Recent content by 43OO4

Increase in funding as an arms-reach govt. entity rather than a private firm designed to maximise profits and minimise losses, leading to better staffing, reliable services, better fleet upkeep. XC is an example of cost cutting at its finest.

By the logic I've seen, nothing would change with any operator under an OLR situation, and that simply isn't the case. XC run a below-skeleton standard of service, at least Avanti take pride in the "style" side of style versus substance, and at least over the past couple of weeks they've picked...

Given the recent talk of Avanti going OLR... Is it time XC went down the proverbial? I don't understand how people are mad at Avanti when I've had evenings at Reading where XC have cancelled at least three services back-to-back, or have otherwise started them at Basingstoke rather than the South...

It is indeed now 8415. Just saw it at CRE.

Standardisation is a very long way off - those Stadlers ran by GA and TfW are a massive thorn in the side of accessibility, as they require five different unique ramp designs depending on how high/low off the platforms they are, compared to three or four standard ramp heights. Voyagers and...

I wasn't aware of any extra trains and I can't seem to find any mention of them online. What's this about?

5CST/10CST (Cold Storage) has a nice ring to it ;)

Just out of curiosity, what SR EMU designation are we giving these? :p I propose 5AVN/10TRA, though I've seen 5FKD/10FKD too :lol:

Unless this means that's what they're doing for the DLR in the future too..!!! There's not enough colours of the rainbow.

Oof! Sorry about the 4-page delay, BUT... Crossrail is the best piece of urban public transport infrastructure in the UK. Not the Elizabeth Line, Crossrail. The actual Elizabeth Line famously was listed as the worst in the country for delays and cancellations German systems aren't actually all...

That's... That's horrible. And yeah, I'm left wing, neurodivergent and queer, and I can say with 100% certainty that these line names are awful and a backhanded attempt at virtue signalling. There's a poetry behind the Windrush Line not actually stopping in Brixton, the Mildmay Line being far...

Classic TfL, given an opportunity to do something great and they fumble the ball. Never change, TfL - or, in fact, please do!

Might be a matter of waiting until all the 455s are binned and their turf becomes 701 turf. Just speculation however

If I understand this correctly, it's a one-and-done public test.

We might have a repeat of the 458s, they may well end up completely showing up the rest of the fleet in a handful of years even with the rockiest start we've seen in a long time!