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Hmmm now there is an interesting point. I wonder whether the providers of the hydrogen would prefer to continue to sell at spot price or enter into what is effectively a Government backed contract for, lets say, 15 years. That is an awful lot of certainty and so the spot price (or price of...

Thanks for those replies. I wonder if it is possible to transport the hydrogen safely and economically from a railhead close to the chemical works to nearby depots by specially manufactured hydrogen holders on wheels. If this could be done at night with a revolving supply, I wonder what...

Do the ORR and Unions not come in at the design and mock-up stage, VR and simulator stage to approve train designs? If not, how silly. Clearly It is feasible that some problems would only emerge under test. However, with all the modern tools to visualise designs, this sort of thing should not be...

I note the proposed test routes are near chemical works. Let's say that goes well. Does anybody have any idea how much hydrogen these plants could theoretically provide? If you could theoretically power a decent proportion of the northern fleet, I wonder how feasible it might be to transport...

A series of thoughts leading to a conclusion that I would be interested in your opinion on: -Northern seem to be making a complete hash of the refurbishments. Being charitable they have to refurbish one of the oldest and most mixed fleets in the country. Newly arrived cast-offs from various...

Are the wires at Velim quite high compared to the UK standard?

Agreed on the carpet. I am not sure why Northern find it so impossible to match a carpet colour to a seat colour. Somebody may need to go to Specsavers. Reports on other threads of the flat cloth on the 800's not performing well in terms of stains etc. As for the 158 refurb, I think SWR...

Good article in Rail Engineer. The punchline is basically that Grayling's delay tactic on platforms 15/16 is nonsense. https://www.railengineer.uk/2018/09/03/digital-delusion-a-lesson-from-not-so-long-ago/

I hope no taxpayers money was spent on an exit that doesn't go into the Airport and can't be used by people with non-paper tickets - which will be the majority of people before too long. I am constantly confused as to how they managed to design Gatwick station to be so awful in terms of...

I am sure I have read somewhere of extensive cellars under Victoria. I would have thought the best phase 1 development opportunity that would also be great for passengers would be to open up an undercroft to take passengers straight from the higher numbered platforms to the underground station...

That is interesting, is it the same pattern? I have also noticed some sort of interim plain material - again that seems like a giant waste of money. Why not wait until you have a final design and prove the product is good enough? I am trying not to type arse and elbow but it difficult...

Here are my photos of the 'new' seat covers on my recent Southport trip. Absolutely filthy and covered in stains. I will be emailing the DfT and TfN later today. If other see the same evidence this material is seriously not fit for purpoae - I suggest you do the same. What an incredible waste...

I believe there is a review going on at the moment about whether to reorganise the fares so that there is less disparity. I think the target is to make any proposal revenue neutral over all. Let's take the Leeds-London for example, how would people feel if we ended up with something like: All...

It doesn't help that on the quieter trains they still bunch up all the reservations. When people get on they often see this and decide to spread out - but if the train then gets busier over the route it all falls apart. Again, not rocket science - just allocate all but one full carriage as...

Totally agree with the OP. I use the trains a lot. If you are going to reserve most of the train then you don't charge last minute folks the same as a flight to New York. Simples. To make matters worse - I think I am right in saying that there are no plugs in the buffet carriage. Isn't it...

I travelled on a refurbished unit last week. It was fine, if that. The two biggest problems - the hideous engine noise and the material they have used on the seat coverings. On the engines I presume we are just ignoring that in the current programme and so passengers are stuck with something...

Hi, I am using the lowland at the end of August. I presume there is no chance of this being new stock?

Can somebody please remind me what the current estimated cost for platforms 15/16 is and how much has been spent to date? I am at the stage where I do not believe that any of NR's costings are anywhere near optimised and think a major change is required in how these projects are procured. NR...

Eurostar needs to be careful. My last few journeys have been poor. The check in is a mess - if you turn up 35 minutes before you will find yourself worrying you are not going to get through security. The staff are not really up to it and often rude and just chatting among themselves (not all...

As an northerner living in London to help sort these southerners out, I am back up north regularly for work (real work southerners, not speculation based betting that damages the real economy). I have been through Manchester travelling to Liverpool Lime Street, Manchester Airport, Leeds etc...