Zac Kahn

[Zac Kahn @zac_kahn95]

@SimonZev @JoeBrownLondon @citytransportin 'Let people board earlier' is very different from 'trains aren't planes' as a conceptual principle.

[Zac Kahn @zac_kahn95]

@SimonZev So a single incident means the entire concept is broken? Eurostar has run itself as essentially an airline very successfully for more than 30 years.

[Zac Kahn @zac_kahn95]

@10DowningStreet @transportgovuk @Heidi_Labour Why are these announcements on Twitter before https://t.co/vHdnanhPbk?

[Zac Kahn @zac_kahn95]

@SimpGanassi Important clarification - you can avoid the tax if you were wealthy enough to pay the university fees upfront. Most regressive way it could have been designed.

[Zac Kahn @zac_kahn95]

@sarah1312uwu @NoelDolphin No 3rd/4th rail?

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@SimpGanassi While fandoms have become more extreme generally, I think it's also easier to forgive changes when they're done well.

[Zac Kahn @zac_kahn95]

@matthewhodg @hrrysmpsn @TfL Milton Keynes was ruled out in the 90s, I thought.

[Zac Kahn @zac_kahn95]

@Ogilvie_CJ Although it's cool for Brits as a novelty to cross borders like that, isn't this essentially two local trains to Maastricht joined together? How does the JT/frequency compare with the direct Liege-Aachen trains and Maas-Aachen bus?

[Zac Kahn @zac_kahn95]

@NewsEurostar Is this a direct train or is a change still required at Lille?

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@SimpGanassi @travelling_wolf No, it's because on the 5th everybody goes to Lewes. Cracking night if you know what you're doing, Lewes bonfire.

[Zac Kahn @zac_kahn95]

@SimpGanassi @LukeDyks Rugby is very interested in the US Market for exactly rhe same reason F1 is. The 2031 RWC will be hosted by the US.

[Zac Kahn @zac_kahn95]

@maxwell_marlow @danielmgmoylan It's a matter of money. Look how that went with HS2. It's not the unions that are killing the UKs ambition but the politicians.

[Zac Kahn @zac_kahn95]

@matthewhodg @fifeenv @sc_wadsy Tbh what it really needs is parallel moves at both throats, but especially the North. A third track to Skelton wouldn't go amiss either. An extra bay next to 8 would be nice, 2 extra through platforms is a bit more borderline.

[Zac Kahn @zac_kahn95]

@fifeenv @matthewhodg @sc_wadsy HS1 is as good as moving block would be for the speeds it runs tbh.
The GEML and Southern Region have 2 minute headway on 4 aspect fixed block, Moving block wouldn't get much lower for 240m trains at those speeds.

[Zac Kahn @zac_kahn95]

@fifeenv @matthewhodg @sc_wadsy Only if the platform is free! York also has a constrained layout, particularly at the northern end and better signalling doesn't make trains any less solid so you'd still be held up by conflicting moves.

[Zac Kahn @zac_kahn95]

@fifeenv @matthewhodg @sc_wadsy Tbf with ETCS L2 you don't need moving block, you can get the same benefit with 50m fixed blocks.

[Zac Kahn @zac_kahn95]

@JoeWilsTyrch @dwyfor16 Semi final in 1991 is best result.

[Zac Kahn @zac_kahn95]

@dwyfor16 Ummm, the draw date was decided well before covid, and had been done that early for 2015 and 2019 as well?
It wasn't deliberate against any one country, it was done to allow travel plans and TV rights to be sold with certainty over what the big games would be.

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@Captain_Deltic @TrainDriverIan1 Then why do nationalised railways also see their rail projects blow through the roof? DB, NS, SNCF have all seen major works like HSR, ETCS conversion and city centre reconfiguration escalate in cost.

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@SimpGanassi Revolut