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I was thinking about Driver Only Operation (DOO) and the DLR sprang to mind. When the computer is driving, you have a single staff member on board, who is safety-critical and responsible for the Platform-Train Interface (PTI or 'doors'). That could be accurately described as Guard-Only...

Currently, the nearest DLR station to the Jubilee line Canary Wharf station is actually Heron Quays — this is signposted inside the Jubilee line station. When it opens, it appears the same will be true of the Crossrail Canary Wharf station and West India Quay DLR station — perhaps requiring...

Having announced that the Jubilee & DLR lines heading south from Stratford would become Zone 2/3 this week, it remained unclear what would happen to the existing Zone 2/3 stations further west. This map seems to confirm that they will remain Zone 2/3 to create an overlapping block of...

I've noticed every M5000 I've been on/near over the past week has (newly, I think) had quite loud rattling & flange-scraping noises coming from the bogies when going around curves. Does anyone know if modifications have been carried out on the fleet (perhaps adjustments to the yaw dampers to...

http://www.nationalrail.co.uk/service_disruptions/77634.aspx It will be interesting to see if any journey times increase once the work is completed and the TSR lifted.

On the 06:35 Manchester-London, 390011 has 1st at the country end. Anbody know why, and where it could have been turned?

I'm looking to go up to Dundee with a friend for a weekend event, on the Saturday and Sunday 16+17 March. I have a 16-25 Railcard, he doesn't. We'd need to get there before midday on the Saturday, and be able to stay late into the evening on the Sunday. Hotel twin room is £32/night ( =...

Does anyone know the actual engineering reason that regularly-used deep-level tube tracks don't have a shiny, polished railhead? Are they made from different materials or is it something in the environment (perhaps also responsible for the distinctive 'tube smell')?

I'm turning 26 in November, and I plan to purchase my last 16-25 Railcard the day before. My query is: can this be one of the three-year ones? (I'm aware that it's wholly against the spirit of the Y—P scheme, but I find it unfair that I can't get a Gold Card just because I happen to live...