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The south side of Neville Hill depot has been cleared, and I believe there are earthworks ongoing.

For many cars without creep, the throttle intentionally becomes very insensitive to allow for fine slow speed control.

There's nothing to say that future Elizabeth Line rolling stock must be Alstom-made. The signalling system is off-the-shelf Siemens CBTC in the core, and ECTS outside of it. The only bespoke part of the whole affair is the platform screen doors.

Was that what it was? It sounded like "Don't Worry Be Happy" to me.

They'd make a suitable replacement for the 465/9s.

Far too expensive when I visited!

I assume the poster is implying that the UK would be affected by any supply chain issues, but the 710 is old enough and ubiquitous enough to the extent that third party manufacturers can almost certainly fabricate spare parts as needed already. If anything, the CAT engine is more of a risk in...

The push notifications are similar but subject to their own rate limiting. It wouldn't be possible to send as many push notifications as there are announcements.

It doesn't do this.

The LNER app is the best of them, as far as I'm concerned.

Doppelmayr and (Leitner) Poma produce very similar products. I would have expected it to be one of those that took the bid home.

You can't run short sets away from the loop right now - there are no stop boards for short sets.

Could it not also be down to uncertified brakes on the 93, and inadequate brake force on the 37?

Indeed, the HSTs were used very inefficiently. It would be nice to have the Leeds services back though.

You mean like travellers for the Scottish Highlands heading from the north to London to pick up the sleeper? It might look odd on a map, but if it's the quickest route then it's the quickest route.