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Thing is, the 455s were headed for scrap, so the farewell tour really was towards rhe end of their life. There is still the possibility at this stage that they could go somewhere else.

My PHEV has a range of 30 miles. That's about a tenth of the range of a full EV. So why should I pay half the rate of an EV, should it not be a tenth? How can the government determine how much distance I cover on full electric vs hybrid mode or self charging mode? Additionally, about 20% of my...

Which I guess is why they are being stored at SWR facilities. The early termination of the lease will probably cost the same as paying the remainder of the lease (same as coming out of a phone contract early), so at least storing on their own turf won't incur charges whilst not paying for...

And that is a great summary. First it was the EU. We left that, and nothing good has come of it, so now they move onto 'immigrants". Nobody is arguing that illegal crossings are a good thing. I would like to see them end, and the gangs behind them dismantled. Nobody is arguing that high streets...

To rehash something that's often said: In the UK we don't vote for a Prime Minister. We never have done. We vote for a local MP, and the party with the largest number of MPs gets the right to choose a PM. It annoys me every time there's whining about a general election when there's a change of...

There is a subset of people, both on the left and the right, that get all hot under the collar when the BBC doesn't agree with their extreme points of view, and start shouting bias.

Escaped Puma, Chessington North. 22 minutes late.

The licence fee is flawed, but at the moment I can't think of a better alternative. Adding to general taxation would be hugely unpopular, as would an Internet tax to fund it. Subscription is a non starter, the whole point of public service broadcasting is that it's the home of stuff that isn't...

I live within 6 miles of the New Forest fire. The perma-thick are still having BBQs and camp fires despite many local media warnings, signs etc, two BBQs in the open have caused additional fires this week. I think the sledgehammer approach was needed to focus some minds.

Didn't want to clog up any of the rail disruption threads with this. Am I alone in really hating the phrase 'sorry for any inconvenience caused"? I find it utterly meaningless filler-speak when an organisation is compelled to say something to its customers/users. It seems to be a catch all...

There is no mystery. There is a maintenance backlog as described in the 701 thread, and also units stuck the wrong side of the Clapham Yard derailment.

Are we all ready for the eclipse? I fundamentally won't trust any eclipse glasses bought online, so I'll be pinhole projecting the sun onto white card. There are various social media posts claiming that you can use a welding mask to view the sun. This is untrue, and an unsafe thing to do.

The landline based Internet isn't worth having. Half the village has fibre, but not us, due to "difficulties". I'm using an all you can eat data French SIM from free.fr, so no worries about allowances. I won't on principal due to Musk's involvement Interesting thought. The only reason I...

A little background: I have a share in a second home in France, and the Internet connection is woeful (about 256k on a good day) However we are fortunate enough to have a stonkingly good 5g signal on one side of the house. I am currently hotspotting from my phone, but the WiFi signal is...

Wasn't it said a while ago that individual operating units of DfTO had to earn the right to use the GBR name and livery? Has that been quietly forgotten? On a slightly different subject, there is a big electronic poster ad for GBR at Tiverton Services on the M5 at the moment (next to Tiverton...

It'll probably end up like the 455 rundown. No booked work for several weeks, but dragged out on an ad hoc basis to cover shortfalls.

Do you include Woking bay stoppers as suburban? So we have now reached the point where the 458 fleet is being retired, and there are no 450s on the suburban side. I presume the 701/5s once introduced will see off the 450s from the Windsor & Reading side. Are there that many mainline 450 run...

Sounds.like the names of ITV regions. Actually that may work, we could have Central, Granada, TVS and Tyne Tees amongst others.

If I'm correct, I think this means that the only non 701 services on the mainline suburban side are a handful of Woking bay stoppers and Guildford via Cobhams. Pretty much the situation we had back in the day with 455s and VEPs.

I seem to remember the Mid Hants experimenting with something similar, using a Parry People Mover from Four Marks to Alton. Not sure if any services ever ran.