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On the Highland main line the appear to be stretches with quite lower limits uphill - presumably because Class 170s and the older longer 2+8, 2+9 HSTs could not reach higher speeds. The 4 carv HST's would easily go faster but so far the limits were never raised to take advantage of this...

What interventions do you think would improve reliability along the midland main line - being that the slow to fast line movements frequently seem to impede main line running and create delays? Does all this criss-crossing improve capacity? There are plenty of examples of places that no longer...

The criss crossing onto and off the fast lines creates delays especially as these are all flat junctions affecting a minimum of three running lines for each movement. In the perfect world you would create flyovers / diveunders to minimise conflicting movements. Probably once Thameslink and EMR...

It is supposed to revert to a temporary summer timetable - which is not the published WTT dated January. Slightly annoying that the temp timetable does not seem to be published anywhere.

officially 100kph (62mph) on certain sections, though the ATO system seems to have more minor lower restictions programmed in - notably at Neasden where it slows down more than some of the trains did previously. Overall the difference being that given enough distance between trains, ATO will...

It seems to be a simple equation. There seems to be demand for more services at a cheaper price. Open access creates more seats and the operator can initially price these up cheaply as it starts off with lower track access charges, plus it can lease older /cheaper rolling stock to start up. In...

It seems that way... A lot happens in almost a year.

At least convert the disused vehicle into pantograph/ transformer power packs?

Edinburgh to Manchester seemed to be in high demand. As you rightly say too short a consist and additionally not frequent enough. But DfT don't seem to want to fund longer trains and the power upgrades required. Let open access come in with cheaper diesels to solve the problem - sticking plaster...

So is this a bad industry decision then?. Why were Avanti under pressure to minimise diesel running and ditch the 221 fleet, when other open access operators are welcomed using effectively the same stock that was not wanted under the wires? Are Glasgow services that full that we need 6 services...

No. UK railway standards state there can only be 3 posted speed limits. The standard Permissible Speed (PS) on the WCML is for all trains. In certain places there is a single Enhanced Permissible Speed (EPS) limit for both Class 390 and 221. In some places there are two EPS limits - the lower...

Ridiculous decision to use 222's . Worst case these should have been 221's as these have tilt ability for the northern end of the WCML - despite losing the 221 EPS limits south of Weaver Jn. Avanti replace the 221's to go cleaner electric and ORR allow more diesels under the wires. A poor...

Liverpool Avanti driver on another forum claims nothing has been announced to them yet. No training either.

LNR/WMR will only benefit from about 3 miles of faster speed limits between Queens Park and Willesden North - meaning they can accelerate to 110mph earlier, and then around 5 miles of additional 110mph running north of Rugby - where 100mph is the PS limit.

From another source - It's officially starting on the 8th June between Crewe and Weaver Jn according to NR notices,but seemingly with the proviso that individual drivers are deemed competent to deal with the new scenario.

I am hearing that MU speeds are to be phased in from June 8th. Is there any detail on this?

Not a surprise - a 700 reaches 60 in 39s and get to the 'ton' in 100 sec. 360s almost as fast to 60 but lack power over 85mph and reach the ton 150sec

Then again - it seems to be the case that the majority of 360's are not driven flat out , the same as most 350s. These are capable of 0 to 60mph in 44 secs or thereabouts flat out - whereas most that I travel on are driven - let's say - more leisurely - resulting in 0 to 60 times somewhere...

Where was the problem in the end?

A bit of tongue in cheek there, lol, but thanks for confirming what I suspected about the power controller. So what happens if you leave the controller wide open as on a 350/360? BTW I have seen an honest 102/103mph on a 360 while limted to 100mph on GA metals, and at least 112mph on EMR. In...