Recent content by hozza94

Having been Midlands based during the week for work and being asked to travel to Manchester for a few time in the past 12 months. Can see why this is an issue as the train is relatively comfortable from Manchester, until it hits Wolves where sways of people gets on and stays on the train pass...

I saw one of those running on Saturday at Bethnal Green. They are definitely GA shuttle services which was to connect to RRBs at Waltham Cross but as mentioned, they were diverted.

I have been using this route for over a year every week due to work commitments and remembered that the WCML timetable recast in Dec 2022 to change the 3tph that had one stop each at Watford/Rugby/Milton Keynes between Euston and Coventry to become 2tph non-stop London - Coventry and 1tph...

with no phase 2, travelling between Birmingham and Manchester would involve either retaining the existing Cross Country services or creating a new service between the 2 cities which only use the HS2 line between Handscare and Curzon Street. So much for levelling up :|

The safeguarding has ended but they are yet to begin any sales of properties, which are very likely to be challenged in court anyway.

There is also the Rugeley to Birmingham International Stoppers. Are these staying as 350s or moving to 730s? 730/0 or 730/2?

So the long distance train that are rerouted onto HS2 can run into the same place as their existing terminal (i.e. the Birmingham Fast, Manchester and Liverpool)

If DFT gets their hands on managing Euston project, then it's just going to be another penny pinching job.

Nothing is confirmed yet. It will definitely be fully closed for a period as the new bridge is constructed as a box structure and be pushed the whole way, which shortens the closure lengths. There is an opportunity to keep some carriageways open during excavation but it's not confirmed. Can...

That bridge in shot will be pushed during the blockade. The first few days will be excavating the existing line, then bridge gets pushed in and earthwork backfilled afterwards. Same methodology was used on M42 Marston Box, and the A46 Kenilworth will be next to follow.

And to add details to my scenario. My tickets do have Railcard entitlement and not ONCE had my Railcard ever been checked. Not by Staff, not stopped by barrier, never had to open my digital Railcard out.

Been doing Euston - Coventry quite regularly for the last few months. If there was no enforcement at Euston, and short-staffing at Coventry leaving gates open, then my ticket wouldn't be checked at all.

Yesterday was bad but it's very much outside of their control. I was going from Euston to Coventry and caught the 2106 which was only 20 mins late departure.

Playing safe I guess. Running trains from Shenfield to Reading Branch would involve switching signal systems twice whereas the services commencing on Nov 22 would only introduce 1 signaling system change per journey.

Ditto. Occasionally used them on the London Bridge - East Croydon. Never the right temperature inside. Bumpy ride especially while accelerating and decelerating. Could go on and on with what i think is wrong with them.