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Unsteady, nausea inducing Avanti services
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As I understand it. Track on curves is canted (aka banked) and all trains tilt as a result of this. This both helps keep the train on...
15 Mar 2024
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Do you think that the UK switching to electric vehicles is realistic?
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Yeah, looks like the government reduced discrimination against young people for once.
14 Mar 2024
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Barriers detect time on tickets
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My understanding is that for mag stripe tickets some but not all of the information on a ticket. Exactly what information is encoded on...
11 Mar 2024
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Cambridge platform changes
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plus half-hourly cambridge to brighton semi-fasts and hourly cambridge to kings cross stoppers. IIRC the kings cross stoppers are short...
11 Mar 2024
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Cambridge platform changes
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And at a busy station, a small number of delayed trains can cascade into a whole series of platform alterations as each platform...
11 Mar 2024
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Differences between TPWS, ATP and ETCS
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No train protection system can completely prevent SPADs, because applying the brakes does not absoloutely gaurantee the train will stop.
9 Mar 2024
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How many National Rail stations don't have gatelines? (estimates welcome)
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Yup, no (public) steps escalators or travelators. There is a lift which links platform 12 to fairfield street, and the link bridge...
9 Mar 2024
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"Tickets purchased with a Railcard are not valid on this service" (SWR)
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I don't think there is a general rule * The disabled railcard has no time restrictions. * The 16-25, 26-30 HM forces and veterans...
9 Mar 2024
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How many National Rail stations don't have gatelines? (estimates welcome)
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The tricky thing with manual checks is that many of the choke points they use aren't specifically built as ticket check points. They are...
9 Mar 2024
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Differences between TPWS, ATP and ETCS
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I'm pretty sure AWS only distinguishes between "green" and "not green". Any restrictive aspect has to be acknowledged, as do fixed AWS...
8 Mar 2024
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What does "Not valid on trains timed to depart" actually mean?
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I agree with your plain english reading of the human readable restriction code. HOWEVER, the "unpublished restrictions" used by journey...
8 Mar 2024
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Manchester Metrolink
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Google maps journey planner appears to have a source of timetable information for metrolink. I just put your journey into google maps...
8 Mar 2024
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SE High Speed services
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Because it's really not very practical to have multiple contactless pay as you go schemes operating on the same gatelines. TFL were the...
8 Mar 2024
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Northern trialling PRT tickets from ticket machines
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Printing on plain paper essentially means that the only evidence of the tickets legitimacy is the Aztec code. What will merseyrail and...
7 Mar 2024
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plugwash
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How many National Rail stations don't have gatelines? (estimates welcome)
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I wrote a little bit of python code #!/usr/bin/python3...
7 Mar 2024
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