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Differences in rolling stock safety regulations in mainland Europe compared to UK
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Sweden also, and to a lesser extent, Denmark keeps its trains and lineside mostly clear of it.
Wednesday at 18:49
RailWonderer
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Do you think that the UK switching to electric vehicles is realistic?
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With the cost of motoring soaring including higher insurance for EVs I don't see myself owning one for many years. Plus you really need...
Tuesday at 18:29
RailWonderer
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Do you think that the UK switching to electric vehicles is realistic?
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Sure, for the right price they will sell a lot more, but infrastructure is still lacking not in the UK as much as in parts of Europe and...
Tuesday at 16:17
RailWonderer
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Do you think that the UK switching to electric vehicles is realistic?
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No, family and friends know a few car dealers, and the market does not want them. Remeber all the pro-diesel propaganda until we...
Tuesday at 16:13
RailWonderer
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Do you think that the UK switching to electric vehicles is realistic?
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A single petrol station has at least two pumps, most have four or six. When you queye behind another car in the petrol station, they...
Tuesday at 12:22
RailWonderer
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How does Waterloo only get 60 million passengers yet each SWR train I get is packed like sardines?
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I don't want to see it either, removing a few peak extras is all they need to do to allow increased reliability, resilience, fewer...
Tuesday at 10:48
RailWonderer
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Do you think that the UK switching to electric vehicles is realistic?
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The reality is that dealers cannot shift their electric vehicle stock, and they are piling up on forecourts in the UK and in other...
Tuesday at 10:36
RailWonderer
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Potential up to 2,000 job losses at Alstom Derby
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Abroad makes better trains. Derby’s trains have mostly felt shabby compared to their Germanic counterparts Siemens and Stadler, and...
Sunday at 23:30
RailWonderer
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How does Waterloo only get 60 million passengers yet each SWR train I get is packed like sardines?
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If passenger numbers are down 40% why not cut services and save money?
Sunday at 23:23
RailWonderer
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UK Rail Map Info
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The SBB website has an interactive map (obviously with their routes in red and everybody else's in grey). I have dragged it to the UK...
29 Apr 2024
RailWonderer
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Are fine consequences too overkill?
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My theory has always been the UK is far stricter with penalties because govt subsidy is less and penalty paying is a lucrative revenue...
26 Apr 2024
RailWonderer
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Labour promises rail nationalisation within five years of coming to power
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It isn't always. First or last Ryanair of the day with no baggage may be but a midday flight with baggage allowance plus costs of...
25 Apr 2024
RailWonderer
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Labour promises rail nationalisation within five years of coming to power
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It could have but it didn't. What we need is a best of both worlds scenario, an arms-length GBR with block funding and service targets...
25 Apr 2024
RailWonderer
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Labour promises rail nationalisation within five years of coming to power
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What worked about the private franchise setup was that TOCs were measured on how well they provided the service and had directives to...
25 Apr 2024
RailWonderer
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it’s a fairly safe bet that standard class passengers and taxpayers will indeed be paying for 1st class refreshments.
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I do find myself upgrading half the time when travelling in Europe, compared to the UK where it's just the occasional Seatfrog upgrade...
23 Apr 2024
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