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What is needed is secondary service Crewe to Preston because it is the only section seemingly not served by a second operator. Also would help compete on the pricing front.

720136 on a Stratford service displaying a 'not in service ' destination and no interior lighting! Interior PIS seems okay though.

And some freight paths too

How many millions more to build another twin track viaduct to 4 tracks?

Low -speed i mean 30-40mph which would virtually be on platform end anyway. The stopper starting at Weleyn GC has a 70mph turnout on the the viaduct, and is unlikely to get up to much speed. With ETCS in operation the driver runs to the speed display and thankfully wont have to worry about...

I might be wrong but it does appear that the layout could be widened to 4 tracks immediately north of the viaduct albeit requiring additional new welwyn north tunnels. With short radius low speed turnout for stopping trains whereas semi fast services could continue switching over at Woolmer...

You have to remember that LNER Class 801 can accelerate faster to 100mph than a GN Class 387. And maybe only fractionally slower than a Thameslink Class 700. The Class 810 Aurora units are predicted to be similar performance maybe slightly slower than a Class 801. So right now, the 140mph...

Can you articulate further .. explaining how the improvements unlock that potential? 1713025710 come on - cancellation of HS2 simply requires 4-tracking Welwyn Viaduct!

Tilt Nausea is something I have felt from time to time but not all the time. I think it depends where you are sitting on the train and what sections of route. With regards to the route, I feel it more on the twistier sections north of Oxenhome and north of Beattock especially if I have been...

If we are talking fleets, aren't the 221's all 5- vehicles compared to 220's which are 4 coaches? Wasn't the issue for AXC the fact the following: 1. There is hardly any part of the XC network that has TASS enabled except for Stafford to Stoke/ Crewe / Manchester 2. No commercial demand to...

Really. How much extra does tilt functionality add to maintenance and running costs?

Did it really have to sit at Prittlewell for 5 minutes?

Not only that, but they finally have recruited enough staff to do it. You can't repair and maintain trains unless you have suitably trained people to do it. Cue my local garage with 2 people in it can only service a few cars a day, whereas a major national repair co with 20 bays and enough staff...

Anyone know why it was losing time?

You can easily transfer the trains, but not so much the brains that have years of experience of the nuances of each type of train to keep them going. Look at EMR 360's . Once the most reliable fleet in the country at GA and now struggling at a new TOC without the experienced staff or depot...

as mentioned in an earlier comment, the maintenance situation -partiularly vacancies for maintenance staff -seems to be more of a factor than the age of the units.... and I quote "There was acknowledgement of the high number of vacancies in maintenance staffing and the reasons for this, but it...

Discussed on this thread, or within Scotrail? Is it realistic to think that they could replace the HST's with cascaded 222's bearing in mind the costs of cancelling the HST lease, cost of leasing the 222's, the costs of investing in staff training and equiping depots / stabling points with the...

Are ScotRail contracted to keep them until 2030?

This shows why companies like EMR should really be running bi-modes with the power of a 755/4 instead of clapped out old 158's. On electric power it would get through to Stoke Tunnel far quicker, but capacity at Grantham does not help. It seems that at Retford the route out is set as the same...

The PS limits stays in place as is. A new MU limit applies in certain places. My understanding is that where a PS and MU limit exist, then there is only scope for a single EPS limit. But in the locations where MU limits end and revert back to PS, then theoretically the pair of EPS limits can...