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  1. richa2002

    Train Sim World

    A distinction needs to be made when comparing TSW4 & TSC. If you're comparing with a vanilla TSC with no third party additions, TSW is far better. If you are happy to spend a bit of wonga on third party additions for TSC, in my opinion at least, it is far superior in variety, graphical quality...
  2. richa2002

    London North Eastern Railway (LNER) First Class service

    Which really is a poor show. An hour is more than enough time to do it.
  3. richa2002

    Class 799 mainline trials

    Truly in awe of this armchair-ity. Do people have no limit?
  4. richa2002

    Five full closures of the M25 in 2024

    Do what I do and simply stop reading it. You'll feel far better and be no less informed.
  5. richa2002

    Richard Bowker sums up the DfT well

    I find peoples' faith in Louise Haigh rather naive. I'm sure she'll be just as incompetent as the current lot. Then in 5/10/15 years time when the railways are still rubbish and the Tories are due to take Labour's place again for the latest merry go round of mediocrity, we will no doubt have...
  6. richa2002

    Swanage Railway to go cashless

    Very odd choice and a backward step. Especially for something like a heritage railway which is going to attract a disproportionate amount of older people who are more likely to use cash. They aren't a hipster cafe in Shoreditch...!
  7. richa2002

    Why don't East Midlands Trains stop at St Albans?

    The MML timetable has been useless ever since Dec 2008 when they removed the intermittent Luton/Bedford stops from Sheffield services. The requirement to change twice for Nottingham or thrice for Sheffield if travelling from a Home Counties station makes it a very unappealing prospect. Going...
  8. richa2002

    "I'm a Signalman, not a Signaller!"

    I've always found it odd how signalman, or any term with man as a suffix, is not seen as gender neutral. We are all mankind and woman has man as a suffix. It was just the very start of the backward DEI ideology which is so prevelant now.
  9. richa2002

    Post World War 2 - peoples views of Germany?

    I think this is what is called a luxury belief if you have been fortunate enough not to have bombs rained down upon you in the middle of the night. Xenophobia is the least of your worries when you face death and destruction on a nightly basis. Yes, it may not be logically correct to display hate...
  10. richa2002

    London Overground line names announced

    Is that what transport strategy has come to? Deary me. People really need to leave politics where it belongs.
  11. richa2002

    London Overground line names announced

    No surprise in today's world where DEI is the new religion. This now trumps easy to remember/say, politically neutral names that actually work for a transport system.
  12. richa2002

    Greater Anglia to install tables on its Stansted Express trains

    I don't know how anyone thinks 745s are ideal for InterCity runs compared to the old Mk3s. The intermediate doors spoil that for me. I don't find the seats as comfy as the old IC70s in standard class either. Was never too keen on the IC80s in first class so not much of a downgrade there.
  13. richa2002

    Public Station Pianos.

    I'm in two minds. He does seem to go out looking for trouble and I don't trust the way he sometimes uses click bait titles referring to "pretty girls" or "teens". At the same time though, if it exposes ludicrous beliefs such that Chinese laws/customs have any validity in the UK, or that stating...
  14. richa2002

    Does Britain embrace ignorance?

    I suppose we'll have to agree to disagree on that then.
  15. richa2002

    Does Britain embrace ignorance?

    I feel as though the "we've had enough of experts" line is totally misunderstood by most who seem to think it is some kind of brag of wilful ignorance. Quite the opposite, it is a frustration from those who seek the truth that they are told to believe an 'expert' simply because they are decreed...
  16. richa2002

    Conwy, Penmaenmawr and Llanfairfechan now compulsory stops?

    Is there some kind of incoming legislation that requires request stops to have a button to alert the driver rather than the old fashioned holding out your hand/arm? If so, a widescale reduction of request stops would reduce the number of stations needing work done to make them compliant.
  17. richa2002

    Chiltern MK3 replacement fleet possibilities?

    I get this for a stabled train but not for one that is just passing by.
  18. richa2002

    Chiltern MK3 replacement fleet possibilities?

    I can't believe so much credence is given to residents living in a noisy city about a passing train being a bit noisier than the others.
  19. richa2002

    Northern: DO NOT TRAVEL 24th & 31st December

    Can anyone point to when BR told passengers not to travel on Christmas Eve?
  20. richa2002

    Changes to SE metro services next June

    I'm always amazed at the idea of an increased rail service being significant enough to sway a voter...!

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