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  1. hexagon789

    Glasgow Subway new stock

    They've been out early morning, late evening and if you look at post #348, you'll see confirmation units were out on both circles on Saturday there. Definitely moved into general use now, though it's still likely you might need to hang about on a platform for one to appear, the Met-Camm units...
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    Glasgow Subway new stock

    All day and all days, now ;)
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    June 2024 Timetable Change

    And here in Scotland ;)
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    June 2024 Timetable Change

    I.e. no difference between Mon-Fri, Sat and Sunday - the same service every day.
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    Why is there a distinction between the oldest male and oldest female MP but not between the youngest male and youngest female MP?

    It's not alphabetical order. It's first by service. Then by swearing-in.
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    June 2024 Timetable Change

    You can look at individual schedules on RealTimeTrains or similar or there's the Railway Data website which has provisional June timetables in traditional route table format.
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    Top speed of bi / Tri modal trains on electric

    I think the OP meant higher speed on electric mode only, not diesel. (Presumably retaining a 125mph diesel mode capability.)
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    Top speed of bi / Tri modal trains on electric

    Spain has ones which can do 250km/h (155mph) on electric, these have eketric power cars and a diesel generator cars either end of a rake of trailer cars rather than being distributed power like the 80x. However, does the last portion of your post mean within the UK loading gauge? Theoretically...
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    Class 165 on service to Great Malvern

    It was about 50/50 on the Costwold line services before the IETs. The 2012 timetable shows 17 trains from London, 9 were Turbos, 8 were HSTs.
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    Class 165 on service to Great Malvern

    They were standard traction for many years, even all the way from London.
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    Where can I find the South Western Railway (SWR) British Railway livery Class 455 more easily?

    Go on to Realtimetrains.co.uk and type in the unit number in the search box, it will show any current service allocation for the unit in question. Good luck and happy hunting! :)
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    East Kilbride/Barrhead electrification updates

    I thought the whole branch was having a full closure next year for about a month in July/August? I.e. similar to the closure for Barrhead last year.
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    Hamilton Steele EG - Silver carriages

    All I can think of are the ex-Grand Hibernian ex-Irish Rail Mk3s, which moved to Hamilton West from Long Marston in 2021, along with Pullman 316. They are a deep blue with silver roofs though, not silver all over, hence my uncertainty that they are definitely what you saw. The latest was that...
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    Glasgow Subway new stock

    Should be all day now.
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    Unsteady, nausea inducing Avanti services

    A very few Shinkansen tilt ever so slightly, 1 degree against 8 for Avanti Pendolinos. They do that on the oldest Japanese high-speed lines as they have tighter curves than the newer ones, tilting just 1 degree allows them to do the same speeds as newer lines. TGVs don't tilt, but some other...
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    Unsteady, nausea inducing Avanti services

    The 390s (and 221s) were introduced some 20 years ago by Virgin trains. At the time the maximum permitted speed on the line from London Euston to Glasgow via Preston (West Coast Main Line) was 110mph, while other mainlines permitted 125mph. This was partly due to the curvy nature of the WCML...
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    Unsteady, nausea inducing Avanti services

    As TPE's trains don't tilt, so it seems a reasonable assumption you are unfortunately one of those who are more sensitive to tilting trains.
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    Unsteady, nausea inducing Avanti services

    Avanti use tilting trains, so my first thought is that it's probably the tilting as that can induce nausea in thise more prone to motion sickness; the trains are otherwise among the smoothest riding in the UK. All of Avanti's trains do tilt but depending where the OP starts, TPE is an option...

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