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It's also really poor that NRE - which is not only the face of Britain's railways to prospective passengers, but also the place you are supposed to go if you are an existing passenger needing information in disruption - has a load of tacky third-party banner ads all over the place. If I came...

Out of curiosity how does selling a bus without tyres physically work? Does the buyer have to arrange to have their own tyres fitted on the seller's premises?

Ironing boards in a Pendolino. You heard it here first!!

This is interesting information, thank you. Regardless of whether the lift is electrically isolated, I do think the inspection should be recorded as downtime if it occurs while trains are running. The effect on passengers is the same regardless of why the lift is out of use, after all.

This makes me wonder if there have ever been trains that used carpet for the toilet...

Now I think of it, I'm a bit sceptical of the lifts that apparently have 100% availability for weeks on end, since most large machinery requires routine inspections and servicing that takes the equipment out of service, at least for a brief time. Are lifts an exception to this? Can the required...

Are stations unusual for having so few lifts for the amount of traffic? Shopping centres tend to have multiple lifts dotted around so if one isn't working you will easily be able to find another. The new bus station in Stockport has two lifts between the concourse and the roof garden, and a...

That is the case on every train though! Unless both sets of doors open, how are passengers supposed to board?

I don't think I understand what you mean, sorry. The 745's seating areas are separated from the exterior doors by means of an interior door and partition.

The Norwich 745s have partitions and sliding doors to make proper vestibules, which is not the case on 755s nor I believe the Stansted 745s

For this thread, "Sprinter" excludes classes 158 and 159. Probably not technically correct, but they are a rather different beast from the earlier 15x so my question doesn't really apply to them. A common criticism (with which I agree!) of Pacers and Sprinters is that the underfloor engines...

The Norwich trains aren't "regional stock". They've got vestibules, first class, a buffet counter, and the same seat design as the 810. I don't understand why people keep saying this sort of thing. How can we say any alternative bidder wouldn't have had similar issues? IIRC Bombardier's bid...

Thanks everyone who has provided input on why this route exists. I think it's rather good that such a route is still hanging on, and indeed being improved. Presumably the 35A was numbered as such to indicate a variant of a 35 - what was the 35? Also do you happen to know the date of that...

Of course, configuring their software in a way that prevents them from complying with a contractual obligation cannot absolve them of said obligation!

Also if you are booking on a mobile phone the option to change which TOC it sends you to is hidden for some reason unless you click a little icon at the bottom of the screen. I bet lots of passengers don't even realise they have a choice. I didn't until I tried the same operation on desktop...

Yes, that's what I was getting at with my complaint about "lack of granularity" above. Even if you could fiddle the URL it would hardly be reasonable to expect the passenger to do that! Also, if you specify additional change time, it's unlikely you will actually be able to book the ticket...

What does Stagecoach have to do with any of this? I thought TfGM now owned the depot on Daw Bank, having taken it over as part of the franchising scheme.

Not a critique specifically of the quoted post. This sort of thing is said quite often on this forum, and it does make sense. But I'm not sure it's particularly helpful, because IMO the current facilities to do it are really quite poor. Trainline, which is used by a huge number of passengers...

Yes, Sparpreis is restricted, like an advance single Re. efficiency of the service - my experience is that the trains are pleasant, comfortable, quiet and quick. Assuming everything goes to plan it's an extremely civilised way to travel and I usually enjoy an ICE journey when I get the...

The time taken for the display to change is annoying but it's annoying on displays without sign language interpretation as well. Since the page has to be shown for long enough for the interpreter to finish signing, one could say it exacerbates the problem, but it is certainly not itself the...