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Literally. I for many years (until 7 months ago) commuted almost daily between Victoria and Clapham Junction in rush hour. A Southern unit with 3+2 seating would often turn up. Not once, in either direction, was that train ever at 100% capacity inside and leaving passengers standing on the...

I know this has been said many times, but just to reiterate; I don't think many people of us locals will mourn the loss of the 3x2 seating on the 323s even though it's resulting in fewer total seats. The seats were incredibly narrow, meaning those sat in the row of 3 ended up having overlapping...

Slightly off topic but I see the new Railjet trains in Austria have these clever locking cables on them in the luggage racks to prevent that exact sort of theft. Genius really. I wonder how difficult it would be to retrofit British Intercity trains with the same tech.

I feel bad for Yorkshire when it comes to airports. The region has a population similar to Scotland but doesn't have a 'major' airport. Manchester isn't a million miles away but it isn't the easiest journey over the Pennines. It seems like a case of splitting eggs across too many baskets with...

The masterplan document seems to suggest that Elizabeth House's redevelopment (Plot A) completion date is now '2028'. The approved plans were developed in a pre-covid world; seeing as they're mostly office space, there is no way in hell that the scheme is commercially viable anymore in its...

Yes. Many things. Mostly related to how the station interacts with its surroundings: The station is surprisingly hard to find unless you know where the entrance is. For such a huge important building surrounded by Central London on all sides, its entrances are tiny, tucked away, and not at all...

This is British Rail RA1, not the new RA2. Arguably superior though.

Hahahaha I agree though, I’ve only used it a few times and also have ended up not being able to see where my platform is, and then have not been able to work out where the gate line actually is! Given it’s often a place for tight connections it does need to be clearer. It’s a bit like...

First time using the train via Birmingham in a long time just now, and had a 15 min wait at New Street; I got very lucky and saw a sparkly new 730 waiting on a platform as the 16:00 to Walsall so hopped on to have a look whilst it was stationary in the platform. My main takeaways: 1) There is...

I think you may be right. The high-vis people don't look very professional; usually in trainers and sports wear, spend most the time on their phones, don't really look like they feel comfortable etc. Upon reflection I think they're also only ever there on either strike days or event-weekends...

Agreed. I used to regularly travel into London from CJ and it did my nut in. I remember one particular incident where I had headphones on, my foot wasn't even over or even on the yellow line it was merely adjacent to it. The platform was pretty empty and the train wasn't due for about 8 minutes...

Is this sarcastic? In the photos of the interior we have brown, orange, grey, lilac, and maroon. It's the most hideous and clashing colour-scheme I think anyone has ever come up with. Ask any actual designer what they think of that colour palette and they'd laugh you out the room thinking it was...

Much better! Very clear, very smart.

After being caught on a delayed Lapworth - Marylebone train on Thursday eve due to this, the return tonight was even worse. Went from Paddington and changed at Reading and Leamington as Chiltern’s updated journey planner recommended. Connection at Reading almost missed due to a late running GWR...

I've only used Euston a few times with the new boards and personally find the setup much better. Rather than one big crowd looking up at the old boards with no natural walking routes through from station entrance to platforms, you can now walk right underneath the two new sections of boards (as...

North Cross-City is 2tph on Sundays. South Cross-City is 3tph on Sundays (with either a 10, 20 or 30 min gap), as there are 2tph to Redditch and 1tph to Bromsgrove to Birmingham NS only.

There's definitely been a trend towards colder/bluer lighting on trains, I'm not sure why. I agree that the 700s are bad, probably on a par with these new WMT ones. But I don't think the 800s are that bad; they're certainly colder/bluer than the HSTs they replaced, but they are nowhere near as...

Does a helpful summary of all the main changes by operator exist somewhere? Would be a very helpful resource.

Oh no they have the same awful clinical-esque very bright and very cold/blue spectrum lighting (that triggers migraines in a lot of sufferers like me :frown:) as the Class 196s. Effectively will mean there are no trains from my local station I can ride on anymore once roll out is complete...

Had my first ride on one of these last night Birmingham - Bromsgrove. Wasn't impressed. The lighting on these is the worst I've ever seen. So bright and blue, it felt like I was in a surgical theatre. I felt the migraine coming on as soon as I stepped on and genuinely considered getting back off...