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Like with @Jamesrob637 post about Favourite non-UK station, I'd also like to explore the non-UK stations that have caused the greatest distaste in our experience. Of the stations I've been to, I haven't found one that enraged me as much as my own country's Oriente Station, in Lisbon. The...

22 new Stadler FLIRT trains for CP Comboios de Portugal Resuming from this topic: https://www.railforums.co.uk/threads/portugal-new-trains-for-cp-comboios-de-portugal.197547/ CP - Comboios de Portugal has signed the contract for 22 new FLIRT 160 EMUs and HMUs with Stadler Rail, kickstarting...

The first high-speed rail line in the UK, connecting London to the Channel Tunnel, has the speed expressed in km/h, the same as in France, where the signalling system is based off. With HS2 being completely within the UK, are the speeds within going to be expressed in MPH or km/h? Supposedly...

Hello Everyone! I knew about these "Mechanical Fuses" that are installed on rolling stock to absorve energy in case of impact, but never got to understand how they look and work. Supposedly they're ment to absorb kinetic energy during impact, breaking itself in the process, but how can a fixed...

Just barely got to speed to what just happened this Friday in Portugal. A Portuguese Alfa Pendular high-speed train collided against a VCC (Overhead Line Inspection Vehicle) at a speed of 118mph just after Soure station. Unfortunately, the accident already claimed the life of two railwaymen...

Hello everyone! First time on this part of the forum. Not really sure if I'm doing this right. Anyway, I'd like to know if there's any information about careers in Design in the manufacture of Rolling Stock. I know that there are design studios that do this job as outsourcing from...

Good evening everyone! Can anyone tell me how you call the small droplets of welding that are made in the groove before a full weld is made, to fix the plates in place? I've been struggling to find the proper verb and name to that technique, which in Portuguese we call literally "Dropping" and...

Hello everyone! On this side of things, the Portuguese rail enthusiasts (myself included) have noticed that B0LEND0's Youtube channel and videos don't show up anymore. Anyone can confirm if the channel was deleted? It seems that the owner of the channel was someone called Bob Lennox. Did...

I'd like to ask if anyone knows of a railway forum from Japan equivalent to RailUKforums. I'm looking for a forum in Japanese, that covers the Japanese railways in general. I've been learning the Japanese language over the past few years. And I'm starting to need to get myself exposed to the...

Source:https://www.jn.pt/justica/infetado-que-fugiu-com-a-mae-tambem-doente-tinha-mandado-para-ser-preso-12041499.html OK, this was uncalled for. It's already hard to deal with the disease the way it is already, and now we also have paranoid people running away as if they are fleeing from...

Good Afternoon everyone! I'm looking for the particular name given to hand cranks that engage and disengage in a way similar to safety handwheels installed in filing cabinets, as in this case. I've found these "Floatable Winch Handles" that look to be similar to what I'm looking for, but...

I decided to create a new thread for the contract to acquire new trains for Portugal, since the refurbishment post was becoming a bit too bloated, and "general country" posts aren't really a thing on this forum... And on that topic of new trains... well... "disaster" struck: Openly...

Does the idiom Giving *someone* the short sleeve actually exist? I had the notion this phrase meant "to ignore" someone, "not paying attention" or "avoid swiftly", like: People went on rally to Downing Street, but the Prime Minister gave them the short sleeve. I tried to look the expression...

I'd like to ask if it's possible to resize a single track tunnel onto a double track, and if this solution is more or less costly than building a second single tunnel parallel to the existing one. I understand that resizing an already existing tunnel is both dangerous and disrupts railway...

I've been looking over the years to make modern photos to look old when turned into Black and White. The simple method is to simply remove completely the saturation of the photo and maybe change the contrast a bit. This method is... OK, but the photos still have that "depth" that good quality...

There's been growing talks over the American Children's Online Privacy Protection Act, or COPPA as most people have been referring to it, as this is going to have a huge impact to several Youtube creators and users, as well as potentially other websites. I believe around our hobby the biggest...

Had trouble last Saturday when I wanted to return from Harrow & Wealdstone to Excel London. There were service disruptions that prevented me from being able to do the journey as initially planned. Fare type was PAYG Oyster Card. Original Plan was to travel through: Harrow & Wealdstone ->...

Been to Frankfurt this week and I can't fandom just how smooth the rails are over there. It's not just the conventional rail that has such a high quality ride. Even the U-Bahn and the Trams have unbelievable smooth tracks. All trains run incredibly stable and silent, like they're running over...

CP - Comboios de Portugal has gone through a lot of changes over the past year. President Carlos Gomes Nogueira has been replaced by Nuno Freitas, managing director of Nomad Tech and a railway enthusiast member of APAC - Associação Portuguesa de Amigos do Caminho de Ferro. It has been made...

One of my friends will be attending MCM London Comic Con next October, but he will remain in the UK for a Google event he was summoned to during the Brexit transition period. With or without a deal, he'll be on visit to the UK as a EU citizen arriving before the deadline and departing...