Recent content by deepeetw

These are fixed formation units, is unlikely that they will ever be remarshalled into a unit with any other number.

Had my first ride on one of these today - sat in one of the window bays with the mini table. I found it the build out of the window pillars tight on the shoulder - which pushed me into the seat space next to me. Don’t think it would be at all comfortable sitting there with another passenger sat...

There's no service Staines-Windsor next Monday, Network Rail have a possession on. (On a *normal* Monday!)

I’m not sure it’s as simple as that - what’s happening right now is that you need a 10-car / 12-car railway on a couple of days of the week and than a 5/8 car railway on some others. There just isn’t the rolling stock to provide an all 10-car service on all services on the Windsor side during...

Judging by the video posted by @NetworkRailWssx, there is no certainty that they'll be able to complete the reinforcement in the currently planned closures..... Today was about establishing the rate at which they can work! https://x.com/NetworkRailWssx/status/1732461949508575461?s=20

Passing through the work area and under the (soon to be removed) overbridge today, I couldn't help but notice other areas of banking that are similarly cleared with monitoring in place. There are also some other vegetation issues - trees leaning against wire fences for support and one notable...

Network Rail Wessex’s Twitter / X says that they are going to chop the whole bridge out overnight.

I believe 2/89 is a pedestrian overbridge located by Woking Golf Club.

They posted something on Twitter about it being on their to-do list, but it is down prioritised due to other (paying) industry work.

Quite an embarrassing U-turn to be doing this at the last minute. Are things a bit tighter than anticipated in terms of covering the timetable with trains of ?adequate? capacity?

There has normally been a /5 or two sat around in addition to that - a good bit of Clapham Yard seems to be being given over to these unusable trains.

SWR are doing something really odd on the Windsor side - down services routing via one side of the Hounslow Loop, and Up services returning via the other. Most confusing!

Also worth noting that Category 2 stations (and below) will not be able to sell all ticket types, instead encouraging you to buy online or travel to your nearest Category 1 station (with some kind of cost reimbursement for the journey). Doesn’t reimburse the time/effort though. All these staff...

701014 just went past me leaving Clapham Yard (destination unknown), looked like a bunch of SWR bods in the cab (could see the name badges). Can confirm that the two on the Windsor side of the yard are cut in all the time now (marker lights are a bit pathetic in daytime though!).

Delay Repay is just a recipe for frustration most of the time - any excuse they can find to knock a claim back, they will use it. Yes, you can get a token amount back once you satisfy their vexatious requests, however the cost of the time to get each claim complete makes it not worth the while...