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I think diversionary routes will become more used, not read it yet but there's an article in rail on this exact subject, but as trains get fuller at weekends buses become less and less practical to move sufficient numbers of people. Full 10 to 12 coach trains taking 700 passengers, probably...

It's difficult for the RMT to support its members when for years the role of the guard has been surplus to requirements on many services, it's a bit like arguing for manned level crossings with automatic barriers. The thought process is 'we need a guard to protect our members, now think of a...

Back in the 80s and before, basically someone would appear on site, walk around and say the train derailed, right guys lets get on with the clear up. Now you go the collection of every measurement known to man, did the driver sneeze at 3 or 4 of clock, where every passenger sat on the...

Sorry I meant the TOC cancelling the service not the passenger

I really think it needs to be rethought though now it's not private operators losing money, generally schemes like this is only an incentive if the company losing the money can do anything about. Not to go too far off topic but I think it's similar to the fines handed out to water companies...

Working in the IT industry, all businesses have business continuity plans as I'm sure cross country have but ask anyone who actually does the job how practical they are, you'll get some interesting answers. I agree there should be backup plans but we should not sit in our ivory towers and...

This is always underrated the number of passengers the railways shift in one service, in any London terminal each train is bringing in about 800 passengers on average (I would guess including InterCity services being the average down compared to commuter) during morning peak, imagine trying to...

GBR Stansted Express going to Norwich or Stansted depending on the time lol

Not just Lumo here, as others have pointed out, but the use of 'fault with the toilets' is unlikely to be true, the toilets are likely to be working as designed i.e. lock out of use when full - the alternative would be extremely unpleasant! Its extremely poor that Lumo sent a Train out...

I really do question the reliability of the toilets across the network, mostly I suspect it's not being emptied frequently enough/missing overnight when short staffed - not just a lumo issue. I've been on trains with 2 or 3 non working toilets at 7am come straight from the depot/ overnight...

Although really good news, I'm not sure it can be applied to the rest of the country in regards to nationalisation, the Scottish government has invested in more services and pushed hard for that, that's not what the agenda is in England - probably the polar opposite

Too many regional services are too short for demand at the moment, but because of the not ordering diesel bi modes and waiting for battery policy, there's little chance of that changing for a while. EMR are particularly stock constrained across their network

Sadly I agree

It seems an opportunity fix a larger problem (but the money isn't there) once and for all, get Stadler to quote for the retrofit of Stansted Express units to IC standard fit plus 5 more ordered to get 1 harmonised fleet that actually covers both diagrams and removes a lot of operational headaches

It's often a case of there's not a right or wrong answer, someone getting hit by a train is a fact and happens far too often on the network unfortunately. One of my pet hates is always when there's an incident, the first press report is 'passengers are complaining there's no information’, no...

That's the challenge they face at the moment and I can't see that changing for another 5 to 10 years until they're due overhauls and refurbs and the current situation becomes even more unsustainable

It's always a bit of a nonsense anyway unless there's a genuine issue, often it's to find an excuse for 'we've messed up' i.e. not enough train crew/trains/missed problems in maintaining trains or infrastructure, the risk is always too much detail leads to incorrect information anyway. I'm not...

Its always an issue, once the die was cast a few years ago (too ambitious with new stock introduction as has happened to many operators), EMR are just left to pick up the pieces. Remember back when Greater Anglia we're introducing the Stadler and to a lesser extent the 720s and look now at...

In the 745s case the transition to the new identity will be very gradually as they have no spares to take out of service for a pain job

I'd argue the answer is no, the UK has a lot of very intensively used lines that have their own purpose but on most main lines you have mixture of commuter, intercity and freight. Growing up it used to be the ECML, especially during GNER era with the first class offering with people getting...