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I have always thought as well that the Eurostar fleet is extremely excessive. Even the traditional Eurostar fleet for the London service seems very excessive. I have never understood why they need 28 units for the London service. It is far too many. London to Paris is 2 hours and 15 minutes...

Ah many thanks for the clarification. Most of the routes that Red Kite had ran to or from Aylesbury or around the Aylesbury area so i always presumed that they were related top. I guess it was just coincidence that they had a similar name and ran in the same area.

There are six of them. Red Eagle, Red Line, Red Rose, Star Travel, Vale Travel, Z & S Transport, are all based in Aylesbury and all seem to have some sort of relation to each other. Red Eagle and Red Line and Red Rose seem to be particularly closely related. These three companies use the same...

The announcements on Silverlink were the same but said "welcome onboard this Silverlink County service to" so they did indeed have a Silverlink version on the 350s. Silverlink was always announced as Silverlink County (for what is now the LM/LNWR services) or Silverlink Metro (for what is now...

Redhill has always had a bunch of oddities of other TOCs staff working services. Up until very recently Southern Drivers worked many of the Gatwick and Redhill to Reading GWR services. Regarding the Redhill to Tonbridge line it was even more complex before Southern went DOO. Up until 2016 or...

Irish Rail (with their six passenger guards and two freight guards and eleven permanent way guards) and South Western Railway are the only two TOCs who still use the term "Guard" officially. I always presumed SWR would change it when they took over from SWT but i am glad they have kept it. SWR...

Do any heritage railways ever get used by people as public transport? Obviously the main purpose of them is for enthusiasts and people who want a day out and they are specifically visiting to ride on the heritage railway. But I am curious if any heritage railways ever get used by ordinary...

London Midland replaced her with Julie Berry in mid 2008 about six months after they took over the franchise.

Brighton easily wins. It is hugely overrated. I am not sure why so many tourists still visit. I would be so disappointed if i went to Brighton as a tourist. Brighton is an absolute dump. It has to be one of the worst cities i have visited. Every time i visit it seems to get worse and worse. If...

Ah yes i forgot about GNER calling them "Customer Operations Leaders" back then. I forget the other titles but i seem to remember that GNER changed the titles of lots of other jobs at the same time and most of the other titles were similarly ridiculous and did not describe the job well. Another...

Yes that is what all of the ex USSR countries do. You have to buy one ticket for each train. Even if you just want a simple short distance cross city journey that involves changing at the central station you still have to buy two separate tickets. You can not buy a through ticket if you have to...

I have been told by a Guard i was speaking to on TFW that they are planning to change their job title of all of their Guards from "Conductor" to "Train Manager" soon. This seems like an odd decision. Does anyone know any more about information this? What are TFW trying to achieve here by...

Does anyone know why this odd Thameslink service is running from Brighton to Haywards Heath today? https://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/service/gb-nr:72593/2024-05-12/detailed 22:13 Brighton 22:17 Burgess Hill 22:23 Hassocks 22:27 Burgess Hill 22:29 Wivelsfield 22:34 Haywards Heath It is a...

Guards on 375s and 377s have the ability to turn their key switch on at their panel. This is what Southern OBSs are required to do. This means that when the Driver closes the doors the Guards local door will stay open and the train will therefore be prevented from leaving. Guards on Southeastern...

Otford is not Guard despatch. Kemsing is the first station. There must be a guaranteed Guard onboard from Otford (for Maidstone East line trains) or from Swanley (for Medway line trains) or from Sevenoaks (for Tonbridge line trains) but it is not until Kemsing or Farningham Road or Hildenborough...

This has actually happened quite a few times before so this is not the first. Guards do not start operating doors or despatching trains until the train reaches Farningham Road or Kemsing or Hildenborough so it is quite easy for a Guard to be left behind at a previous station. Within the London...

Ah yes i forgot about the 7X service. Considering that none of their other local city limited stop express routes have lasted long it does make me wonder why they are introducing the 1X service. I wonder how long the 1X will last. I seem to remember that they also introduced the i7 at the same...

The latest edition of the Brighton Bus Watch newsletter mentions this new route 1X service so it seems that it is indeed happening. This is the website mentioned here: http://www.brightonbuswatch.org It can be downloaded as a PDF here...

Marshlink is back to entirely three coaches today. Units 804 and 806 and 809 are on the three diagrams. So it looks like two coaches was very temporary. I do wish they would go back to four coaches as that is really needed at peak times. Even three coaches is not really enough. But i can not...

The current route 31 from Cuckfield to Uckfield used to go from Cuckfield to Hurst Green but has since been cut back and that journey now requires three separate routes.