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Shoeburyness is disappointing, lots of sidings and the (disused?) link to Pigs Bay but pretty uninspiring though the sea is only 5 mins walk away where at least this summer you could catch an open top bus back to the metropolis that is Southend on Sea. Talking of which the pier head terminal of...

OLE on the up line through the station looks to have been installed during the blockade yesterday it certainly wasn’t when I passed through last week.

There’s only 1 train longer than 8 cars in the morning peak calling at Purfleet and that is a 10 car 720 which is equivalent to 12 cars and the 720s do have in cab monitors.

Thorpe-le-Soken platform 1(?) in 1982, Walton-on-the-Naze (198?), Southend East (though the southern most platform(s) we’re only used by parcels trains laterly (198?), Southend Central plats 5 & 6 (197?) all the mainline platforms on the District Line stations between Bromley-by-Bow and...

Another significant OLE issue on the GE today on the Clacton branch https://www.greateranglia.co.uk/travel-information/service-disruptions/disruption-between-hythe-thorpe-le-soken, coming soon after 2 on the main line in the last few weeks, (Beaulieu Park and Marks Tey), where 720s were involved...

Whilst no means the worst new trains the 720s do have a poor interior layout , especially so in the post COVID world. The gap between the seats of only 400mm is less than the specified 450mm in PRM TSI but no one seems to be able to confirm whether this means they are compliant or not? The...

My train from Crewe got held for a short time at Watford Jn on Monday by a trespass incident at Wembley. I overheard the train crew talking about it and it appears it was a near miss with 6 individuals on the Up Slow. The reaction was hopefully once the schools go back there should be a...

As mentioned above the STADLER built SBB Giruno trains have level boarding at standard height platforms and are cleared for up to 250kph. Also DB’s soon to be introduced new TALGO hauled sets IC-L (L for low!) will be mostly low floor (except end cars) and will be cleared for 230kph, a version...

For me it’s the throaty sound of SNCFs X2800 DMUs now withdrawn but some still certified for the mainline or on preserved lines.

Technically possible but having to have a minimum gap between seats pretty much through the whole vehicle for wheelchair access of 850mm would reduce seating capacity (max possible in a Voyager with a width of 2.7m = probably 2+1 in standard and 1+1 in first). In reality with the proposed 3...

Got the feather (junction signal indicator for diverging route).

I think it would be very unlikely that the DfT would have anything like this, at the disbanding of the SRA they were only interested in ‘current’ documents relating to franchises and the SRAs statutory functions. Everything else was supposed to be archived, though I’m not convinced that this was...

I think that’s the problem, (as touched on in another thread), you can’t have 2 lots of flashing yellows in quick succession. Personally I think flashing yellows into 1 would be more beneficial as it would speed up at least 2 trains an hour (more in the peaks) as opposed to the occasional...

I did the journey out and back last month. Outward on the 09:02 ex Euston (still a Voyager) the train ran fine (a minute or two late at Holyhead). Check-in for foot passengers closes 40 min before sailing on Stena and foot passengers on both companies are bused a fair distance to the ship from...

It’s likely to be less about having the units and more about not having drivers, with journey times extended diagram requirements are almost certainly increased with possibly not enough capacity to cover even the modest provision for any Meridian Water shuttles.

But the 17:15 off Reading is missing it only runs Bournemouth to Eastleigh, so that creates a 90 minute gap at Reading for departures towards Birmingham between 16:15 to 17:45!

I think is due to being the test bed for ETCS (European Train Control System) testing.

When I first worked at Liverpool Street (1982) I used to occasionally use the canteen which was operated by LT. It was a very gloomy place mostly used by bus crews and Underground staff, Smokey and it sold alcohol! From memory (now over 40 years ago) the food wasn’t very good though, certainly...

I think this was answered in the GA class 755 thread, it’s due to matching up the paths north and south of Cambridge it is hoped to improve this when the WA route timetable was (is) rewritten but as this is tied in with the ECML timetable which has been delayed yet again its still on hold.