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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...

It's usually the swans down that way isn't it. Do Network Rail get to pay for the delay minutes as they are on the track?

Not that I agree with it but is it safe to say BR will have had the South Western suburban DOO long ago.

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.

Millom to Lancaster many times, didn't mind at all, those has the original seats as well.

If this was even remotely true then Trudy Harrison and Mark Jenkinson MPs up the line would have also been trumpeting the same 'upgrade'

Fairly likely to lose his seat to be honest, boundary changes up there as well

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.

I've never understood the lengths these people go to spray a carriage like that as its obvious it will be cleaned off asap

Interesting, so assume it made it through to Carlisle, my eyesight is bad so are the stepboards visible in the picture?

Millom

Oh no, I'm travelling up from London on the 1st May! Is staying on the train beyond Lancaster to Carlisle and travelling back down the coast permitted because of this incident?

So these will all go to the incumbent operator subject to negotiations /going through the motions?

It's also been suggested in the past that it should be absorbed into the Greater Anglia concession/franchise

As MPs go he's one of the better and more proactive ones

Ah OK understood, just thought the 777 esqe interior would be ideal for SE metro like the 376