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Eurostar E300 replacements?
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Transilien lines H and K still terminate in Gare du Nord. Yes they could do an 'RER' but with all the other work going on associated...
Thursday at 16:09
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mike57
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Eurostar E300 replacements?
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We had a thread about the limited expansion options at St Pancras a while back...
Thursday at 15:43
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Best ever train to run on UK mainline (excluding HS1)
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Would have to be HST, for me the step change in both comfort and journey time was a combination that hasn't happened since. Yes some...
Wednesday at 13:21
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HS2 Scrapped Legs - Referendum
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If you held a referendum I am fairly certain the result would be a resounding no to any restoration of scrapped legs. Depending on how...
Wednesday at 06:58
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Disused Stations Website ( https://www.disused-stations.org.uk/ )
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The issue is with the https:// if you type http://.... then it works fine. Its to do with the way you connect to the website. The...
Tuesday at 15:04
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Large electrification projects (e.g. ECML) - how much disruption?
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I was travelling regularly between Yorkshire and London during the ECML electrification period, and my memory is that peak time weekday...
Tuesday at 08:55
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Trivia: Level crossings with no pedestrian access while they're down
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Seamer, when a train is in the Scarborough bound platform there is no access to the island plaform, admittedly a passenger gate that is...
Monday at 14:30
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Locomotive haulage vs. multiple units
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One thought on all this wrt DMUs, maintenance. I would have thought a single large engine would be simpler to maintain than multiple...
Monday at 08:26
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Multiple trains one after the other cancelled due to 'staff shortages'
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I was thinking of longer term changes, where resources are spread too thin on an ongoing basis, resulting in cancellations where there...
9 May 2024
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Transpennine Express to Scarborough - Will it always be a shuttle to York?
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Maybe at some uncertain time in the future, but I cant see the next government having the financial resources to pay anything more than...
9 May 2024
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mike57
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Bad ride quality in some 80x carriages
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I think there are actually two issues here: Generally the ride quality is poorer than the stock that was replaced There is a specific...
9 May 2024
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mike57
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Bad ride quality in some 80x carriages
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Was it the whole set or just 1 carriage?
9 May 2024
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mike57
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Multiple trains one after the other cancelled due to 'staff shortages'
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Reading this thread, and ignoring OP solution to the problem, there is a lot that could be done: Timetables need to be realistic, TPE...
9 May 2024
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mike57
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29 new trains for Transpennine Express ?
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Maybe similar 'under the hood', but 'Inter City' rolling stock should be suitable for longer journeys, probably end doors, provision of...
9 May 2024
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mike57
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29 new trains for Transpennine Express ?
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The problem with this is also that 6tph doesn't allow paths for the stoppers, so the Inter City services end up making local stops...
8 May 2024
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