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I still feel it pales in comparison to the likes achieved by Switzerland, Austria, etc. They seem to really just get wayfinding signage. We could absolutely learn a thing or two from their approach. This feels too much like something thrown together to get a consistent look on the cheap, than...

Absolutely fantastic, in my view. I prefer the regional livery to the intercity, although the grey-white appearance on the cover page enhances the intercity livery significantly in my opinion. I’m always hesitant of base white liveries in the UK, given our apparent inability to maintain exterior...

And back in service to Guildford. Bizarre. I wonder why they didn’t just run it in service, express from Chessington North, rather than spend 5 mins or so turfing everybody off?

Seems to be going to London ECS for next allocated working. Lost more time explaining that to everybody & kicking everybody off…..! :lol: Not sure why it didn’t just run express, unless they had to isolate the doors.

Caledonian Sleeper have just posted to Facebook that the station will be closed until at least Monday 16th March. Edit - although post subsequently removed and just changed to a generic timeframe as found elsewhere.

Can always live in hope that they take some inspiration from Morebus and procure some convertible double deck buses. Although not a quick process to switch between open & closed top, it does at least avoid fleet sitting around unused for half of the year.

Back in the day of the “old school” Santa Specials, the SVR ran a 30 minute frequency Kidderminster - Arley on December weekends. It was really quite an impressive operation!

Evening everyone. As part of an upcoming trip, I’m planning on making a journey from Basel to Lake Lucerne. I have both SBB & SP coupons. I think I’ve worked out that SOB operate the IR26 service, and SBB operate the IR27 service. I understand that my SBB coupon would be valid therefore on the...

Hi all, An interesting scenario relating to CrossCountrys strike day next Monday, 25th August. My friend has booked an advance ticket to travel on a XC service from Plymouth-New Street on one of only two services running that day. They’re understandably concerned that they may be unable to...

Yes, fairly sure that GA's 720s operate in this way?

New Street has very recently switched to a policy of 40 seconds before departure for all services. Previously, there was some variation between different rolling stock, so it has been set at 40 seconds consistently, presumably to make things easier to understand for passengers. There has been...

It did originally say 1-2, but I realised I had mistyped and edited not too long before your post. So you may not have misread! :lol: Makes sense, thank you! Curiosity satisfied!

Hi everyone - I’ve been travelling about in Scotland this weekend, and have noticed that during dispatch, there seems to be an exchange of bell buzzer codes between the driver and guard other than the usual 2 & repeat back for ready to start. It sounds something like 2-1, 2-1, then 2 & 2 but I...

I completely agree with this. Yes, it won’t solve the problem everywhere, but it will solve a lot of problems in a lot of places. It’s easy to forget that level boarding doesn’t just benefit those previously needing a ramp to board. It benefits everybody - parents with children, those that...

It might be the plan, but we can hope it doesn’t pan out if there is sufficient backlash!

Gutted if this pans out. The Lands End Coaster is a firm part of our yearly venture to Cornwall, purely because it is open top. It’s far less attractive as a closed top. Seems like an incredibly short sighted and frankly insane decision by First.

Thanks all. It’s Rail Staff Travel that I’ve emailed, after a phone call to them where they advised to email the request last Thursday. The email response is that the request is with the refunds team and it may take up to 28 days to process; but I’ve not had any confirmation of the amount...

Afternoon everyone, Hoping this is a relatively straightforward one, but I can't find a written down answer anywhere for this one. I was booked to travel on the Caledonian Sleeper Fort William - London this Sunday coming (12/1), booked through Rail Staff Travel Online. However, I have now...

I personally suspect that the franchise structure will remain, possibly with some minor reassignment of routes, at least for a significant period of time. Everything else notwithstanding, staff contracts across all grades are now so fragmented (even within existing operators) that any form of...

Eg (re)introducing new services that “cost” money but also generate revenue, and revenue > costs.