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Maybe they were worried, the french would sell the housing built with this good british money to the locals. Oh, wait a minute... Or maybe it just wasn't cruel enough for the people,they want to appeal to.

After 60 years of service, it's time to retire. Slowly but surely, the time of the BLS Re425 “Bruneli” (“Brownie”) is ending. A short film shows once again the inner workings and function of the locomotive. Interesting also for me, who grew up on the “competition”, the SBB Re420. Despite the...

The whole point of the offshore policy ist being not reponsible. It is much easier to point a Rwanda and shrug the shoulders when things turn nasty than being responsible for what actually happens. It's just a bit insincere to run the asylum system into the ground, not processing applications...

Why is it then, that the Home Office tries to cover the cost of the Rwanda Scheme? And why is the PM officially advertising the plans with alleged cost savings when there are none? Could it be that it's all about distracting from one's own failures to keep the system working?

Offshore processing costs Australian taxpayers more than 50 times as much as letting asylum seekers live in the community. The government has spent A$7.6bn to keep 3,000 people confined in abysmal conditions. The Australian-run centre on Manus island was illegal and the PNG supreme court ordered...

SBB manges to split trains in around or less then a minute. Coupling can be done without stopping, the doors on the stationary units can be open, the coupling unit automatically releases the doors after a few seconds. No additional staff needed.

Furthermore, a lot of the rolling stock also receives software updates on an ongoing basis. And not only minor ones. Some of our >25 year old rolling stock is to recieve a new traction software to improve brake and traction effort in bad adhesion conditions.

The refugee crisis in UK domestic politics has not muchto do with these crises. This discussion is, whether consciously or unconsciously, a home-made one. From a rational point of view, the asylum system was driven to the wall by the Conservative government. It could even be seen as an...

If the contact between the wheel and rail is completely lost (e.g. in the event of a derailment), the circuit is no longer closed. In these cases, there is a real danger when getting off the train. The safest place is therefore in the train. If necessary, the train must be exited with a jump.

In this case, parts of the cowling and the engine intake were partly blown off by an engine failure. That didn't happen in the most recent case.

Currently on my licence: Re460 IC Bt IC Bt 2000 ICE412 (ICE 4) RABDe500 (ICN) RABe502 RABe511 (RV Dosto) RABe512 (IR Dosto) RABe514 (DTZ) Re 420 Re 450 (DPZ Blasts from the past: BR 401 (ICE 1) Re620 Ae610 Ee 3/3 Em 3/3 Bm 4/4 RBe 540 RBDe 560

That would be somewhat hypocritical given the fact that this system has been endorsed and approved by the UK. It was also known before Brexit that this system would come into force. UK backed plan to charge non-EU travellers to enter Europe

A hard border between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland was never ever going to happen. That was obvious to any sensible person. There was no and there is no alternative to the border in the Irish Sea.

The problems with Northern Ireland were just as foreseeable as the loss of the FOM and the loss of the single market. Those who were in favor of Brexit were also in favor of a border in the Irish Sea. Nothing to do with ciliv servants.

And you would probably still need a „baseline dataset“ where all the conditions are known.

It's a SBB RABe512 (Stadler). 6.0MW. Coincidentally, I drove one for the first time today.

The GPS data is interesting, but unfortunately not particularly reliable. There are too many variables, such as the driving style of the driver, the load factor of the vehicles, OHL / third rail voltage during the acceleration, gradient, the amount of power drawn from other trains in the area...

For Switzerland: As soon as the corresponding track has been cleared by the preceding train. The announcement can be suppressed if another train with the same destination is travelling beforehand.

They can choose how many hours they want to work. If they want, they can work up to 40(?) hours and get more money. In addition to that a general pay rise in two steps was agreed. And a one off premium. And improved working conditions. If this is not a good deal, what is?

He is a minister for cars and a member of the Porsche party. He couldn't care less about rail. Investments in rail already have been cut and all he tries to do here is to blame something else.