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As we get more and more advanced signalling systems, I wonder if these sorts of issues will become more common and be something we just have to get used to. Clearly from the above story, such issues occur all around the world - and there was the issue on the Northern line not so long ago...

I am sure it was designed just fine and there is something else causing the issue, which needs to be found (and quick) given the repeated instances. This must be the worst possible type of incident that seemingly gets fixed and then fails again. The chaos this is causing is off the charts as...

Which they have to do as they can't run for power on wanting to reduce regulation on businesses, changing tax law, degrading worker rights (and human rights) and do transactional business deals with other nations to feather their own nests. No, you create culture wars and then offer to help.

It's just like the silly forms before these came in, where you had to say you weren't a Nazi or terrorist. Or course today, saying you had connections to the Nazis might be your way of getting in.... I guess the idea is that if something happens when you're in the US, they can potentially look...

From: https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/12/10/2025-22461/agency-information-collection-activities-revision-arrival-and-departure-record-form-i-94-and 1765438693 They're going to be compulsory questions from next year, plus does Donald Trump need to change any laws when he does...

I am sure they're going to be somewhat selective when it comes to enforcement, as I know a lot of people who will be in Las Vegas next month for the Consumer Electronics Show - and many of them have said some rather controversial things about Trump in their personal capacity, and some even in...

Now some more (signalling) problems this morning.

You won't fix the issue of people getting left behind with noise cancelling headphones on/in who don't even notice that everyone else around them suddenly isn't there anymore. Then they moan that there were no announcements....

The broken-down train wasn't moved until around 6am this morning and the up lines were shut until then.

Just as I predicted, Ford has brought back the Fiesta (well, will be doing so in 2028) and in EV form. What I couldn't predict was that it will be built on a Renault platform shared with the Renault 5, although that can't be a bad thing given how great that car is. Smart move on Ford's part as...

That doesn't match my experience, either in the week or at weekends. As Failed Unit says, a lot of people rush off an incoming train on platform 2 to get a Moorgate service on platform 1 (and likewise, many people who got a Moorgate train from a station on the loop will run over to get a train...

I'd say that weekends should probably get the increased frequency before the weekdays, given the rise in leisure travel. With Sunday also seeing the ECML stoppers only running once per hour (bar the morning and evening windows with 2tph), there's a pretty woeful service frequency at stations...

Presumably different hardware vendors, but didn't they have a similar problem on the Northern Line recently where they couldn't find the cause of a problem that affected services for the best part of a week? Wasn't a section of line closed completely?

I assume there are going to be only a handful of liveried trains, akin to other special vinyls, as redoing every train is surely going to cost a fortune if done before they need doing. Likewise rebranding stations, with new paint (many things needing powder coating and not just a tin of Dulux...

Exactly. If we allow a Government to take power that wants to do any of those examples, we're probably all screwed even if we didn't have ID cards. Many countries are moving further to the right and seeing certain people or groups as the problem - and that feeds into the desire to do all sorts...

The time to change to the Elizabeth Line at Moorgate isn't far off what it is at Farringdon, depending on the way you're going. But I wonder how much time is given on journey planners, and if that influences whether it ever shows as an itinerary on planners. Also, there are probably just as...

Heat pumps are extremely efficient and plenty now are capable of delivering high flow temperatures that can negate the need for new pipework or radiator panels (but with a slightly higher cost of course). Storage heaters may suit in some cases depending on tariffs, or perhaps if you have a good...

If people vote Reform, that sort of dystopian future may well become reality. It won't matter if we have digital or physical ID cards already. You're talking about a rogue Government, and the people against ID cards who are also supportive of the likes of Farage (who I have no doubt would U-turn...

It's totally ridiculous. They don't know the meaning of half the words they repeat/share (just look at how everyone became an expert in the word 'sovereignty' during Brexit). They don't know the difference between communism and socialism, nor that Russia and China aren't exactly communist these...

When the core was as good as shut, it impacted a lot of TLGN services because of the way the driver diagrams work. If TfL ran the inners completely independently, I am sure it would have been able to continue running as near as normal. However, other types of infrastructure issues causing...