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Have they sorted out the vestibule doors yet? Last trip I was on they were locked open which made it rather brisk, noisy, and fragrant from the brake fumes

An equivalent tax called the Goods and Services Tax is applied, however this is lower at 10% than VAT.

I've had two solar thermal water heaters, one in western Scotland near Oban (so hardly the world capital of excess sunshine) and another in Tasmania. For Tasmania the system basically supplied all hot water requirements for a household of four for nine months of the year. In Scotland it was more...

No experience of solar panels in the UK, however I have had multiple houses in Australia with panels. My current house has the oldest installation, a 15 year old 2.5kW system that still is performing as designed. I do find the price of solar systems in the UK bafflingly expensive. We installed...

There seems to be a general acceptance that what Carey did was completely lawful, and normal practice by wicketkeepers at every level of the game from juniors right up to international matches. There was no pause in his actions, no attempt to wait to see if a foot was lifted like in numerous...

If Carey had've gathered the ball and stopped, waited for Bairstow to leave his crease and then thrown the stumps down I would agree with you, not in the spirit of the game. As it stands, he gathered and threw in one action so the ball was still live. Bairstow was in his crease when the ball was...

There's absolutely nothing dubious about what Carey did. He received the ball and under-armed it in one continual motion so there can be no question the ball was somehow dead. In fact if you look at when he releases the ball, Bairstow is still in his crease and then dozily wanders out. Brain...

W, Z3, A and B class trams in Melbourne have all exceeded 35 years of service. The Z3, A and B class trams are still widely operational, although there are plans to replace them from 2025 with low floor rolling stock.

Victoria has a pretty decent regional rail and bus system, and whilst coverage is fairly sparse in outer suburban areas of Melbourne, the metro rail/ tram/ bus network can get you most places. Whilst metro trains are not at tube frequency, lines are generally 3-4 TPH for most of the day...

Enjoying your travels @TT-ONR-NRN. Just for accuracy, freight trains in Hobart ran up until 2014 to the docks. Also there are no heritage rail operations on the Bridgewater Bridge, only the Tasmanian Transport Museum run shorts trips (~1km) around their museum on some days.

Comeng trains were introduced in Melbourne in 1981 and were fitted with airconditioning. The picture below shows them in their current livery.

I tend to agree with this, that there is a perception that rail travel is extremely expensive. Case in point, tickets that my family (two adults and two kids, plus a third for some journeys where my niece came along, family and friends railcard) purchased over the summer whilst visiting...

Australia: Railpage: https://railpage.com.au/f.htm

Strange that it's so noisy. Fuel cells are basically silent in operation, so aside from traction motor noises and compressors I can't think of what the loud fans are for?

Currently running at 90mph between Grantham and Newark on the ECML