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Is there a genuine risk of this getting out of hand and becoming an actual third world war? My main concern is China seeing the world being busy trying to de-escalate this conflict, plus Russia’s war in Ukraine as an excuse to try and invade Taiwan. I definitely think though that cooler heads...

Watching live coverage on the BBC website, looks like missiles are starting to be shot down over Jersualem while Iran have said they are not launching further strikes https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/world-middle-east-68737710 I would provide a source for the missiles over Jerusalem, but it...

I think for a lot of people (myself included), it is a particularly scary time, because the thought of a global war has been too far fetched, as the vast majority of us weren't alive during WW2. Whenever WW3 is mentioned people automatically go to the nuclear weapons tactic, which I agree...

Something occurring? Jordan has temporarily closed its airspace. https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/jordan-temporarily-close-airspace-state-media-says-2024-04-13/ There does seem to be some truth to it as several flights to Amman have diverted to places like Athens, Larnaca or Doha, or...

I recall prior to COVID that the evening Inverclyde service was roughly 3tph. XX:06 Gourock XX:36 Wemyss Bay XX:50 Gourock (Semi-Fast) This is definitely a good upgrade because any Inverclyde services I see now seem to be very well loaded.

I believe that ‘9’ is also used on the ECML to help distinguish Thameslink services bound for the core from other traffic into King’s Cross.

I've attached some screenshots to show you what I mean. Half of the seats in Coach D are blanked out (like they would be if reserved), same with Coach C. So I wonder if this will be akin to what LNER do with Coach C on their Azuma sets, in which half of it is available for last minute...

Pretty odd lettering in terms of coaches. It's a bit strange how it goes coaches A, B, C, D then K, followed by L, M, N, P and bounces back to J. I thought they would've kept the lettering similar to the 221s (A, B, C, D, E, G, H, J, K, L). It tells me I am unable to reserve a seat in Coaches...

Surprisingly, Euston seems to be working quite well today. The platforms are being announced in good time, without much of a scrum. Things seem civilised.

Sod’s law would have it that my planned train was cancelled, and the alternative is operated by an unrefurbished 390002. One thing I will miss about the Virgin interior is the rather warm ambience, even though the interior is dated, the lighting is pretty soft and relaxing (especially when some...

Usually if you want to check loadings, you can just make a dummy booking via their website (do all the booking but don’t go to the payment page). Re catering, Avanti stopped the at-seat order quite a while ago. They claim to have click and collect which never ever seems to work, so it’s always...

Seems to be busier on certain trains compared to others. The 05:33 ex Glasgow seems to have a good amount of reservations a week before, with most of the single seats gone. One of which was even full in SP when I looked at booking it.

When I first moved to Edinburgh I found the whole procedure took some getting used to, being somewhere where the buses board at the same time (and depart depending on whoever finished first). I'm used to it now and it was definitely bizarre at first, but sometimes it still feels like it takes...

If they were to consider Queen Street as their terminus, one of the difficult days would be on a Saturday when the e2g is at it's full fifteen minute frequency. Even then on a weekday it would still be difficult as I'm pretty sure the weekday paths still exist for the XX:00 and XX:30 departures...

A way they could avoid the competition with Scotrail between Edinburgh and Glasgow is marking Edinburgh as pick up only, because I don't think Lumo would be interested in Glasgow - Edinburgh passengers filling their trains up. If they were to run into Queen Street instead of Central, and if...

I wonder if some of these services fill up a bit more in FC midweek, because of the combination of WFH and Office-working. I'm not entirely sure what days are more popular for commuting to the office now, but I don't think Monday would be one of them?

One thing I have noticed is that on certain services, Standard Premium does not exist on them due to them effectively being at peak times. These are Southbound - 04:28 Glasgow Central - Euston 06:31 Manchester - Euston 06:55 Manchester - Euston 07:15 Manchester - Euston 06:43 Liverpool -...

Some services seen today definitely seemed to be much busier. The 15:50 Edinburgh to Glasgow Central via Carstairs (3 car only) had a lot of standees when I passed it at Carstairs, while my train (15:42 Glasgow to Edinburgh) was very light loaded (although it was a 6 car!) There was also quite...

They definitely do seem to be trying to encourage people into the RAF. I keep seeing adverts on social media and YouTube plus television about roles in the army. Wonder if this is to try and increase the amount of people in the armed forces.

It’s definitely getting me worried. Although it’s mostly scaremongering and bluster (people on TikTok are having a field day with it), it just seems like too much is going on now for there not to be a conflict. Most of the stories are likely words being misinterpreted, but the fact that all...