Recent content by Nicholas Lewis

Spirited performance by Lando for sure but this is going head to head all the way to the end of the season and either them can still win it.

I doubt RAIB will undertake an investigation unless there is underlying issue with the signalling system. The other potential causes are related to how the various sections of the rulebook and local instructions have been applied which can be handled through a local investigation by the route team.

Thats not the fault of the owners of course. This whole fiasco really needs a deep dive by GBR when they get themselves on a form footing to ensure its not repeated on future rolling stock leases. The costs to the tax payer have been extraordinary here and given the industry will e under...

Of course that was probably the goal but that was to give them leverage like it is that we have nukes as do many other countries its to prevent an attack. The problem here is the US is basically trying to run the world on its terms now and is turning the UN into an irrelevance. It took 50m...

Not sure Starmers statement is an unequivocal distancing of what took place He basically endorsed more illegal action against a state that wasn't taking provoking action albeit i get the intent that should they ever acquire an operational nuclear weapon they may have used it but that applies to...

What Tlk need is a better contingency plan for when things go wrong as they have only one plan that i can see which is to suspend most services and thus deprive many routes of a service. Yesterday was a prime example albeit exacerbated by engineering works where they ought to have been able to...

There was one policeman in the video in #10 above every other door was being self evacuated and there were no ladders to be seen nor any other staff although three trains were trapped. Clearly the most important thing is to get the lines protected and the current isolated. Yes i get in this case...

Nightmare scenario for sure for the drivers and staff but there are no emergency windows on these trains and the air con is pretty mediocre on these trains at best of times especially when temps are above 30 deg C so without aircon they rapidly heat up internally in direct sun. Power off with...

Precisely the industry has only got itself to blame for todays situation and it was staggering at the time the lack of leadership from the top of NR down to head this off early on and manage DfT expectations. And this was despite having the worlds so called best programme management Bechtel...

I had plodded through the Spanish report using Google Translate and it was interesting to see that it was a voltage management issue that initiated the blackout and only became a frequency issue as the system collapsed. It doesn't admonish renewables but it certainly wasn't due to lack of...

A couple of observations in 3.28 it indicates more to be said on Northern Powerhouse Rail in due course the most amusing part is in table 1.1 it references Rail Network Enhancement Pipeline (RNEP) documents and that ist updated on a rolling basis. Someone better mention that to Heidi Alexander.

Netanyahu is a criminal launching an unprovoked attack on Iran yet there not sanctioned by the UN or any G7 country. What message is this sending to other bully nations around the world. Before we know it the be will be flare ups all over the place which isn't good for the global economy nor...

Indeed civils progress looks good and you would have thought slab track installation could be begin mobilisation in certain areas from late 2026 with catenary installation to follow behind. I suspect there is an element of kitchen sinking going on here from both Wilde and DfT to give them enough...

If in eight years they can't deliver 300kmh from the outset there is no point carrying on.

Mark Wilde is suggesting 36mths in his letter