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SE formations (not unit number allocations) are available on RailChecker for all classes in the SE fleet except for class 376's. You can also search for services formed of a specific type of train by going to the Search page, and entering the TOPS class - in this case, 465 - this may take a few...

The train is showing as running on 28th May on Portal Pasażera, departing Mockava at 15:25 (IC 143 HAŃCZA). Which journey planner are you using? Tickets cannot be booked more than a month in advance on PKP Intercity services.

Met Cam units have an ongoing issue causing bolster cracks which need to be repaired at Doncaster. There are also issues with sourcing parts for the units.

Great Northern are now saying there is only one additional peak Peterborough service in each direction, so the “Runs as required” ones won’t be running.

Most make use of National Rail feeds, which uses a variety of sources (a mix of Network Rail data as well as data coming from the TOCs). RTT has made private agreements with the operators. The data for this does exist (it's even mentioned in the code for the open data portal!), but some train...

New LED lighting seems to be part of an electrical refurbishment being/to be carried out by SE on their Networker fleet - "the LED upgrade" isn't defined anywhere so it is open to interpretation. It's in their BPC document.

Yes, ASDO is needed for Shepreth, Meldreth, Littleport and Watlington (max. 4 coaches). Only the latter two are served by Kings Lynn trains - the other two are served by the Cambridge stopper.

They run on different and incompatible train management systems (TMS).

... in 2025, by which point additional services may be necessary on Thameslink/GN too. Southern doesn't need additional capacity while they are still selling £7 advances for Portsmouth to London (are they still running that peak advance fares trial?).

In which case Southern doesn't need any more units either as there are no plans to increase services there. The plan I suggested future-proofs for potential passenger growth across all three brands. Fairly alright I should imagine. Keep in mind that the Thameslink programme transferred a lot of...

Before Covid it had: 84 class 365 carriages 116 class 387/1 carriages = 200 carriages 120 class 379 carriages are now entering the mix and the 365's have been scrapped, so about 9 387/1's could go south, alongside the 10 additional units it has since received (387 201, ex-c2c and ex-GWR) to...

Of note is this quote by GTR's Engineering Director (my bold/underlining): My understanding of this is that the 379's are here to increase capacity and not to enable some sort of complicated cascade (although I would expect some movement of units, just not of the scale or complexity being...

It's been behaving a little bit better recently. Now they send platform information, only once it has been confirmed though. It happens somewhat often at certain stations. Kings Cross was not sending any platform information for a number of weeks a few months back. The CIS workstation should...

They wouldn't be shown as "estimated" if the platform was confirmed in good time. Granted Trainline should make the estimated text more present, and it shouldn't be showing estimated platforms when they are suppressed. However, some TOCs (and Network Rail) are also quite poor at maintaining...

That's the TOCs fault. Apps only show the information they are relayed. If your TOC had bothered to make sure that information was flowing correctly, then those incidents would not have happened.

All apps using National Rail feeds are meant to hide platform numbers where they are accompanied with a suppression instruction. Paddington suppresses platform information until the train is ready to board (and re-suppress them when the train is ready to leave). Most apps and websites comply...

Here is the gov.uk link: https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/007878-2024

The whole cascade thing is a rumour, which I would doubt to be true due to the sheer complexity and impractibility of it. There was an SN -> SE electrostar cascade once, and now some people seem to be hard-wired into thinking that 379's to GN must mean 387's to SN which must mean 377's to SE...

They could use 717's, or 387 101. I don't think we'll be seeing trials during normal operating hours for a while though, unless I have missed a major development. It should happen when the residents of Stevenage, Hertford, Welwyn and Hatfield get the right to vote for the Mayor of London. Which...

I commute on GN outer suburban regularly - it is desperately necessary. People being left behind is generally a good indication of more capacity being needed. It is conceivable that that can be achieved without additional rolling stock - the number of 465 and 466 diagrams has been cut by...