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I've always found the Barrow one a bit odd considering Kirkby In Furness 2 stops up the line is signed as is. However Dalton 2 stops down isn't called Dalton In Furness on signs or Announcements!!
StrangeIy I actually quite like that Voyager livery and its certainly not bland, I'd take that over orange and purple West Midlands Trains or Northern. The turbostar one not so much.
Edit Now I know what it reminds me of...
Would be good to have a non politician, self starter which is why back in the day I did think Alan Sugar would have been be a good shout assuming he'd even have considered it.
Sadiq Khan knows full well that the Mayoralty is his as long as he wants it, and behaves accordingly. There's no effective opposition to speak of and not likely to be any time soon.
Reminds me of that Yes Minister episode where there was a hospital operating with no patients in and no medical staff , the straight faced answer by the manager was that it was a good thing as it prolonged the life of the expensive equipment and cut running costs!!
Alstom saw the opportunity to eliminate a competitor when Bombardier were in big trouble and that maybe keeping Derby open past its order book was never the intention despite the Sabre rattling now going on.
I remember a very dreary pedestrian underpass at the Junction of Southampton Row /Theobalds Rd in London, not too far from the old tram tunnel entrance. Even had toilets (though chained up and long abandoned) Must have been sealed at least 20 years ago.