Recent content by absolutelymilk

Excellent! Roughly how many DMUs/769s are used on those services?

Not bad - presumably there was a pause or at least slowdown over Easter?

I think it depends what happens to the extra revenue. If it is used to reduce tax rates, then it obviously wouldn't have a good impact on the railway, but it could be used to put on more services or pay for more investment, (further justified by the likelihood of higher revenues following the...

Interesting - will the 2024 stock be able to brake later even with the current signalling system?

Is this for all the time or only when they're on time, i.e. will they have the same schedule but if they're running late they can use the same power, or will the power be capped to be exactly the same at all times?

Thanks, why is that? Do you know when the new signalling system is planned for? (I'm assuming there isn't already a thread for that). Do you know what the acceleration/max power output will be once the new signalling system is installed?

Anybody know how either the max acceleration or max power output compares to the previous stock? Trying to get a sense of how much quicker journeys will be

I'm sure there are a lot of people who travel in the same way as you do - but they probably tend to be wealthier if they can afford to be spending extra in order to have the choice of coming back when they like. Of course people might not know their shifts until a couple of weeks before, but if...

Interesting, for me going on a four-hour reasonably expensive train journey would be the same as getting on a flight - i.e. I would sort accommodation and the flight times first, and then arrange everything else around that to make sure I would definitely be able to make the outward and return...

Controversial opinion - the railway should not be subsiding those who want to travel long distances at short notice, particularly on routes which are at capacity. These are much more likely to be wealthy or business travellers. If there is spare money to go around, it should go towards...

Great video! Is it yours?

Sounds more like they have a set number of tickets to sell at each price point, rather than actively increasing tickets on days they think are going to be busy

My girlfriend also gets travel sick on the 390s but not other trains. She also doesn't like the low ceilings compared to other trains.

TBM Emily has started tunnelling the 3.4 mile Northolt East tunnel. Anne to follow next month HS2 launches third giant tunnelling machine

I'm interested in updating the photo of construction at Old Oak Common on Wikipedia. Does anyone have any photos that they are willing to put on Wikipedia? I tried going yesterday but couldn't find a good spot for a photo due to the double layers of fences.