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Totally agree that rail fares should primarily be distance-based, and also that rover tickets should be far less restrictive, far cheaper and much better publicised. Take the Swiss GA card for example, this allows unlimited travel on practically all of Switzerland's public transport (not just trains!) for around £3600pa adult 2nd class. And, even better, Switzerland also has a half fare Railcard available to all. Why can't we do this in the UK? It would appear there is little interest in increasing demand for rail travel Nationwide, presumably because the Government and private companies don't want to commit to spending vast sums of money in providing enough capacity to meet this demand. They are quite happy instead for people to resort to using their cars, clogging up our roads, polluting our air, creating excessive noise, and increasing NHS demand due to sedentary behaviour.

My vote goes to the Cross Country Voyager 220/221. No way an Inter-City train, short form and often dangerously overcrowded, a passenger environment suited to short distance inter-regional work, noisy, vibratory engines below the floor and regularly diagrammed on electrified lines wasting the infrastructure with miles of diesel under the wires working. Not fit for purpose.

Where you complain about the 507/8 is where I think you are out of your mind. It is a wonderful piece of history and culture, the seats are wonderful, interior is okay but the train sounds, looks, and feels great.

North Ireland is beautiful

Such a good video!

Why install carpets in a train? When someone spills coffee or some other fluids, it will smell a lot. That's why you won't see carpets in Dutch trains.

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Problem is all the profit goes back to the shareholders that live in different countries. They don't care about our rail system and thank god the new Labour government plans to renationalize the rail service.

I would build a loop through to Glasgow Central via Stranraer, Cairnryan Harbour to Girvan and continue trains through to Ayr, Prestwick Airport, and on to Paisley Gilmour Street and Glasgow Central. This could help reverse the decline of Prestwick Airport.

i use these trains a lot and everybody says the exact same thing.. way too much wasted space which results in a lot of people standing and terrible window alignment

another horrendous rolling stock allocation that I am surprised you didn't mention is the class 385s on Edinburgh to Glasgow express services. ironing boards that's terrible for the flagship route between Scotland's 2 largest cities when a perfect fit for that route is literally the class 380s the trains the 385s run along side on that route. as well as the class 379s they would be a perfect fit for that route

3:16 I agree LOL 🤣

Why do you hate me just because im a class 360 😔

1:14 The class 222 is one of the worst trains ever

2024 Update - NIR have introduced platform ticket machines.

Now the Labor’s in power hopefully some stuff will get fixed by the proposed Great British Railways.

Right, the inevitable question: Will you, the election now having been won by Labour, now do a video with your thoughts on how it'll happen, whether the planned method of nationalising the railways will work, etc etc?

The seats may have got far less comfortable, but at least the ticket prices have skyrocketed at the same time

How on earth did this vid come up with "Dal Betty" as a mispronunciation of Dalbeattie?

5:32 You can also check in using your debit card, which every Dutch citizen has. Although, I don't remember whether that was the case when this video was uploaded.

As someone who lives in south limburg on the Belgian side, yea the dutchies have it good, although I think it's overrated and good at the same time. It is being praised a lot for being super good, but I miss food service. You can't even get water on the train (you have to get out and go to the station's water tap) which is unfortunate. Also yea it's way too expensive

Another reason a lot of people have cars in Bristol, is that there relatives live in places like Yate, Bradely Stoke, WSM and similar outlying towns. Meaning that they cant rely on public transport to get to there elderly gran in the middle of the night. Whereas if you live in Manchester, Birmingham or London you have night services.

@4:28 no, i'm sorry, part of being a human being and existing in this world is participation. yes, contactless and pay before you board are useful,. but please, let's not raise the idea of non interaction as a positive! People break through there barriers of confidence by exposure, not isolation. You say hello to the bus driver, acknowledge them as a human being, and you get the same back. The idea of a country of self srevice checkouts and never having to speak to a bus driver is an awful concept for the future of humanity. Let's all stare at our phones all day, never speak to each other and not say "cheers drive" to the bus driver. surprised to hear you say this as you seem a reasonable fellow.

when you build unending student halls in the city centre, eating up space then of course there is no need to provide public transport as it would only serve locals.

Can we just give a shout-out to someone who probably should be transport secretary! YOU STAND FOR EVERYTHING I DO! :D WE NEED NATIONALISED TRAINS AND EXTRA RURAL BUSES AND TO TAKE CARE OF SHIPS!

The HST's Are Not Be Withdrawn By The Announcement From The Government Because I've Sort That Out With A Letter To Them Keep The HST's In Scotland Until Full InterCity Routes In Electrified In 2035 And I Don't Care About Their Crashworthiness I'm Also Getting Revenge On The 3-Car Sets I Live In Clydebank Which Is My Area Also More HST Coaches On InterCity Routes To Make Up 8 And 9 Coaches Upgrade The Units With New Speed MPH And 170 I Will Someday Get My Revenge On The Government In England The Tories RMT ASLEF And Their Strike Dates To Vanishing The Train Staff Back To Work And Get Everything Sorted Completely To Save The Day So That No More Train Staff Issues Won't Be Impacted Anymore

How is class 166 better than class 165? They are basically the same.

