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yesterday I saw two youthes crouched down low beside the down fast, in some undergrowth, clearly not wanting to be seen as I hurtled passed on a Avanti service. This was between Cheddington and Leighton Buzzard, a high-speed, stretch and in broad daylight. I assume if the driver had seen these...

Agreed. And if you look at the way AI is heading with driverless cars some of the hurdles described here are nothing compared with number of variables contained on the roads.

Sounds like an interesting idea… a sort of rail version of satnav with live traffic info?

If my understanding is correct in order to be rostered to drive a train on a particular route on a particular day you have to: - be trained on that planned train class or consist - be able to ‘sign the route’ or have someone else in the cab who can ‘sign the route’ for you Is ‘signing the...

That bit I understand, but when it comes to renovating/rebuilding platforms 14-1 are they doing all of this with the station running as normal? (Not saying it can’t be done, just a question) 1669120053 Do you have info on how existing service patterns will be affected yet or are they managing...

https://assets.hs2.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/HS2-Euston-Brochure-27.05.22-lower-res.pdf If I'm understanding this correctly by the end of the project we will have 16 Network Rail platforms and 10 HS2 platforms. Undeniably an increase in capacity for NR. Especially when you consider that...

I’ve recently submitted a delay repay claim for a journey that been delayed, I was on QR code tickets, and the form asked a lot of questions that I would’ve thought would’ve been obvious to the TOC from the recorded journey history. But maybe I am over estimating how much data they record? Can...

Agreed. Maybe 3rd rail and 25kV electrostar would be a better fit… used to be used with first capital connect on the Thameslink extension route to Rochester with quite good success Ever since the Corby to London route was downgraded from Meridians to 360s (for well intentioned reasons), I have...

It’s got its challenges granted. Maybe extending the EMR connect service from Corby to Brighton would be a better idea? Not necessarily as a OAO but as joint venture between Thameslink and EMR Connect. This would also free up platform space at St Pancras high-level for the headline Sheffield...

Would Nottingham to Brighton via Thameslink or Oxford to Kent via crossrail or something similar ever become a possibility? I’m thinking guaranteed customers in the London area but a focus on also providing seamless direct cross-London inter regional services that also link together a lot of...

Think I know the answer to this but could I just check? Are there any changes to the peak/off-peak restrictions for tickets on strike days? Last time I travelled on a strike day the gate barriers were all open, no ticket checks were being carried out on the train although the guard was walking...

Interesting. Does it run to maximum speed in that instance or follow a freight path? Daytimes are busy on the WCML

[Apologies if this has already been answered somewhere]. But in a situation where a southbound sleeper (let’s say) runs the full route and a northbound sleeper (let’s say) doesn’t move (or vice Versa). Is there a positioning move that returns the relevant set back to the other end of the country...

Fascinating insight people, I had no idea there were so many sleepers so recently ago

Intestested in the consists of these? Last ran in 1990. Were these Mk1 Sleeper cars? I’m guessing all the current routes would have been running back then along with a few more. Were they electric hauled from Lancaster / Preston or diesel hauled all the way? Combined with anything else? What...