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Sad Sprinter replied to the thread Stations that still have BR era (or older) signage.Almost every station I go to the paint is peeling back to the NSE red -
Sad Sprinter replied to the thread Is this the longest Avanti service ever?.I don’t think he’s saying it shouldn’t run. He is right, it would be awful. Crowded, hot, bratty children for the same travel time from...
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Sad Sprinter replied to the thread New lines and improvements for Sussex railways.Imagine if we could just lay the third rail.
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Sad Sprinter replied to the thread Why did they not build the Madrid to Barcelona HSL via Madrid Airport?.Surely starting from Charmartin wouldn’t be too bad? You could run through Seville to Barcelona services
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Sad Sprinter posted the thread Why did they not build the Madrid to Barcelona HSL via Madrid Airport? in International Transport.As title, it goes fairly close to the airport, surely routing it via the airport and approaching Madrid from the North would have been a...
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Sad Sprinter replied to the thread Does Bournemouth Airport need better public transport provision?.Yes I’ve thought that too. Or even open the Heathrow Southern Railway and connect Dorset and Hampshire with Heathrow. I came up with a...
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Sad Sprinter replied to the thread New lines and improvements for Sussex railways.What about reinstated the Eastbourne avoiding line to speed up Victoria to Hastings journeys?
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Sad Sprinter replied to the thread New lines and improvements for Sussex railways.Yes it was always lovely seeing a 12car Electrostar come racing through on its way to Brighton
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Sad Sprinter replied to the thread Will the c2c name remain beyond July?.Errr please tell me ‘Railway West Coast’ is not a real name?
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Sad Sprinter replied to the thread Why didn't industrial cities like Manchester or Birmingham never get metro systems in the 19th or early 20th century?.So it is.
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Sad Sprinter replied to the thread Why didn't industrial cities like Manchester or Birmingham never get metro systems in the 19th or early 20th century?.I mean post 1945.
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Sad Sprinter replied to the thread Why didn't industrial cities like Manchester or Birmingham never get metro systems in the 19th or early 20th century?.The Treasury.
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Sad Sprinter replied to the thread South Western Railway nationalisation time..On the other hand it is geographically correct as GBR does not cover Northern Ireland.
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Sad Sprinter replied to the thread South Western Railway nationalisation time..That's...not actually that bad. I don't understand why they just dont call it British Rail which is a simpler name but it carries well.
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Sad Sprinter replied to the thread What if, immediately post-privatisation, the TOCs had been divided differently?.Some of us do, they should never have got rid of it.