Recent content by MisterT

I'd say that Fipcard.eu looks more like a private initiative from a French railway employee. A colleague of mine has done the same thing for many years now for The Netherlands, and is now the unofficial official source of FIP travel at NS/ProRail. He published it on his personal (password...

I haven't driven the new Airport Sprinter service yet, but previously, on most of the trains between Amsterdam and Schiphol, there were plenty of seats available. Ususally the front part of the train (from Amsterdam to Schiphol) or the rear part of the train (from Schiphol to Amsterdam) was...

This is basically a form of the ERTMS Virtual Coupling concept I'd say. Not really a new thing. My TOC (NS) is also looking into these kind of things for future operations, as it would make it possible to run more trains (or serve more stations) on the same infrastructure.

The safety feature that the MCBs are opened and the pantographs are lowered if the driver doesn't do it themselves is, of course, still available, as that's a basic ETCS feature. It's just the automatic switching to the different voltage and then raising the pantographs/closing MCBs again that...

It's not unique to TVM. ERTMS/ETCS has similar abilities, or at least it is able to provide the necessary information to the train (the train has to support it). We use it on a daily basis in the Netherlands with our new ICNG trains (and previously with the failed Fyra V250 trains), where both...

All new trains (SNG, FLIRT, ICNG) have the option to close the doors from the cab door and future trains (DDNG, S5G) will have it as well. According to our rules/regulations, this location for closing the doors should only be used in case of extreme passenger load (basically when there isn't...

It's simply the door interlock, so as soon as the passenger doors are closed and locked, the indicator will light up. There is one exception: when the guard closes the doors from the cab door (which is possible on some trains), the guard has to push a button inside that cab before the indicator...

Yes and no. The bell only indicates that the doors closing process has started, but it doesn't signal the actual dispatch. It's only a courtesy to the driver and not necessary for safe dispatch, so when the bells fail for any reason, it isn't a safety issue. On contrary, for example our Traxx...

Apologies, I have misread your post. But why wouldn't that be allowed? I would actually be suprised if it wasn't. I don't think trains in the UK wait for junctions with an extra seperation block either? Honestly, that would be pretty weird I'd say. Both trains moving at the same time in blocks...

I don't speak Japanese, but I don't see anything strange or special happening around that time? Is this the right timestamp? Around 5:25, the video shows a train pulling into the station and stopping, then there are some cuts in the footage, and we see the train pulling away from the station...

If you like history in your architecture and transportation, take a look at the 'Nederlands Openlucht museum' in Arnhem. It's a 44 ha park where you can see all kinds of historic buildings and other history from the Netherlands. It includes a fully functional tramway with historic trams as well.

That is not the case. The doors on the stationary unit are allowed to be open when the trains are being coupled.

Just a quick note: this was the case with the previous discount offer, but since it's called NS PriceTime Deal, you can take any train on the day, as long as the complete journey is in the off-peak hours. So basically it's a non-refundable off-peak ticket. From the FAQ: So if you travel during...

Eurostar has now published a list of cancelled trains, so anyone travelling can use their train timetable info to see if their train has been cancelled. Example for London to Paris on Sunday (just change the stations and/or date to get information for other journeys)...

That is the kind of information I was looking for, thank you!