Recent content by Lewlew

The Barbican exit is just a lift that only goes to the westbound Met platform.

The slow line and diversion will have been because of the two track railway after 10pm. One set of lines is closed every night from 10pm-5am for maintenance. But I agree, service recovery on both Avanti and LNR are pretty poor. Things have improved since the London Midland days but still...

After a certain date (that escapes me), all new build third rail trains were required to have a pantograph well and passive provision for conversion to AC. All the 444s and 450s have a well too.

The 378s have just been purchased by TfL. They’re now owned outright by them. So the refresh program could start up again, or be delayed even further due to the extra cost in purchasing the fleet.

Including the station starter at Wembley, there’s 5 signals. They’re lacking in signals going the other way from Wembley, with only one at each platform and none in between except on the approach to Harrow.

Basingstoke has dual carriageway A roads all around the town

That’s what I was thinking of, thanks!

Trainline If you purchase on the day then there are no fees. And, no, you’re not a sheep for using the Trainline before anyone says it.

Isn’t it Signalling and Communications? With PWay (permanent way) being the actual track?

1600 is still very much the afternoon. Evening starts at 1700

Then give them WiFi on the platforms.

Why do they need a staff WiFi network? Ethernet port in the cab to plug a laptop in should suffice.

There’s been a lot of rerailing in that area, is it still jointed?

Is there demand for it? Tring already gets 4 tph. There’s also Euston - Watford Junction empties to form a morning peak service back into town which could run in service but only to save having to detrain the previous service at Euston, there’s not enough passenger demand for it otherwise.

I’m in the exact same boat as you. However, when I click on the application on the DB portal it comes up with something like “an error occurred, try again later”