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Yes, it was a 755/4 today.

One worked back from Liverpool St to Norwich at 10.30. We saw it at Stratford as we waiting for the Southend train behind it. It looked pretty full and had people in the vestibules.

That brings back memories. My dad used to wear those shirts, he was one of the managers at Sheffield station Travel Centre.

As someone who grew up in Sheffield at the time of the bendies, we called them bendybuses right from the outset with the original trial batch. It may not have been shown on side of the bus, as the PTE called the originals Cityliners, but The Star (the local paper) and the public soon used the...

As an Apprenticeship Manager, in England there are no age restrictions for English apprenticeships thanks to the Apprentice Levy introduced in 2017. (Scotland/Ireland/Wales are different kettles of fish though and too intricate to explain here) :)

Afraid it doesn’t. Passengers sit there jabbing the buttons after the beep on 395s. It’s then several seconds before the seal releases and the door opens.

It is the same thing that the Javelins do, but with the added bonus of 80Xs releasing the seal before the train comes to a standstill, so the door can open as soon as it’s released instead of the few-second wait on the 395.

So it is. I had confused two dates, heaven forbid I have made an error. Obviously not permitted here.

So can anyone say whether a 710 made it out on Euston-Watford Junction today as hoped?

I can understand English perfectly well thank you. You wrote “Can’t say I like it, especially on a train with WiFi”. Tell me exactly what that has to do with seeing out of the window please. Nowhere in your post had you mentioned looking out of the window, am I supposed to be a mind reader?

Yes, so why is this window film that still allows phone reception a bad decision that someone might not like? I don’t understand the logic.

Come again? The window film is designed to allow mobile signal through. What does it have to do with WiFi?

Flirt was back out again this evening on the 1735(?) Norwich to Gt Yarmouth. Slightly late off Norwich.

Crew late. Overnight maintenance finishing late. There's plenty of possible reasons.

I believe the massive fire in Walthamstow at the Mall Shopping Centre, which is (fairly) near the GOBLIN caused some delays earlier in the day, according to reports in our local (Leyton) Facebook group.

From casual observation while waiting for the train home/shopping (and can see two every time) all were 710s. I wouldn’t have seen all 6 though on my trips. :)

My favourite weird number was Brighton & Hove’s route 5AA, a twice a day variant of the 5A, in the late 1980s when I lived there. When going to check on it, I also saw they later has a 5BX! There’s more on these on the B&H history site: http://history.buses.co.uk/history/route/welcome.htm

Of course it would!!! Why do you think the Underground barriers have had an error code for Dumbbell ever since the year dot? And I appreciate it’s not the Underground, but National Rail barriers are just as capable as those Underground.

The ticket readers would show a “dumbbell” has been happening for a very long time, i.e. an exit at Cannon Street without an entrance somewhere, and vice versa. Patterns can be flagged for investigation. Investigators can and do watch out for/follow particular passengers if they have suspicions...

I wouldn’t rely on Google sourced data though. Traveline agrees that Hornsby Depot is the terminus.