Recent content by swt_passenger

I now use a clear plastic type, they stick on window glass.

That’s complete overkill for the max line speed on the Portsmouth Cardiff route isn’t it? None of the route allows for fast services, even the 158s don't run at their max for a majority of the route. I’d be very surprised if room for a second ‘GW’ path exists from Southampton to Portsmouth

Too slow to be competitive compared to the bus service. Ruled out very early on, you’ll see it was discussed in the first page back in 2020. IMHO a Metro extension was never a serious proposal.

The loops and stub of track leading towards the HS2 IMD were present in early 2024, IIRC they were basically finished by the time the EWR route was declared complete. There’s an earlier video linked in post #67. It does all look that bit neater now though.

March 2024 is the first mention of Bedwyn I could find in this thread. There are dozens of other posts with suggestions about uses with GWR.

We discussed it at length on a previous page, I remember that @stuving did a comparison that meant the new box structure looked somewhat smaller than expected, so it’ll be interesting to see how that road turns out now another year has passed…

However that A452 bridge in the video is about 5 km away, by the new roundabout next to the HS2 interchange station, it crosses Stonebridge Rd. So it’s not the same place as the bridge that was being asked about by @Geezertronic. I think the bridge shown being demolished has been out of use...

Is this because of the weekday minimum fare for the Network Railcard, ie the Sunday was discountable but the Monday couldn’t be? (It isn’t a minimum fare issue - as per later replies.)

I took the fuse out the immersion heater about 25 years ago. I test it now and again, it was last used for a day when the incoming gas supply failed. Even when ambient temperatures are stupidly high the gas boiler doesn’t seem to put significant waste heat into the house, I guess it depends...

So who else thought of the ice cream commercial, as you hope to make ‘just one cornetto’ out of them… :D o_O

Yes. I‘ve not kept up with the reasons why it’s still a problem, Tom of RTT said he was aware of it being an issue quite a while ago now.

Ah yes that would make sense.

Convert by multiplying by the 2.236 factor it is 75 mph.

Cambridge to Farringdon is possibly an obsolete relic of ‘pre Canal tunnels’, when you’d have presumably needed a ticket to the named station? Would it have been issued as a ticket to LU zone 1?

Where did you buy your earlier railcards? If they came from the National Rail site, or over the counter at a station, as I understand it then Trainline would never know.