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A couple of years ago I queried on here about 195s disappearing up the Hope Valley line from Hazel Grove late at night. Never seen one head up to the Buxton Line. I presume clearance in the Eaves Tunnel is not a given.

Having been to Dartmouth Naval College more than once I know the navy do bring frigates in, so absolutely no chance of any bridge as long as they are present.

Saw a 3-car formation of dog boxes today coming out of Manchester Piccadilly on the fast up at full chat. If I hadn't been wedged into my Northern 150 seat I would have fell off my chair.

Caernarfon should still have a station, would carry a lot of holiday traffic.

This plus platform 15/16 at Piccadilly and rolling electrification programme on all railways.

Buxton definitely stables at least two units overnight. I should know, I've woken up there on the last train of the day, and had to stay in a hotel! I begged the crew to take me back down the hill but they told me they lived there. One question, is it normal for crew to live at these extreme...

Whatever is chosen for whatever practical and political reason, it should attempt level boarding and future proofed traction, not just Aventras with a new skin. It's a chance to change train travel for a huge area of the UK.

If they did Merseyrail battery trains it would be a smash. 30 minute headway to start with, trains through the loop so people can get to Liverpool instead of changing at Bidston (which is like being on a mini Piccadilly platform 13/14 in terms of bleakness). Definitely a case of 'build it and...

Just saw one rattle by near Neston. As Mark Twain definitely said: "reports of the demise of the TfW Class 150s are greatly exaggerated".

The year is 2223 and armageddon end times are here. There will be cockroaches, Ant and Dec on the telly, and Class 150s all over the North, Wales and the South West. Oh, and the Bidston 230s will be six months away. What I don't understand how we have people saying that they will definitely...

Yeah, anything that removes electric traction is a retrograde step. That would be the hope, if you excuse the pun.

This would be good, definitely quicker than the alternative via Piccadilly and Marple for lots of South Manchester and Cheshire passengers. But dropping the Hazel Grove stopper would mean losing a Buxton service, which is only once an hour outside the peak, so unless there is a Buxton shuttle...

I think this would be a welcome addition as it's a good park and ride station. Is there space to fit in the pathing though? It's busy bit of line. The six-car unit fits the platforms as well.

On my local line I have used a 150 with USB and many of them were not working. Having to hop around to get a charge. We generally get four car units on my local line. From a personal perspective, when I get a pair of 150s I am always disappointed when it's a pair of 150s, sometimes we get a...

How long have 150's reasonably got left in service? The youngest of them will turn 35 this year.