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    What could have been: if the Thames Valley routes had been electrified in the Network SouthEast era

    It would have made sense, then an extra IC250 order for the East Coast and a cascade of 225s to the Great Western
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    What could have been: if the Thames Valley routes had been electrified in the Network SouthEast era

    So had Crossrail been originally built, you’re looking at an opening date of what, 2001? So even if electrification of the GWML took place immediately after, you’re still looking at somewhere around 2005 as the introduction date for new Thames Valley EMUs. These won’t likely be the proposed...
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    Hitachi report passengers want more direct trains (35%) and faster trains (34%)

    Great!
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    EPB farewell - 30 year anniversary

    Sadly I was born two months before their withdrawal, so I know nothing of these great trains. I grew up on Networkers and will always remember asking my Mum what that noise was as the GEC inverters fired into life as we left Brixton on my first trip on one. Still, I’d definitely be up for a trip...
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    Commuter seat choices - interesting observation

    Possibly, I only really noticed this (and started doing it myself) after the pandemic. Certainly on national rail trains people try and avoid sitting in a seating bay with another person and will often move into the next carriage
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    Commuter seat choices - interesting observation

    Funny, I see it everyday. Obviously on the underground when it eventually fills all the seats are taken, but until that point people then to leave a set in between each passenger free.
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    What could have been: if the Thames Valley routes had been electrified in the Network SouthEast era

    A bit off topic but it makes you wonder if instead of churning out 2/3 car 90mph turbos, as brilliant as they looked in NSE livery, they just electrified the Thames Lines and had faster, longer EMUs that could work on the “Main” lines.
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    May 2025 Timetable Change - What would you like to see?

    I came up with the concept of a Croydon Crossrail to route trains via West Croydon into a tunnel via East Croydon and Central Croydon. Only problem was I couldn’t find a tunnel portal location near West Croydon…
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    Commuter seat choices - interesting observation

    I have noticed, at least in London since the pandemic, people on the underground will not sit next to someone so every other seat is empty. On national rail, people consider a carriage “full” sometimes if just one person occupies an entire seating bay
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    Help needed trying to find station announcement recordings.

    How did you create that?
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    My thoughts for what may replace the class 377 on SN at the end of their time...

    The 377s still seem almost brand new to me
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    Cross Country Routes that never existed, but theoretically could have

    This was my open access operation idea
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    Connex network map.

    I went down in last year on a Hastings diversion.
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    Liveries in the South East during the 2000s

    Seems so pointless building up NSE only to tear it apart less than a decade later. I remember the NSE 455s and 456s well into my chdhood.
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    Where to buy train parts?

    I’ve always wanted to get an inverter from a Networker or a 96 or 92 stock train
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