3 is a weird push-pull diesel loco hauled set unlike...

Albert Bridge though is short enough that replacing the gensets in the 802s with batteries would work fine if they're on 25kV the rest of the journey. Same idea with the Welsh 756s running through awkward tunnels in the Valleys.

I wonder if it means they can eliminate a yaw damper somewhere? Like with the 458s, which had the yaw damper removed when they were re-geared to 75?

This would be lovely, but also a health and safety nightmare! :lol:

A Tesla supercharger definitely needs a lot more than 15 minutes for a full charge. The quoted times are normally 10-80% charging, and I think the fastest charging cars out there (the Hyundai/Kia e-GMP cars, like the Ioniq 5 and EV6) take about 20 mins on the right charger to hit that - the...

It's not far by the looks of things- would be a sensible little bit of infill but I would imagine that with a fully charged battery it wouldn't cause too much issue. Being a short distance it would probably only require diesel on the uphill direction too! I get the impression that making...

The 777s have full level boarding don't they? They have the same 75mph top speed as the Networkers, and are very much designed for high capacity operations. The door layout/coach lengths etc probably wouldn't fit for SE, but they do show that you can have a metro train with level boarding. The...