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Also impacts on maintenance too. Rather than take a whole set of 10 carriages out for maintenance, they only need to take out 5 carriages meaning they need fewer spares.

The Stirling route was approved to operate from June 2025 to 2030, thus I guess they are using existing available rolling stock in the market to operate it by next year? If the route is successful, they can purchase new trains and secure an extension for the route?

Happy to be corrected, but is this largest ever order for a private operator in the UK who operates on an open access basis? I presume the optional trains are for the routes/ paths which First Group have submitted to the ORR for approval. Thus, if they are given, they can quickly add onto the...

Exact same reason here, key places that I would love to cycle to such as rail station and towns for lunch/ shopping are not safe enough to leave your bike locked anywhere. Having had two bikes nicked from a tube station bike rack on the main high street in clear view of people & cameras, the...

Rather an amusing statement from TfL Throughout this whole period, it feels like there has been very little communication from TfL on timescales for these issues to be resolved. Then when they restart a process, we suddenly get communication out of the blue.

Considering that their website is still under construction, it does seem odd that this announcement has come out in the blue. Thought it would have been better to wait until the deal has been done in a few weeks?

How have they managed to pass the Not Primarily Abstractive (NPA) test, as they appear just to matched the routes of GWR already take and thus it makes it very hard to show that they will grow new demand?

Considering that most people do not put enough towards their retirement and haven't considered the huge cost of retiring/ aging, its quite important. From www.carehome.co.uk: Should as a nation we encourage people to properly save for their retirement or should people just rely on the...

I would say it will depends and with all actions there are consequences. With my partner, we together earn an income of £125,000 through different streams but still claim full child benefits through reducing our income lower enough through paying extra payments into our pension pots. At the...

What, only just had your first leaflet? I along with my wife get several different leaflets/ letters a week. Just today, I had to throw away 4 leaflets/ letter campaigning, even though our box clearly says no junk mail.... Just a waste of paper and money! And I've just posted my ballot, after...

But payments made into the pensions by the employee are not taxed. Any smart driver or anyone in general should put in as much into pensions when faced with the +40% tax band and this reduce their tax payments, plus have opportunities to retire earlier.

Great laugh looking through the comments….! People believing that they are going to get an extra warm/ sunny day every four years. O dear!

I would rather have major/key stations properly manned who can provide much better assistance than staff on a train. The reality is that a single member of staff won't be able to provide much help in an incident when dealing with hundreds of people on a train and are very unlikely to challenge...

How much is stamp duty for the move? How much will solicitors cost? Removal trucks? This is the killer for most moves, so if you wish to move you may as well get the best place possible. My parents in law, found that it was cheaper to extend their house than the cost of moving! I didn't...

Sorry, still don't you have realised how bad the weather is there at winter! 99% of your time will be spent indoors along with everyone else who lives there! On the better of the days, any train spotting will want to be from inside a train! https://www.timeanddate.com/weather/usa/chicago/ext...

I was going to say this! Having lived in Chicago for a few years, you don't really want to be visiting it in February. Bring all the snow gear you have and maybe book a cheeky weekend trip to somewhere warmer or go skiing if you enjoy it, there are a few small ski resorts nearby!

So if they have never been to London, they have never been abroad? I love travelling and just cannot understand people who have hardly done anything. So much out there!

Another reason for people to join Hamas is that there really isn't much to lose. Stuck within a small parcel of land with basic living conditions and opportunities. Very little chance of them enjoy any sort of life we are lucky to have in the UK and travel, forget it there. Only chance to...

Such a complex situation however at what point will western countries tell Israel that their current actions are unacceptable and need to rein in with more targeted force? The fact that they have now killed twice the number that Hamas killed and it appears Isreal hasn't even started any full...

Childcare costs should be considered a small part of having a child and for my partner who is a teacher just the cost of childcare is around 1/3 of her salary after paying tax for just a single child aged under 2. Thankfully the recent increase in government hours will help when we have a second...