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They seemed to line up pretty well in coach K, i did not see every seat in the other first class coach, but what I did see looked OK

I travelled on the Azuma yesterday from Leeds to Kings Cross. I travelled in coach K, First Class. I have travelled on the equivalent coach on a GWR IET and must say the LNER version looks much brighter. My wife thought it was a different type of train to the GWR one, the difference was that...

I caught the same service yesterday with a 170 / 153. The 153 stopped in front of me, the door light came on, I pressed but nothing happened! I am sure the unit was in use, but I moved quickly to the 170. I don’t know if the door did open, but can they be slow?

Thank you. It does look a strange combination. I will keep a look out for this train set to make my journey more interesting

Today, March 29, I caught the 16:35 from Kidderminster to Dorrigde. I was surprised to see the third carriage was a class 153, a separate unit. When I got of at Smethwick G Bridge I am pretty sure the front unit was a 170. I travel to and from Kidderminster about once every 2 weeks and...

I travelled on a 180 from Bradford Interchange on Feb 3 to Kings Cross. We arrived on time. I was surprised to see two 180s waiting at Bradford, I don’t know if that is a rare thing. I had not been on a 180 for a few years. I was in coach E and noticed the coach “wobbled” quite a lot when...

On 10 October, at around 2pm, I believe I saw a red class 67 on the "London" end of an LNER train in platform 6 at Leeds. i believe 91105 was at the buffers and the class 67 was attached to the dvt at the other end. If what I saw was correct, I was puzzled by the composition of the train. If...

Thank you for all the details. I will need to look harder next time st the front or coach numbers

I am sure there is a simple answer to this, but it is not obvious to me! On the Grand Central class 180s, where in them is their actual number? I pass them at Kings X and can never see the 180nnn anywhere!

According to a report in the Bucks Free press newspaper, strange blue lights seen in the sky the other evening over parts of Oxfordshire and Bucks were cashed by a train shining a blue light from its roof. Any ideas what this train was? Article link...

I believe one of the reasons Marylebone stayed open after closure proposals in the early 1980s was because Baker Street and the Met route could not cope with the extra passengers / trains required to meet demand of passengers north of Amersham. That situation now won't have improved. The Met...

Had my first ride today from Blackfriars to Farringdon. I would not like having to travel a long distance on the hard seats. I am a visually impaired person and found the interior lighting disappointingly gloomy. The visual displays could be much better. Colour is fine but contrast of text to...

Yes, that is what I meant to ask!

As I am not very technically minded, I was wondering how multiple engines on trains are controlled to ensure they are all providing power and not being dragged or pshed by another. What I mean by this is when a train is being doubled headed by locomotives, or the various different engines on a...

Last Friday I noticed the 19:nn service to Sunderland was leaving from platform 9 (can't remember exact time). Seems a good use of a shorter platform rather than blocking a long platform with a short train. Do FCC ever split trains on a long platform? Also our GC 180 service to Bradford seemed...