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Sstuu replied to the thread Should some longer rural routes be sacrificed and the money spent elsewhere on the network?.Iceland generates all its electricity from hydro and geothermal energy as well as a majority of space heating from those so it's pretty...
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Sstuu replied to the thread Lord Blunkett sets out plan to fix Yorkshire’s railways.£14bn? For some new platforms/stations and some electrification? No new/reinstated lines? Something has gone seriously wrong with...
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Sstuu replied to the thread Which tramways have you used?.Since my previous post, trams ins: Besancon, Bern, Gdansk, Paris, Stockholm, Vienna
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Sstuu replied to the thread Class 701 'Aventra' trains for South Western Railway: progress updates.I assume you never travelled on a C stock on the Underground - drivers would open the doors a fraction before the train stopped
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Sstuu replied to the thread Should some longer rural routes be sacrificed and the money spent elsewhere on the network?.What definition of reasonable are you using though? Perhaps linking fares to median wages would be a sensible approach? One hour's...
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Sstuu replied to the thread TRIVIA - “reversing loops”.Temple Meads via St Philips Marsh, not that anything ever would go that way. And Stratford from the Lea Valley
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Sstuu replied to the thread Double deckers on HS2.I would hope they have had the sense to design them so they can be easily adjusted later, with gap fillers fitted to platforms for...
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Sstuu replied to the thread Should some longer rural routes be sacrificed and the money spent elsewhere on the network?.That may be the case now, but for that to be seriously considered there would need to be a major expansion of capacity, both to meet the...
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Sstuu replied to the thread HS2 delayed again?.They get half an hour or so off journeys to London, less than promised but still a noticeable benefit
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Sstuu replied to the thread Double deckers on HS2.They have terrible seats but they are absolutely not crammed together, they have more legroom in airline seats than anything else I'm...
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Sstuu replied to the thread HS2 delayed again?.The tolerances of high speed rail are already much tighter so there can't be a lot in it. It's also not traditional slab track laid by a...
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Sstuu replied to the thread HS2 delayed again?.The 400 km/h design speed means embankments need to be stronger as well, that would definitely have had an impact on costs. The slab...
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Sstuu replied to the thread Commuter seat choices - interesting observation.Sorry I should have edited your quote - I only meant the bit about bays. You are correct about the Underground
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Sstuu replied to the thread Should some longer rural routes be sacrificed and the money spent elsewhere on the network?.You said "very few are" used by only passenger trains. Which isn't true
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Sstuu replied to the thread HS2 delayed again?.Vast = 1 per day