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All across the Great Western territory / Across the West / Re: New Train
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on: November 22, 2017, 17:04:16
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Imbalanced loads? As in one 5-car section is crowded, the other empty? Or imbalanced in some other way?
Everyone sat on the left, causing the train to list over to that side  Yes to the first, no to the second. Crammed at London end, space at country end. The HST▸ 's are often the same, though at least the contents can be re-distributed within a little easier than with a 2x5 IET▸ . I have noticed if there is an imbalance on a Turbo leaving PAD» , it's usually the other way round, country end busy, London end quiet(er). |
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All across the Great Western territory / Across the West / Re: New Train
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on: November 22, 2017, 11:15:45
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I heard reports where 10 to 12 car increases have been made on London other lines that the two extra carriages have been added at the outer (country) end and not at the London end where the trains overcrowd and it's really needed  |
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Journey by Journey / Transport for London / Re: Crossrail/Elizabeth Line. From construction to operation - ongoing discussion
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on: November 13, 2017, 16:06:33
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All the talk about TfL» wanting this or that is superfluous - I thought Hong Kong's MTR had been given the operating contract for the Tin-Lizzie Line three year's ago?
At a recent meeting concerning the progress - or rather total lack of - rebuilding Hayes & Harlington Station it appeared that it was the requirements of MTR that was delaying things there. MTR has to realise that the Tin-Lizzie Line is not an out and back Hong Kong Metro line - but is a real mainline with mixed freight / intercity / psuedo metro services / steam specials. Like their involvement with SWT▸ and its varied inter-connected routes, MTR are going to find the challenges of running Tin-Lizzie trains vastly different to out and back Hong Kong Metro services.
Do you know what a Tin Lizzie is? Can you please clarify the relevance to this topic? 2/ numerous disturbed individuals from local ethnic communities who take drastic action to 'solve' their problems.
Could you quote the source of your statistics please or is that just another sweeping generalisation? And I bet MTR management haven't any experience of negotiating with such as our rail unions. In China I suspect its 'do as we say' and staff are not unionised.
I think you'll find most Chinese people, be they individuals or as part of a larger organisation are a lot more sophisticated, enterprising, worldly wise and intelligent than you appear to give them credit for. |
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All across the Great Western territory / Across the West / Re: Great Western franchise to be broken up?
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on: November 09, 2017, 00:26:48
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I always thought one of the advantages (if there were any) of having the former Wessex routes in the GWR▸ franchise was the feeder aspect of the smaller routes. That would be a loss overall.
The other two major long distance franchises in the UK▸ - west and east coast main lines - both have multiple regional 'feeder' franchises and seem to operate ok. Do you think that would work differently on the western route? |
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All across the Great Western territory / Across the West / Re: New Train
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on: November 08, 2017, 11:11:13
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Many people don't arise from their seat to get off until the train has stopped....
They're told to stay seated on buses and planes until they come to a halt, so you can't blame 'em ... It's also safer to stay seated on a train. In the rare event of a low speed impact on a train, most of the injuries occur to standees. |
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All across the Great Western territory / Fare's Fair / Re: Do we owe GWR £14.40?
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on: November 05, 2017, 17:25:51
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How about option 5?
As you had one member of the group who's something of an expert on trains and ticketing, the group could have joined the part of the train in which the train manager was travelling[/i]
For a group of newcomers to GWR▸ , just getting in at any 'random' door's reasonable.
How would you know where the TM‡ is? Hardly advertised on train or by platform indications! Having been on this forum for a few years now I'm aware of many more things than I ever was (!) but still wouldn't know where a TM is  Usually to be seen on the platform immediately after having released the doors. He or she is normally to be found, at least in GWR territory, in a green uniform. Fairly easily spotted when it's a 4 car train, less so if a (full length) HST▸ . |
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