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I can't believe that 483s ever did anything like 80mph. They were 50 years old before they moved to the island, and being tube stock they had small wheels as well. In their latter days the track was so uneven that even 40mph was nearly enough to bounce you off your seat. Platform 5's...

Ah, thanks, that's the danger of working from hazy memories. I use the Charing Cross platforms, which look and feel more or less original, but I should have remembered that widened platform on the City branch. It was a much more comprehensive rebuild than I was thinking.

It's one of the many undesirable consequences of having sent the 707s off-lease long before the replacement 701s were available. The 455s should never have ended up working to Reading and it ought to be a priority to replace them on that route, either with 701s or 450s. Unfortunately SWR has...

IIRC the escalators below ticket hall level originally had an up and a down in each shaft, one pair serving the Charing Cross branch platforms and the other pair serving the City branch. At some time (possibly when gate lines were installed?) they were changed to being both down in the CX shaft...

A great win for Lando, even if it was helped by a surprisingly harsh penalty for Oscar (for erratic driving at the end of a safety car period). Without that I think it could have gone either way between the two McLarens, as Lando seemed slightly faster at that stage and both still needed another...

It's my understanding that when the Central Line was extended through Stratford, the tracks were brought to the surface through Stratford station specifically to provide cross-platform interchange with the main line suburban lines, in both directions.

Full marks for that prediction :lol:

There's only one battery-electric fast-charge unit in existence. The others are all diesel-electric units (230s) or pure electric (484s). Off topic, but just to mention that Castles aren't necessarily going for scrap, it's been reported elsewhere that another operator (WestCoast IIRC) has been...

As well as suburban services, Portsmouth Direct trains run over the New Line in the weekday peaks and whenever Woking-Surbiton is closed, so Desiros have been running that way for a good many years.

That's one benefit of keeping ROSCOs, the capital cost of new trains doesn't go straight onto the government's books. If the ROSCO can offer cheaper leasing rates for new trains (e.g. because of lower maintenance or financing costs), then they may get the go-ahead even when spending is constrained.

Track-bashers and partners? Do the Venn diagrams overlap at all? (This post should not be taken seriously!)

I'm sure the dedicated track-bashers will be much more interested in the rare trackage than in Llandudno. And 90 minutes is just about enough time to visit the three best real ale pubs (other attractions are available).

I think there were a few posters on the now-closed "Transport for Wales class 230s" thread who would have taken any chance to send them back to their original home ;)

For clarity, was that meant to say "... did not work very well ..."? Otherwise your two sentences seem to contradict each other.

I think I've only been through Glasgow once since the "new" layout, and that was about 10 years ago, so if anything I recall the old layout better than the current one with its huge security area and duty-free. Did the building get extended to form that space? If not, it might just have been an...

Private Eye's "Nooks & Corners" column reports that Bath's art-deco style fire station is under threat, as Avon Fire & Rescue wants to demolish it and build a replacement on the site. It reports that the Twentieth Century Society is campaigning against the demolition, and has applied to get the...

It's occurred to me that Celtic Travel also operates the X47 bus service between Llandrindod and Aberystwyth. If that could be linked in with the T4 and HoW at Llandrindod it would benefit places like Rhayader and Llangurig, and potentially reinstate connections that disappeared when the Mid...

Woking at 12:30 today, was switching a succession of trains between p4 and p5 accompanied by a continuous barrage of high volume PA announcements repeating the message over and over again. Possibly a consequence of the lift to the island platforms (2 3 & 4) being broken.

Your solution is better, but mine's cheaper :lol: in fact it was free.

SWR are doing it again, all (?)* gates set to reject tickets with senior railcard discount (I don't know whether same applies to other railcards). According to the same gateline assistant mentioned above, who let me through just now, it's set to last for four weeks. Allow for more time wasted...