Recent content by Mogz

Can someone explain how springs are a fire hazard? Older stock seemed to have well sprung seats.

One wonders, with TOC MD’s generally, how often they travel Standard Class on one of their TOC trains at peak time to see what the high-paying long suffering passenger has to put up with. For nearly two decades now I’ve been putting up with “sardine express”, “standing room only” far too short...

Crosscountry trains are often used by commuters as there are few alternative services (eg between Oxford and Banbury there are only infrequent and irregular GWR stoppers as an alternative). The fact is Crosscountry trains are just too damn short and have been since Operation Princess. You...

Anything that gets more cars and buses off the roads into Oxford is to be welcomed.

You had me for a moment there!

For me it was the introduction of the short-lived Wrexham and Shropshire service in 2008. I was studying in London when it launched and it meant a leisurely and very pleasant alternative way to get home to the Wirral (changing at Wrexham) without having to go VT via Liverpool or Chester. Full...

Yes! Just….yes!!!

I, for one, agree entirely! 1693564526 My own controversial opinion, that always gets slammed, is that there should be a compartment option on long distance trains in both First Class (eg for business meetings or privacy) and in Standard (for families). Perhaps half a carriage of each...

Over the years I have been approached many many times at stations by someone claiming to be stranded and needing money for a ticket home. Being happy to help someone in genuine need, I always offer to buy them a ticket. Only once has anyone taken me up on that offer. That was at Birmingham New...

Ah, the pandemic has some benefits, such as the doubling up of XC train lengths, which meant, al last, everyone could get a seat. I’m now on the 17:15 to Piccadilly, ex-Reading, and it’s like being on the the tube. 4 coaches on a summer Friday afternoon are just not sufficient. I know the...

As I’ve mentioned before, my job takes me all over the UK by rail, so I get to ride on quite a variety of rolling stock. It seems to me that as the stock gets newer, the leg room gets better but the seat comfort itself gets worse. Today I’ve had the joys of plenty of legroom in a hard ironing...

https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool-news/liverpool-could-soon-direct-train-15112117.amp Time flies. I didn’t realise how long ago these proposals were!

The ability for attendees from across the UK to be able to get to Liverpool directly. It would have been a good time to start the services.

Yup!

Moderator note: Split from https://www.railforums.co.uk/threads/eurovision-liverpool-a-rail-nightmare-waiting-to-happen.246794/ This would have been a good time to reintroduce the recent(ish)ly mooted return of trains to and from Bristol and Reading. As it is, no will and no dosh.