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As always with Trampower it difficult (but fascinating) trying to determine from an outsider's perspective whether the enthusiastic press coverage is an accurate representation of how likely the project is to actually get built. On the one hand, Professor Lewis has managed to prove the concept...

As a frequent visitor to Leeds, I think one of the city's strengths is the relatively comprehensive suburban rail system. The electrified Aire Valley lines are particularly impressive. I wonder whether it would be better for the PTE to invest in expanding, upgrading and electrifying the suburban...

When are the Mk3s expected to put in another appearance? And on what route?

Similarly, the ferries in Sydney were outstanding when I used those a couple of years ago. A really comprehensive system, well integrated with other local transport modes and operated with extreme professionalism. I think that ferry operations in the UK are too thin on the ground for their...

Does anyone know how many people (if any) SYPTE has working on the tram train project, and what their roles are? I'd be interested in finding out whether the PTE has any plans - or even the capability in terms of personnel to make any plans - to expand routes covered by tram trains in South...

Of course - we didn't have a car at the time so I regularly had the pleasure of travelling on all sorts of first generation stuff. That first impression of the Pacers was basically a straight comparison by my seven year old self with the Class 108s that used to hang around Sheffield before the...

That's the thing about Pacers. They weren't just cheap. They were almost malevolently, deliberately bad - born of a desire to punish people who chose or had to use public transport; or (even worse) appease governmental paymasters who wanted to punish those who used public transport. Of course I...

That seems a real shame. After a couple of great journeys from Hull to Zeebrugge and Rotterdam, I started casting around for other destinations that I could reach by ferry from Yorkshire. I was really keen on Germany or Scandinavia, and went from being dejected when I realised I'd missed...

Useable luggage space, and by that I mean a van or luggage compartment containing cycle racks. No one wants to go to the station not really knowing whether there will be space for their luggage on the train, and i) waiting for other people to stuff their bags into already full racks; or ii)...

Leeds on 28th September. It looked very shiny.

The fact that new and recently built trains still do not include sensibly thought out cycle storage is just another way that the railways are utterly failing to respond to the needs of their customers. As a passenger, I don't want to be sharing space with bikes and in particular, I don't want to...

I desperately wanted this thread to be about some sort of epic battle between Pacers that are also Transformers.

That will make a great photograph if so.

It seems short sighted for the junction to not allow trains to exit towards Maltby.

A bit of digging on Youtube, and here she is: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xbbIhZAkpiU

I think part of the challenge here is going to be building a railway which is of comparable quality as a visitor attraction to the Ffestiniog - otherwise why would you bother riding on it? - but sufficiently different to ensure that it does not alienate the Ffestiniog or find itself competing...