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I guess they preferred the black and red livery too

The government can also borrow to fund infrastructure. In Spain, Renfe and Adif are collectively €20bn in debt after building almost 4000km of high speed rail over the last 20 years. This is considered much more acceptable by the markets than borrowing to fund general government spending...

Yes indeed, I guess it'd definitely would need a dive under or two. Also I wasn't sure there was any capacity on the MML slows, anyway, even if you could get on them without conflicts.

It's in the most recent iterations of the Labour Manifesto, seems likely we will have them as at least part of the next government in 2024 or 2025. I know that's no guarantee, but things can change quickly in Westminster when a new lot gets in.

The Thameslink core is already pretty much at its designed capacity, so what paths would you divert away from Bedford/Luton/St Albans in order to send them via the GOBLIN instead? That route is already quite busy, I'm not sure a considerable reduction in services or 4+ trains per hour would be...

Crossrail 2 would have a much better chance of getting to Stansted. If the economic situation improves and we get a future government more willing to invest in infrastructure I think it has a good chance of getting built. It's slated to go to Cheshunt already so some trains could continue to...

Using SDO would kinda defeat the point of creating more capacity at the outer stations. Ya know how you could create more capacity for trains west of Paddington? Close and move Acton Yard, or restrict freight to night operation only.

While the new central London stations have been designed with 11 carriages in mind, most of the stations on the GWML and GEML cannot take an increased length, so the platforms would need further extensions to see much benefit for customers going to the outer stations. But the biggest issue of...

Oh I know, but you're still gonna be sitting on a 345 for all but your 2 minute change at Whitechapel

The reason they did this is because they don't have enough stock to run everything full length. Hence why they are buying these new trains.

Plus these trains will likely service an extension to Thamesmead during their operational lifespan

Maximum journey time on the Met is over an hour, over twice as long as the maximum journey time on the DLR. Same with Elizabeth Line, there are journeys approaching 2 hours, so a smattering of transverse seating is provided for the few trying to travel from Maidenhead to Brentwood or similar.

I look at my phone, the floor, the adverts, down the train, or out a window between two peoples' heads when it's longitudinal seating. It's really not hard to avoid staring directly at the person opposite you. That said I know everyone prefers transverse, but it's not TfL's philosophy for...

Very exciting. Sorry if this has been answered already, but do the new colour light overlay signals incorporate ATP/TPWS or do they have trainstops?

So I was keen to correct my post above, and did a bit of primary research. I know some seat layouts have been altered so this could be outdated, but it does seem that the B9X/B2Ks units have 52 seats per unit (as can be seen here). So yes, 3 unit trains of the stock the new trains are replacing...

Geoff Marshall was there at the press event of course, here's his video walking around the new train. As expected, walkthrough, aircon, USB charger points, transverse seating throughout (except at the very front/back), and some nice real time passenger information display. 1676059179 For...

It's not like a platform is someone's home where children might be touching the floors. They should be considered 'outside' surfaces, as dirty as pavements, which are caked in plenty of nasty stuff. Don't really see that the mice as much of a hazard so long as they don't start multiplying out of...

IanVisits reports: Now planning permission is one thing, Network Rail presumably still own the viaduct and would still need to approve this project and negotiate lease terms. But I wonder, if they were going to object, would they not have done so by now? If NR do allow this, I think that not...

Gah! I don't go to Hayes very often as you can probably tell. Well still, any and all current Cannon Street destinations will be in play for this new route!

It may also divert some Northern/DLR passengers who want to continue their journey westwards on the District Line. Time difference will be pretty marginal but if you walk up to the new entrance and across the road to Cannon Street it may be a far more pleasant experience than squeezing through...