Recent content by Alfie1014

My bad 57 for me is more interesting than a 66!

It’s the stock off of yesterdays ‘Harbourmaster’ tour, with first class (unfortunately) at the buffer stop ends. The 66 that bought yesterdays tour presumably stays on the back until Bescot yard where it reverses to get to New St. This is why the speed limit is 75mph. I’m in coach A too so...

You can watch it here https://network-rail.wistia.com/medias/vo8jcdryuh without the annoying ads! I don’t think there would be room for a 4th platform (if it were ever to be needed) the island platform is very wide and the eventual up line will be quite close to the A12 slip road part of which...

A couple of extra weekday splits on GA from the June timetable. The 16:14 Liv St to Clacton splits at Colchester with the rear 5 forming a new (well restored) 17:26 to Walton on the Naze (via Colch Town) and the 16:42 Liv St to Clacton also splits at Colchester with the rear 5 forming a portion...

Thanks for that explanation, as under normal operation only a couple of freights a day are booked into the goods line at Colchester rather than at least 2 passenger services an hour I wonder if this could ever be reviewed? Of course at times of disruption it occurs more frequently and there‘s...

Apparently been pretty much abandoned since 2008 and owned by an off shore company based in Jersey!

I wonder if it’s from the old Harrison Gibson building which seems to have been abandoned and covered in scaffolding for years?

Good luck with that GA are ‘Xing’ that passengers should find their own way home and claim back expenses through Customer Services. WA services have been no better this evening with the line blocked at Stansted Mountfitchet. Lots of trains out of place Liverpool Street currently has 15 out of...

I‘ve always wondered why the approach to plat 1 at Colchester doesn’t have flashing yellows it’s frustrating to bowl along to be checked down to walking pace then accelerate back up to almost 40 into the platform? Would help the following Norwich’s to get the xx:18 Clacton and xx:36 Colchester...

Agreed the changes were amazing and transformed the travelling experience, especially as the 307s and 302s trailer cars eventually were re-bogied with surplus B4/5 bogies from withdrawn MkI hauled stock.

Surprised how noisy the hydrogen gubbins (technical term) is!

Yep up to 17 tph in the evening high peak hour (mirroring that already operating in the morning peak) compared to 20 pre COVID. The pattern on the main line is also better in my view with most evening peak Clacton services fast Stratford to Chelmsford. Walton on the Naze has its through trains...

The trains may offer more seats but there’s 1 fewer peak service 06:48 ex NOR and 18:10 back and the 06:28 is 11 x 755 (with only 550 seats) so the overall number of peak seats provided on Norwich services now is pretty much similar to that of May 2019. That said the changes to the peak GEML...

Since the December timetable change and the restoration of the all day 15 minute service 2 Stansted diagrams have been operated by pairs of (unmodified) 720s.

What a miss-mash of signage and wayfaring! And no CAPITALISATION the guidance for nearly 25 years is that it all should be in lower case!