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The ScotRail 'saltaire' is a very smart livery. A reconizable identity for all trains in Scotland. If DfT wants to do the same for England, it has to be something more inspirational than the 'plain white/gray with coloured doors' idea. Perhaps grey with a dark window stripe and a red bodyside...
They won't. But people from Purley will want to travel to St. Pancras and from Cambridge to London Bridge area. That's the idea behind linking different lines across the city and it's used in various urban transport networks around the world.
I entirely agree. I even think the service pattern...
Interesting question. Probably there are several factors that lead to this better performance than most British operators have.
1. The Netherlands are a smaller country, with trains running shorter distances. The Dutch don't have long distance trains covering 500 miles in 5 hours. The longest...
The only station I can think of is Liverpool Lime Street. Various Northern, EMT and TPE diesel units, CrossCountry 220/221 (DEMU), Virgin 390 and LM 350 (AC electric) and if you count in the low level Merseyrail platform, then there are DC electric class 507/508.
When Reading is electrified...
It looks like he ignores you when you contact him about the map, which I can imagine if people keep asking for a new update. But he doesn't even respond when when you show respect for his work. Let's hope we can see a nice updated version soon, though :)
You could try JBSS BAHN. http://www.jbss.de/
It's what I use to simulate the UK railway network with a fictitious timetable (still far from finished though). I don't know if it's useful for your study project.