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  1. Chilled Phill

    Direct line from Chester - Manc Airport?

    Interesting read from the Network Rail Route 20 report It makes an interesting point, creating a line up to Northwich will mean a direct service from Chester to Manchester Airport without the needs of changing at Crewe and catching the Northern service from there. Curiously, however, this...
  2. Chilled Phill

    Pacers and "Set-Down only"

    Due to a failed train at Cheadle Hulme today, our service to Oxford Road from Crewe was diverted via Styal and called at Heald Green for "Set down only" to allow passengers to change for the airport. However, when we arrived at Heald Green, passengers at the platform were able to board the...
  3. Chilled Phill

    The '323 Sound'...

    Hey guys, Although I have researched this question myself, I'm still a little confused about how this operation works. If anybody has been on a Cl323, they'll know of the sound I' talking about: the sound this train makes when it de/accelerates. I know it's something to do with feeding...
  4. Chilled Phill

    The World will end on Tuesday, January 19th 2038...Apparently.

    Because this dooms-day theory is centred around computers, one can know the exact time said world will end: 3:14:08am UTC. :wink: Haven't got the basic gist of the whole affair, but it's something along the lines of this: The idea is basically similar to the Y2K bug where systems will...
  5. Chilled Phill

    Final Year Engineering Project

    Hey Guys. Just wished to gather some ideas and opinions on what my final year project for my Mechanical Engineering course should be. Naturally, since I'm posting this on a rail forum afterall, I am doing my project on something to do with rails. Also, my project will either be research...
  6. Chilled Phill

    Northern Rail's really taken the buiscuit now!!

    Because I really am in no mood to repeat myself again, I've decided to copy and paste an e-mail to sent to Northern Rail about the issue. Hope nobody minds. Any further suggestions and comments on my idea would be helpful, particularly from Mintona as I know he uses the same line I do. :)
  7. Chilled Phill

    (Possible) North West Northern driver strike, Monday 13th October

    http://www.northernrail.org/news/541 Interesting bit of news here. I asked a conductor on the way to Uni today about this strike action and he tells me it's because Northern Drivers aren't getting suitable break times between duties and that Northern have "moved the goalposts" so to speak...
  8. Chilled Phill

    Northern's 323 replacements

    (I did a search and it came up with nothing, so if a similar topic has already been made then I'm sure mods/admins will know what to do.:wink:) As of the DfT stock changes, Northern will be losing their 323 fleet and those will be cascaded to London Midland to create a uniform fleet...
  9. Chilled Phill

    Student Railcards...

    I've noticed something lately: I can no longer use my Railcard on Weekdaysm whilst Senior Citizens can still use theirs. Don't get me wrong, I'm all for senior citizens getting cheaper fares but why can't us younger travellers with railcards use them? This seems a little ageist to me...:|...

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