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Energy
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Why are XC allowed to continue?
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They did this with a London - Birmingham - Liverpool service, it had appalling reliability.
Yesterday at 22:06
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Energy
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XC Voyager Refurbishment
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The 12 extra units should be enough for either 5 cars or 4+4 cars on all diagrams. XC can make more diagrams double voyagers by...
Monday at 19:56
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Potential up to 2,000 job losses at Alstom Derby
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With a single manufacturer, I'd fear stagnation, when Bombardier lost the Thameslink order they made changes and improved the Aventra...
Monday at 19:51
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Energy
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Potential up to 2,000 job losses at Alstom Derby
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The platform screen doors are Masats. Its a lot easier to get the 5 extra 345s built by Alstom now than have a small fleet of different...
Saturday at 17:54
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Energy
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LNER to offer free period products on trains
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Good scheme, hopefully other operators adopt it. Nice and discreet, and staff will know when they've run out. Just hope they don't get...
Friday at 19:45
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Energy
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Potential up to 2,000 job losses at Alstom Derby
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Core stations are big enough, just lacking platform screen doors. The issue is particularly Heathrow as well as other stations outside...
Friday at 19:42
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Cross Country overcrowding - shortage of rolling stock
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When well managed this is a good thing, on operators with multiple trains coupled together running 12 cars at peak and 6/8 cars off peak...
Friday at 14:40
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Energy
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Coventry VLR
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BBC News reporting difficulties getting DfT to approve funds. I'm glad someone has realised that it's similar capacity but less...
Friday at 13:58
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Energy
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Cross Country overcrowding - shortage of rolling stock
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Correct, from East Coast IEP Agreement Page 166 Reading isn't ideal as the staff base is guards, TMs and catering staff, no drivers...
21 Mar 2024
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Energy
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GWR fleet procurement
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The DfT only has so much it can spend on operation subsidy, if it isn't given any extra by the Treasury there isn't much it can do.
21 Mar 2024
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Energy
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Cross Country overcrowding - shortage of rolling stock
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XC services are important for many 'local' routes like Oxford-Banbury. Despite its stock XC isn't really a true intercity operator, most...
21 Mar 2024
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Energy
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"HS2 Back on Track" - front page of Sunday Express - private sector plan to build Birmingham to Manchester
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Pretty much. 2A, plus the bit of 2b which isn't between Liverpool and Manchester.
20 Mar 2024
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Energy
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Plausibility of AWC running 12 car (7+5) ITE's
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807s have the same capacity as a 9 car pendolino.
20 Mar 2024
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Energy
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Plausibility of AWC running 12 car (7+5) ITE's
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London - Birmingham would have issues at Birmingham Intl, though you could be ok with hanging about 12m off the platform. Coventry is...
20 Mar 2024
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Energy
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Plausibility of AWC running 12 car (7+5) ITE's
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12 x 26 gives 312m so according to railwaydata.co.uk who get their data from NR: For Avanti managed stations For NR managed stations...
20 Mar 2024
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