Bletchleyite
Veteran Member
Northern's problems are compounded when they are confronted with their eco targets to reduce diesel, electricity and water use. They are challenging in the extreme.
Reducing water use would be a very difficult one. The only thing I can think of is waterless urinals on stations and retrofitting urinals to trains as well as the cubicles, reducing flushes. Or reduce driver tea supply...but then that would result in an all out strike
Edit: are waterless female urinals perhaps worthy of consideration (Google them)? That might both reduce water consumption and queues in the Ladies'.
Reducing diesel use is easy - stop running the things under the wires. But that would of course increase electricity use - does it balance at all? Is reducing diesel prioritised over electricity?
Longer, less frequent trains would reduce the use of both as doubling the length doesn't double the fuel consumption because the air resistance isn't doubled.
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