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    e-ticket reader rollout at Thameslink stations

    They've been at Bedford for a while. They barely function, and are only on a few gates, therefore causing chaos.
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    The Sharnbrook Line

    There's a plan to remodel Bedford as part of the next phase of EWR. 1680847033 At the moment, it's irritating if I want to travel to London from Rushden. My choices are Bedford, which is a 20 ish minute drive away and has poor parking (Pre-pandemic at least) or Wellingborough, which is the...
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    The Sharnbrook Line

    Really could do with a station near Rushden on these lines.
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    London Overground lines to officially be given names: any guesses on what the names might be?

    I'm a big fan of the Northern King, but I've really struggled with the Waterloo & City Queen.
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    UK Train Building Future Under Threat? (A Telegraph Article)

    At the current rate of scope rollback by the government, Pacers.
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    UK Train Building Future Under Threat? (A Telegraph Article)

    Depends on the part and demand. If a part is highly specialised, and is in low demand, then it's not cost effective to have 2 special machines/processes to create it, located in two separate places. More efficient to only have 1 place making it with 1 machine / process. If a part is quite...
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    UK Train Building Future Under Threat? (A Telegraph Article)

    If you're setting up a new factory, it's best to minimise the risk. You could go all in, and have body fabrication, painting and assembly starting from scratch, but you would be chasing build quality issues all over the place. Especially while they're setting up their local build processes and...
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    Tyne & Wear Metro Fleet Replacement: Awarded to Stadler

    So to summarise the logic here: Vandals broke into Wembley Yard and spray painted the trains ???? Stadler's design quality and fitness for purpose is under suspicion, and the bid should have gone to Hitachi, who's quality is also regarded as poor.
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    Tyne & Wear metro potential extension to Washington study.

    what's the point of this route? Keeps the metro away from anywhere in Washington worth going, stays away from the biggest employer in the area, and the IAMP and skirts the outside away from where most people live.
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    Triangle sign

    "Rear Clear" sign Example
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    Great British Railways: Thoughts, predictions, speculation

    So preventing competition then? Got it.
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    BBC news story about new train performance

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bathtub_curve
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    Tyne & Wear Metro Fleet Replacement: Awarded to Stadler

    https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-east-news/new-metro-trains-colour-scheme-17659623 The 3 options for the colour scheme revealed.
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    Unite blames government for Hitachi job losses

    So what do you see as assembly and manufacture? There are very few products that have a single point of manufacture, be they consumer goods or industry. Where do you draw the line? Is any part that has a supply chain bad? If you mean that the bodies are assembled in Japan, then shipped to the...
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    Crossrail opening delayed (opening date not yet known)

    At least with Crossrail no one is trying to fundamentally alter the laws of physics... unlike BER...
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