In this video, you mentioned the seats on the class 700s not being to bad, which is clear evidence why to rank the passenger comfort on the ranking video a 3 and not 1.

A great example of newer trains being more uncomfortable is on the electrostars. Older electrostars such as class 377s have some of the most comfortable seats on any British train, but newer variants such as the 387 have the ironing board design, which is probably the most uncomfortable train seat in the UK. This came even before the 700 which named them the ironing board seat.

I think we should just copy the German transport system, with the exception of high-speed trains. Everything works extremely well between regional and local trains,s bahns, u bahns, trams, buses. Its all super efficient (with the exception of the high speed trains!!!) and tickets cost half as much as public transport in the UK. Transport is divided into regions and often cities, who take responsibilty for the network in their region. We could do that in the UK, each county with it's hub at the biggest city. Would cost a lot of taxpayer money, but as it does it Germany the economic benefits very quickly outweigh the cost.

I definitely would rank the class 700 higher. Their ride quality is actually quite good, which I would personally score a 7 or 8 out of 10. In my opinion, longitudinal seating (like that on class 378 or 710) would score a 1 out of 10, but the 700 would score a 3 out of 10 like the 707. The abundance toilets and first class being an upgrade from standard also helps improve passenger comfort. I do however agree with purpose being a 5 out of 10. Overall, the class 700 would be placed near the start of the middle video, although I do not like their sounds. A train which does have a bad ride quality and should be ranked near this spot would be the 387.

all peps are the best butmy fravrit class pep i 507/8

U called it. Labour won by landslide.

So if you were a middle aged woman using a bicycle to get to work etc, because you can't afford to buy a new car, who would you vote for?

Thank you for your insights 👍 There is bus infrastructure investment going on near me, which I thought would be great, but by widening the junction and speeding up traffic they've made it more difficult and dangerous for anyone walking to it, and nothing to help anyone on a bicycle either. So the planners are either thick, or it was really only intended to make the road faster. It seems we need more local campaign groups more than ever.

If we're putting back old track in Somerset, might as well run the line from Glastonbury to Wells and follow the old strawberry line route to Yatton. The trackbed is still there (from Cheddar) as a bike path and there's been little development that would get in the way. Cheddar and Wells are big tourist destinations and suffer terribly from traffic congestion in summer which would be relieved massively by a half hourly rail service to/from Bristol. It would also significantly improve commuter services as the bus from Wells to Bristol in particular is dreadful.

I have never thought about ferries in that way before! Even in public transport circles they're never bought up as a key part of the system. But I am now annoyed that I can't catch a ferry to Copenhagen...

A new rail line and services - for a once a year music festival? Hmmm. The towns of Glastonbury and Street themselves would not generate enough traffic to justify the investment, I suspect. The Dumfries to Stranraer suggestion was much more sensible, although I think the main usage would not be ferry traffic but freight. Between the late 1800s and 1950, the "Port Road" (Dumfries-Stranraer railway) was exceptionally busy with the freight traffic.

Vote TUSC against cuts/ Workers Party/ Left wing Indapendent/ tranform/ communist party etc we need to natiomalise the railways under democratic workers and community control. I am standing for the Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition TUSC in Reading Central

Before they reopen Stranraer-Dumfries, they really need to build a railway from Dunragit to Cairnryan for a direct connection to the ferry. Rather than closing the line to Stranraer Harbour as you suggest (which would mean a longer walk from the station into the town), I would simply rebuild the station closer to Port Rodie. This option was proposed by SAYLSA (Now the South-West Scotland CRP) back in 2011. Some have suggested reopening the old Stranraer Town station, but it was no closer to the town than the harbour station.

I fully agree with your idea for a ferry from the UK to Scandinavia. steamboatwilley.blogspot.com/2016/09/how-feasible-is-ferry-to-norway.html?m=1

Labour put "change" as their slogan, and yet stop short of committing to real change in their manifesto. They're just playing at it.

Including Scottish/Welsh/N. Irish parties would be kind of a moot point because transport is a devolved matter outside of England, so the Westminster elections wouldn't have that big an effect on transport up here anyway.

I wrote to my local MP, Dominic Raab, about local bus service, and he replied saying that wasn't within his remit and to write to the local council. Pah! Definitely not voting tory after that exchange. What a useless bunch of muppets.

No train that flies a connecting door through the landscape, often even offensively painted yellow, can be called "good looking". Marks for aesthetics: 0.

"I agree with that in principle", this must be a Yes, Minister reference.

I've never understood why the right so vehemently opposes HS2. Surely they would want the best national infrastructure in the world?

Try traveling with a wheelchair and you find out very quickly how little NS cares about accessibility. They have a legal obligation to provide accesible service, but do the absolute bare minimum, and only if you agree to exist for their convenience.

Never been on one and all I’ve heard is that these trains are apparently shit

Reform are right about scrapping HS2. Massive money waste, need to start from the beginning and actually get a good high speed rail project rather than a train that goes from near london to near birmingham a bit quicker