Recent content by Hellfire

In my experience this route is rarely lightly loaded. In this case there was no opportunity to stand because no one could get on. Given that the dates of the Autumn Internationals are announced months in advance, there is no excuse for not preparing for them.

Thank you for that suggestion. It’s a sound one.

That was her fall back. Birmingham service at 1719, connect with XCountry.

According to this report CAF are providing only 3 car and 2 car units so not much of an improvement, if any. "CAF will build 51 two-car and 26 three-car diesel trains while Stadler will make 35 regional trains - with three or four carriages - and 36 three-car trams."...

Trams in both Leeds and London tried the contact stud system in the 1890s. There were all sorts of problems. The trams had powerful electromagnets underneath which operated switches that turned on the studs at the right time, then when the tram passed the switch would turn off. Sometimes that...

She managed to get on the 3 car 1708 although standing room only. I can't see anything in the TOC Delay Repay conditions that cover the fact a passenger could not get on a service because of overcrowding. She had an anytime ticket so might find it difficult to prove she was due to travel on the...

I agree. I've used the route a few times in the past, it's always busy and often rammed. The TOC claim they have a lot of carriages in maintenance because of problems caused by bad weather and leaves on the line. Will it get any better under the new franchise I wonder.

Yes, I'm very surprised too....to realise I'd typed Nottingham rather than Sheffield. Forgot my tablets again :)

Thank you. I appreciate this but that won't get people wherever they need to be, Cardiff in my wife's case. Does the TOC have any responsibility for getting passengers to the destination they have booked if trains in these circumstances? I have spoken to the TOC and all they will did is...

No it wasn't. But there is no guarantee that the next train, the 1708, won't be the same.

My wife, together with a number of other passengers, has been left stranded at Crewe this afternoon because the 1608 to Carmarthen was so full, no one could board. It was the usual two carriages and rammed. My wife is travelling to Cardiff. I'm sure this must happen quite a lot, I had a...

Virgin claim that the change will not affect revenue

I seem to be. My brain was still in the late 19th century

Bring back station masters

I didn't say they ran in the Lake District. You said the authorities wanted to keep things as they were in the late 19th century and I just pointed out that trams were around in the late 19th century.