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Rail nationalisation: ideas, suggestions, predictions etc
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Oh no it isn't! Japanese railways charge flat distance-based fares, and split ticketing is still a thing there. To quote the google...
Yesterday at 19:05
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Labour promises rail nationalisation within five years of coming to power
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I think you will find that the railway of 1993 was dramatically safer than the railway of 1948.
Yesterday at 11:41
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eldomtom2
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Labour promises rail nationalisation within five years of coming to power
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I don’t know about statements made by politicians, but it definitely wasn’t in the manifesto:
Wednesday at 23:30
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Differences in the adoption of 'bogie' coaches between the UK and USA
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Some of it had Americans involved in financing etc. , but to say it was "built" by Americans is surely an exaggeration, and do you have...
Wednesday at 15:29
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Deutsche Bahn US consultant: Global Best Practices for Cutting the Cost of Building High Speed Rail
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I thought this video might be interesting in the light of HS2's curtailment. A consultant with DB's US consultancy organisation gives a...
Tuesday at 19:44
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eldomtom2
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Differences in the adoption of 'bogie' coaches between the UK and USA
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Of course American railroads were and are hardly known for profligate spending...
Tuesday at 19:19
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eldomtom2
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Differences in rolling stock safety regulations in mainland Europe compared to UK
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I believe this was (at least until recently) also the case in Germany - admittedly my only source for this is a German train simulator...
18 Apr 2024
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2023 Israel - Hamas war
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But the key thing to remember is that most of Netanyahu's unpopularity is due to corruption, the business with the judiciary, and other...
16 Apr 2024
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Repatriating La Moye - has anyone heard anything?
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An update on the situation; a few months ago Eskom put a bid out to find organisations willing to take La Moye and four of Eskom's other...
16 Apr 2024
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Belfast Dublin Enterprise service upgrade funded
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City centre stations in the US tend to have bloated platform numbers because of the lack of through-running infrastructure and services...
15 Apr 2024
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eldomtom2
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Is green electricity subsidising rail freight?
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Until electric trucks become widespread. The "oh you can't impose emissions regulations on us, trucking is worse" argument will not hold...
12 Apr 2024
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eldomtom2
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Railway Industry Association - A new strategy for delivering a lower cost, higher performing net zero railway by 2050
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Speculative Discussion
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Probably of interest - of particular note is that the argument that nearly all services could be electrified via battery trains if just...
11 Apr 2024
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Class 503 disposal
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Part of the problem - and I've said this on other forums - is that the danger the unit was in wasn't made clear until it was too late.
9 Apr 2024
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eldomtom2
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Belfast Dublin Enterprise service upgrade funded
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The BBC article doesn't suggest that diesel will be used, though admittedly they may have got it wrong.
9 Apr 2024
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Beeching Cuts and the Big Four
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Biddle does not discuss to what proportion property sales formed a source of capital. Reading chapter 12 of Gourvish's British Railways...
8 Apr 2024
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