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    Lothian Group discussion (Lothian City, Lothian Country Bus and East Coast Buses)

    Does anyone know if I can buy an open return on the 300 to the airport and use it on the N100 on the way back a week later? I tried looking on the Lothian website, but the conditions are very vague.
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    ScotRail HST Introduction - Updates & Discussion

    Even when they are clean, it is very easy to see the border between the glossy blue paint and the matte blue of the vinyl on the powercars. It could have looked amazing if the 7 cities design was stencilled on the powercars rather than using a vinyl sticker.
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    Hitachi and Hyperdrive sign agreement on traction battery packs for Battery EMUs

    It's interesting to see what a Class 385/AT200 looks like without gangway ends in those renders.
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    Possible Fleet classification of the Avanti AT300s

    Well at the very least, the 810 definitely merits its own class rather than a subclass.
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    Inverness Station redevelopment

    The 2015 study was only for an expanded and upgraded station, not a "Transport Hub" like what is being proposed now. An integrated bus station would have been out of the scope of the study, unlike now. It would now be very easily achievable to have both a station car park and a integrated bus...
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    Inverness Station redevelopment

    According to an update to the Transport Hub project on the HITRANS website, Network Rail has now completed their land acquisitions and now owns most of the land immediately surrounding the station, including: Royal Mail sorting office and Car Park TX Maxx/Sports Direct TK Maxx Car Park...
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    LNER to retain some Class 91s & Mk4 sets for a bit longer

    Are you sure you're not thinking of Grand Centrals WCML services with their MK4s?
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    Inverness Station redevelopment

    It seems that work has finally started at the station: https://twitter.com/dmacphers1/status/1223568704019013632?s=20 Looks like the roof is the first job on the list.
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    LNER Azuma (Class 800/801)

    I think some kind of dynamic mood lighting like you would get on an Airbus A220, A350 or the Boeing 787 could work really well on these units.
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    Inverness Station redevelopment

    Seems like the delay really could be something to do with the scope of the plan being increased! If Network Rail is infact acquiring both the TKMaxx and Royal Mail sites, they could be on to something quite ambitious, as that is a rather huge amount of land for the city centre.
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    LNER Azuma (Class 800/801)

    I was in coach L, and I have to say it is the quietest underfloor engined unit I've ever been on. The contrast between the noise on the 158 I was on earlier and the 800 was staggering.
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    Inverness Station redevelopment

    Hopefully, what's happened here is the same case as what happened for the Dalcross Airport station as that was delayed by a few years because they had increased the scope of the plans.
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    ScotRail HST - Alternative Provision

    A man can dream... (thanks to rdlover777 for his excellent 755 drawings as a template btw)
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    First Trenitalia (Avanti!) WCML branding, naming and livery

    My bad, colour me surprised haha The fact that they have named it "Avanti West Coast" makes me think that the new First open access operation on the east coast may well be named "Avanti East Coast"
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    First Trenitalia (Avanti!) WCML branding, naming and livery

    I don't think so, no way on earth they would use such a dodgy domain like ".custhelp.com"
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    New trains for East Midlands Franchise

    They've actually become so distinct from the standard AT300 that Hitachi have redesignated them AT300 SXRs - which quite appropriately sounds like a name for a "hot" or sporty model like seen in cars
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    ScotRail HST Introduction - Updates & Discussion

    They used to run as 6 car on Sundays before the unit shortages started
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    Viability of Mazda's new compression ignition petrol engine tech in the railways?

    Mazda has recently revealed their new compression ignition petrol engine, which claims to combine the efficiency and torque of diesel engines with the relatively clean running and performance of the petrol engine. The specs do seem to match these claims. Mazda claim that the tech is scalable to...
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    Could a Sleeper service run to Wick?

    This is the link to the current update(dated 26th April), but it doesn't mention many of the things listed above. It mainly mentions that they are consulting with SNC-Lavalin (who I believe also manage LNER on behalf of the government) on rolling stock feasibility and availability, and Systra on...
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    Which lines do you think could use Vivarail Class 230s?

    In the Highlands, a battery version for a Georgemas Junction - Wick shuttle would work well, and would also significantly reduce journey times on the FNL. The units could possibly also be good for Inverness -Elgin/Dingwall local services, freeing up 158s for longer FNL/Kyle services and perhaps...

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