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MCR247's latest activity
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MCR247 replied to the thread Wellglade Group.Cantilever seats are ‘normal’ seats - they aren’t tip up. The cantilever just means they’ll be mounted to the walls and not the floor... -
MCR247 replied to the thread EMR mass cancellations on Liverpool-Norwich, 19/04/25.So make the overcrowding worse?
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MCR247 replied to the thread Ex-EMR Class 180 at Widnes.I don’t disagree with any of this but this isn’t what the poster I’d quoted was saying. If they’d said maybe the 180s could fill a gap...
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MCR247 replied to the thread Ex-EMR Class 180 at Widnes.I’m not sure the DfT would sign off on these extra costs to free up stock for an open access operation
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MCR247 replied to the thread Who makes these electric buses?.Having it on the cars doesn’t change the fact that it is a backronym designed to appeal to the West as other posters have since confirmed.
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MCR247 replied to the thread Who makes these electric buses?.AFAIK build your dreams is a ‘backronym’ with BYD not actually Standing for anything
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MCR247 replied to the thread Nottingham City Transport.500 has tables at the back and they just seem to be prone to vandalism. Not sure the chargers have worked in about years
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MCR247 replied to the thread Upgrading from Standard to First.If you aren’t able to find/talk to the guard, personally I’d look for a spare seat (unreserved for as long as you’ll need it) and if...
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MCR247 replied to the thread May 2025 Timetable Change - Confirmed Changes Only.I think this is because the xx52 Is normally the Leicester terminator with the Stansted/Cambridge at xx22. The lack of 0822 out of New...
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MCR247 replied to the thread Upgrading from Standard to First.Just because it hasn’t been mentioned yet, if you want to upgrade in the week then it’s probably worth checking seat frog.
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MCR247 replied to the thread Nottingham City Transport.Interesting thanks for expanding on that - new buses double decks straight onto the 26 makes sense in terms of directly releasing some...
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MCR247 replied to the thread Gatwick Express stock re-badged to Southern.From the sounds of it you’re on a set that is half 387/2 and half 387/1 - the pedantic train nerd in me wants to say the /1s aren’t...
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MCR247 replied to the thread Nottingham City Transport.Hopefully they don’t have those dreadful London fronts. 6 is an interesting number, perfect to rid the last omnidekkas but obviously not...
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MCR247 replied to the thread Nottingham City Transport.Oh that’s interesting, Streetdecks are diesel right? Electric would be electroliners? Or is the full name ‘streetdeck Electroliner?’
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MCR247 replied to the thread CrossCountry XC Class 170 refurbishment.When done properly, but I personally would argue that it’d be useful to start showing this info before the train is already pulling into...