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Posting here rather than in light rail as I suspect this definitely fits in with international, rather than UK experience! Has anyone any experience of any operators anywhere attempting to fit an accessible toilet within the confines of a tram-train vehicle? I've had a scout about, and note...

Evening all! Theoretical question, assume we have a 100km double track railway that is running well below it's operational capacity in terms of services. Assuming costs of making any changes are zero and paid for by a 3rd party, at what level of service does conversion to single line with...

Something that has puzzled me having ridden on a couple of examples of similar generation Pendolinos in Europe (Alfa Pendular on CP, 310s in Slovenia) is why the traction motors on a 390 are rated at 425kw vs 500kw on Continental European examples? I'm assuming that this is related to loading...

Evening all! Quick query if I may: does anyone have access to a LM region timetable from the early 1970's (post transfer of Sheffield to Manchester fast services from Woodhead to the Hope Valley)? The difference in journey time between the two routes cropped up in conversation earlier today...

Last month a couple of friends were recently turned back from the barriers at Manchester Victoria with the outward portion of a Duo ticket en route to Leeds, being told that it was not valid between 1600 and 1800. As such they ended up buying a replacement set of returns to complete their...

Evening all, Watching an absolute treat of a 1972 UIC/BTF film called "Cybernetica" which ostensibly looks at how computing is (or was) changing rail travel for the better. There's lots of futuristic bits and bobs (which are still pretty impressive now), but what most caught my eye was the...