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From https://www.railforums.co.uk/threads/stadler-flirt-best-modern-train.288015/page-2#post-7336985 And it's false. The very first deployment of the MML 170s in passenger service was for a short period on the Matlock branch, presumably operated on MML's behalf by CT (they were part of the...

I can't quote much on this because the article is behind a paywall, but it appears Martijn Gilbert has left FirstGroup with immediate effect to take "another position in the rail industry": https://x.com/RAIL/status/1932523330978168987 I've also found this less positive sounding Yahoo...

As I alluded to in another thread, the WCML has a relatively simple intercity service with a clockface pattern and aside from North Wales is all operated using long trains. There are other services that use part of it, but this is true of the InterCity type service that uses the core congested...

Does that matter? They are in competition - it is no longer one system with franchised operators. Does BA sell tickets for Ryanair? Of course not. Yes, it should mean that. OAOs should pay their full costs and should be required to stand on their own two feet in terms of fares and retail...

In another thread I was really quite surprised to find that the Liz fares on the route towards Reading are not "Ovalled", i.e. paper tickets are priced and restricted totally differently from contactless. It would be a bit of a shift, but should these be moved to an Oval style single fare...

Starting this one off having made a last-minute decision (helped by the slight delay) to go to Northampton and back this evening to try out the 730/2. I did have quite high hopes for these, and indeed by appearance they look quite good - the livery really suits them (though you can tell it's...

I think this is a good idea. It would be a move towards making ticketing medium agnostic. Keep it dead simple - just type in the ticket ID (UTN) at a TVM (or show it to a booking office clerk) and have it able to print it out in e-ticket format on till roll. Ideal if your phone is playing up...

TASS (Tilt Advisory and Supervision System, I think!) is more about preventing a tilting train hitting things as it tilts than about the speed. You could make one that wouldn't but it would be very cramped indeed, as indeed the APT was. The speed part is purely about comfort (and luggage and...

To be honest I don't think they are trying to undermine anything, I would question whether FirstGroup are that competent :) More likely they just want to keep their profitable finger in the pie - and so far Lumo has done quite well for them on the background of the fact that the main criticism...

One thing I've noticed ever since the manual gate was removed from most gatelines is that it's really hard to see from the gateline itself (just after your ticket gets rejected) where the staff are, and they are often standing very randomly, often blocking one or more gates as they do. This...

It seems there may be a new version of the LNER site (new.lner.co.uk) doing the rounds. However I can't actually access it, I get bounced back to the normal one. However another poster says they get it: Can anyone else see it and on what type of device? Could they post some screenshots etc...

Perhaps a case to reduce the bike spaces down to maybe 10 or so and add more seats in the 153s? I think it's fairly clear that 2 bike spaces isn't enough (no use for instance for a family of four), but the EU has if I recall mandated 6 (shame we weren't still in when that happened) and that may...

Here it is :) I completely disagree. A semifast long distance service is necessary whoever operates it - you could hand it to Avanti like the similar services on the GWML and ECML, but it needs to exist to serve those stations without slowing everything else down. I think however looking at...

I think both have good features. Having tiers is a good idea too - stuff like having a few dedicated seats in the unreserved coach available for people of a specific tier (DB did that) is a nice idea (or maybe specific seats that can only be reserved by those of a higher tier, which would avoid...

Does anyone know why platforms 7 and 8 at Bletchley are in the system as a separate station rather than as part of the existing one? I've not seen this done before, and it isn't the case at stations like Tamworth and Lichfield which have upper and lower parts. Is it so additional interchange...

That is the demand responsive livery. There are some examples of the main bus livery on this Flickr: https://api.flickr.com/photos/126644399@N06/albums/72177720306006427/with/52630941189 The West Midlands seem to have gone for "family" liveries rather than the same across modes. All use a...

To me they're worth keeping where there is a significant market broadening (mostly long distance, e.g. cheap, slow WMT/Chiltern vs. expensive, fast Avanti) AND where the local service has the capacity to take the extra passengers (so not on most of Northern aside from the bits where they can run...

Journey was Aylesbury Vale Parkway to Weymouth. Tickets held: AVP-London Terminals Off Peak Return London Terminals-Wareham Super Off Peak Return Wareham-Weymouth Evening Out Return Contactless used to cross London. Not bought as a through itinerary though the itinerary used was valid...

We all like the Sleepers as a bit of a railway curiosity, but both do seem to be rather a money pit. Could either or both of them be made self-funding? The main options for this would seem to be increasing fares - OeBB's Nightjet charges much higher fares comparatively and the market doesn't...

Got into a debate elsewhere about these two and whether there is official acceptance of tickets between the two. I don't think there is (and thus wouldn't risk it given that a GM Rail Ranger is only £1.30 more than a return from one or the other to Manchester off peak), but the other person is...