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Unsurprising really. Like humans, you can overwork equipment for a while, but not for ever.

I don’t know why the services are cancelled but all of these could be ongoing issues resulting from the heat: 1) staff absence. 2) quantity of unserviceable units 3) infrastructure issues - though unlikely to be the case here as other services are running. My point is that knock-on effects don’t...

Interesting to know what would have happened if the post code system ( and the centralised sorting that it accompanied) had been delayed by about 10 years so that the Waverley Route serving the Tweeddale postal area was already closed. Given that TD1 1AA is in Galashiels, I assume that's where...

I would agree that there is no justification for TfW basing its priorities on which services are actually in Wales or not. However - to say it should be providing an equal service to all parts of the network is also at best a matter of dispute. If they know that they are going to be unable to...

And it is of course useless if there's nothing to join to (ie your branch with through London service justifies 4 coaches only - thus only utilising 1/3 of the capacity of a path onward into London - but all the other trains are already full length and basically need to be). Adding coaches at...

This is a key element - I think it is the Hungarian railway timetable where the "guaranteed skeleton service" is indicated in the PDF timetable. I've never been quite sure whether the symbol is a snowflake or a blazing sun, but the message is the same - this is the basic service which will be...

Or a few yards south of Belgrave & Birstall, which is what it actually “replaced”

I would dare to suggest that a) we have generally much higher line speeds and service frequencies (and therefore more continuously welded rail and b) have a tougher safety regime. Apologies if any Slovaks wish to take issue.

Similarly Keynsham (though It’s just a quirk rather than an anachronism). Part of Bath and North East Somerset but with Bristol dialling and post codes.

Though I suspect that the true bottlenecks may well be further out than places like that.

And the cold, of course ;though being on the outside of the glass they are less good at that - especially if metal.

Good luck with that. Reduce it and its impact, yes, but until we render ourstt er lives completely redundant there will always room for human error somewhere in a process.

Not necessarily practical in existing buildings - but is it time to mandate external shutters on new buildings- either simple French style louvres or German style rollers (which are no doubt more expensive but can be operated from inside. They don’t help counter high air temperatures like we’ve...

True - though it would probably be November by the time the application came up!

Would still need listed building consent (not saying it wouldn’t or shouldn’t be granted)

If we’re talking about Shrewsbury - Birmingham, BBC says it’s currently 32 degrees - which may be nothing compared with yesterday but it’s hardly “normal”

My guess would be anticipated shortage of serviceable trains after heat damage combined with expected high demand on more “touristy” routes, coupled with relative ease of providing an RRB service. Another “damned if you do (cancel something to give you wriggle room); damned if you don’t (and...

Though the last advertised train should run at almost all costs (I would take “advertised” as meaning “shown as running at the point tickets went on sale for the date concerned”.)

As I understand it, tge issue with the trains is not so much the absolute temperature as the difference between the actual temperature and the normal range for which it was designed (the same applying to extreme winter conditions). To a certain extent the same will apply to staff as well (I...

Some TOCs are saying almost exactly that (couched in slightly different language of course). I think anyone who is travelling in the affected area and finds the experience suboptimal is in no position to say they weren’t warned. OK, that’s of little consolation if you genuinely had to travel...