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On most trains outside of peak hours, passengers seem to stay fairly near the entrance to the station, meaning some doors are very busy, whereas others further away from the entrance are much less busy. Gatwick is the most extreme example I can think of, but it seems to happen at most...

Is anyone else worried by the fact that there currently seem to be very few orders for new rolling stock? In the five years from 2022 to 2026 (inclusive), we've had the following come into service: 99, 196, 197, 230, 231, 398, 701, 730, 756, 777, 805, 807 and 810. In the five years from 2027 to...

HS2 admits it got its numbers wrong as Birmingham train depot let at more than three times original £250m budget HS2 has finally signed the contract to build Washwood Heath depot - I wonder how long that will take to build!

I can't see another thread on this, so just wondering if there's been any short-term impact on rail usage due to higher fuel prices since the start of March?

Trains introduced since 2010 have been required to have increased safety and accessibility features such as automatically opening doors and disabled toilets in each carriage, meaning that (while these things are obviously a good thing overall) the introduction of these trains didn't increase...

HS2 have said that they are focusing civils work on a 50 mile section between Washwood Heath and Wendover, so that tracks/signals etc can start construction and then testing can begin earlier on that section. HS2 marks a year of progress ahead of major reset What do people think will be the...

Once the HS2 connection to the WCML at Handsacre opens, Colwich Junction will become a key bottleneck as the HS2 trains to Scotland & the north of England plus existing trains will all still have to go through the junction. There have been threads already about remodelling the junction, using...

As long as I can remember, XC services have always been overcrowded. Has that changed with the arrival of the ex-Avanti 221s or is it as bad as ever? In particular, are more services now made up of coupled units?

mods note - split from this thread As in a WMR service from Birmingham to Manchester Airport?

Anyone know when the Leeds to York section will be ready for electric trains to run? I'm wondering if the Leeds to York via Cross Gates service can be run by EMUs anytime soon

Will all future orders be for at least bi-modes, or will Northern/GWR/someone else order more DMUs? (I'm excluding locos from this question as they seem more likely to need diesel)

According to Rail Technology Magazine, full construction will only start in early 2026 - how long do people think it will take to build the (four platform) station? HS2 Solihull: 15 Bridge Beams Installed at Interchange Station

Are there any plans for EMR to get replacements for the 158s and 170s? If not, will they have to wait for cascaded 170s from Northern (from 2030 onwards!) to replace the 158s or are there other units which might be going spare?

Once HS2 Phase 1 opens I have done a quick calculation of fare income from Old Oak Common. I think there should be 6tph, of which 3 will be 200m sets and 3 will be 400m sets The former will have 500 seats and the latter 1,000, so that's 4,500 seats per hour in each direction, 9,000 per hour in...

Do people expect that once HS2 opens to Old Oak Common that the overcrowding will get a bit better? Or will the extra people on the services that use the freed-up capacity more than compensate for fewer long-distance passengers?

Once HS2 Phase 1 opens, there should be a lot more capacity at Euston for services to Chester, Shrewsbury & North Wales. Are there enough Class 805s to take advantage of this, or will they continue to run the existing service but just with fewer delays? Furthermore, what do you think they should...

Anyone know how many 221s are remaining with Avanti and when the remaining ones will transfer across? According to the 805 thread, all booked services will be 805s from December, so presumably they will have transferred by then. (I did search for a thread on this topic but could only find...

According to the MML electrification thread, there were surveys done of Nottingham station in preparation for possible electrification. If this was done, what improvements could be made to MML services? Could we see the extension of the Connect services up to Nottingham, or at least Leicester...

As I understand it, tracklaying will not start on HS2 until all the civils work (except for the stations) is complete. I haven't seen anything due to finish after 2025 - is that right and what will be the last piece of civils work to be completed?

Apologies if there is another similar thread, but does anyone know roughly when the next stages of construction will start? With tunnelling planned to finish in 2024, will tracklaying start then as well, followed by the overhead wires and signals, or will there be a delay before it starts?