Recent content by louis97

Its irrelevant really, bid world is a different world. It may work in the bid but that doesn't mean it will work in reality.

Seems it was specifically held back, perhaps to avoid blocking a platform at New Street, but that is pure speculation. Ironically it was held up waiting for its attaching portion which seemed to be delayed due to a delay on the inward working of the stopper, due to a fire alarm apparently.

Not if it is attaching to another through service, you'd have the same headcode in the area twice if you do, as has already been mentioned this can affect information systems. 1713532180 Given the time of the OP, and the trains on the screenshot, this is likely to be the correct answer in this...

Not if it has been detached off another service, which has since departed.

Except they are not wholly electric units, they are tri-mode and they will be doing exactly what they were purchased to do. This fleet is a step forward in only using diesel where it is actually necessary and not because one or more sections of route isn't electrified. As has already been...

Looks to be based on the previous timetable period, some trains on Saturday that are no longer booked a 10-car are not reflected as such.

The issue isn't really knowing where the back of the train is, ETCS level 2 already knows where the back of the train is so it can enforce speed restrictions, etc. You enter the information on train formation as part of ETCS setup. The issue is proving a train remains complete, related but not...

Yes a 195 has been via Derby, the evening working eventually became a little bit earlier and that was booked a 195 in the later days before Northerns route knowledge via Derby got cut. Those trips were for route knowledge retention, Northern used it to run an 0919 departure from Nottingham on a...

Unlikely the journey times will be sped up as XC will be more than happy with the extra dwell time at Derby.

What gives you that impression? There is less trains today traversing Cardiff West Junction than there is normally, that is the pinch point because of all the crossing movements on the flat.

The two distants will be to avoid having an over braked section like there was before. Before there was a 3 aspect distant in the tunnel with full braking distance to the next signal, this meant when you approached it at a double yellow, you had a full braking distance to the next signal alone...

At Hitchin, the flashing aspect sequence for Down Fast to Down platform is as would be expected for 4-aspect signalling. However for the move from Down Fast to the Flyover the signal which would in a standard 4-aspect flashing aspect sequence be at a double flashing yellow is held at double...

There is flashing yellows onto the goods lines, this means you can't have flashing yellows into platform 1 as there would be an overlap between the flashing aspect sequences. I suspect it was decided it was more beneficial to get freight onto the goods faster than the passenger trains into...

Nothing archaic about it, those are the standards for a 25mph turnoff off a 100mph line, not an uncommon setup across the country. The turnout needs a speed increase to 40mph minimum to be compliant for flashing yellows.

The service was not booked a pair of 334s, it should have been a pair of 318s. There was no swap at Motherwell, the inward trip was incorrectly displaying 320317 (it is showing the pair of 334s on TRUST, so some sort of error feeding to RTT). 320317 was allocated another departure from Milngavie...