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I've been thinking, given the improvement in commuter stock verses the intercity now going DMU/EMU, is there anything other than the way the interior is spec'd that says that's an InterCity or that's a regional express or that's a commuter train?

Did I notice that GA sent 2 745s at 7:00 to London to make capacity for the cancelled earlier in the morning.. unusual if they did as opposed to cancelling the return diagram.

Why is it that they fill the station with pretty much irrelevant information all the time, from the arrival of the train to the departure. Stand back from the platform edge, let passengers off the train first, mind the doors etc. irrelevant for most people Yesterday I was standing on the...

Does anyone know where the idea for this came from and the benefit it's supposed to have? Admittedly today was the first I'd heard of it but I cannot see why a town the size of kings Lynn would warrant 2 stations and there's not going to be an increase in services as they have to go through Ely...

Past 3 to 4 weeks I've noticed the peak GEML Norwich trains have gone from comfortably full ( everyone getting a seat although not many spare) to full and standing now, I put it down to Easter holidays but this week again full and standing. Also looking across at the other GEML trains leaving...

I know there would be many challenges on capacity through the Elizabeth line tunnels and you can change at Stratford/Liverpool street but I was just thinking you could path a 755 for example to give direct links to Colchester/Ipswich etc.

With the ambition to get more freight on the railways, more Felixstowe freight services will be wanted along with faster passenger in the future, capacity will become a bigger issue than it is now. What options are there, will we see more passing loops and reduced headway. For the distance...

I'm expecting more stories of overcrowding and talk of revenue gaps to quietly being dropped as it won't be the experience of the average person on the railway travelling in empty trains anymore so will become a harder argument for reducing services

Given the increasing numbers of passengers and reductions in capacity over 22/23, next year hopefully the narrative will change back to creating more capacity not less.

I noticed not only Jamie Burles confirmed premiums going to treasury and 104% revenue in monetary terms excluding inflation, he also talks about replace the 755s with a Stansted express unit on the IC run for extra capacity which to me implies 720s will be used frequently on the Stansted run...

These are fix to a train for a discount on the turn up and go ticket prices, historically I guess the train could theoretically have been increased in length if the advanced tickets filled up the train. What advantage does the TOC get to offer them at a discount these days as we know the train...

I don't think I've ever done that before, I know it's a frequent occurrence at the bigger stations but never Norwich before!!!

Moderator note: Split from https://www.railforums.co.uk/threads/db-class-90-updates.243097/page-3#post-6412271 Swapping locos is a pain all round, it would have to be a substantial saving to make it worth while, for the life of me I can't see why electrification of Felixstowe branch hasn't...

Given the peak trains are fairly busy at the moment while a number of people are on holiday, I've been thinking commuting September/ October times will be packed Tuesday/Wednesday/Thurs as I expect another push from employers to get people back in the offices at least 2 days a week. Is anyone...

I stood at Norwich station the other day and thought all this noise about ticket offices, currently there's the ticket office that I can't remember the last time I saw anyone in, the open air customer information desk then the glass customer service office. Do we seriously need all 3, seems...

It never occurred to me until last night the intercity on the GEML is every 30 mins pretty much all day except 19:00ish train doesn't exist, 18:30 then 19:30. I assume operational reasons as to why it doesn't, just seemed odd (and slightly inconvenient as that would have been the ideal time for...

Be interesting to know which ones are and should/ could they get more commercial freedom

Does that phrase on tickets really annoy anyone else. What is any permitted route, how do you find out what routes you can take? I find it a nebulous phrase to cover anything and everything.

I was wondering if the present driver shortage might lead to an opportunity for rail freight companies to take some of the load.

Leisure travel at the moment id guess but interesting to see after the bank holiday if loadings dramatically increase