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February 04, 2008
Where has our train gone?
I was in Nottingham last week ... and I was impressed by the quality and range of services on offer by rail. I commuted from there to Beeston (up to six services per hour) and took a few pictures to share.
Please excuse the poor quality - I was travelling in the rush hour and at this time of year that mean's it's dark or halflight at best.
The internal picture was the busiest train that I was on; the long train you see pictures (at Beeston) was - I think - two five car units and I was struck by the fact that there didn't seem to be a single passenger in the rear unit, and only a very few in the front.
Perhaps I got a skewed picture - there was nothing scientific about my observations that would withstand any statistical analysis - but it does look rather like there are some trains that are much longer than necessary floating around and a little bit of stock juggling (if everyone was willing) might actually allow a service to be provided where there's not at all, or people are denied boarding, at present.
Posted by gje at February 4, 2008 06:01 AM