This trip was made back in 2022, as a part of my travel to an academic conference in Bochum. My beloved Gonville & Caius College and the Engineering Department has sponsored this thip. Little did they know their money — which was supposed to be spent on a direct train Read more…
A close and reliable source has revealed to me today (1 April 2022) that it is under the plan of HS2, DfT and Network Rail to test a set of HST and Class A4 and race for a new speed record on the specifically-built high-speed route.
Catching a train up the King’s Lynn line, and passing through a myriad of either retro-fit or real station signage, varying from the modern-day franchise standard signs to the Great Eastern Railways. The one that caught most of my attention was a ‘Hot Dog’ (pre-1960s) sign with ‘British Railways’ (BR) Read more…
Since I left my route map designing business and went to a more boring academic route, Canton Metro officials have decided to embark on the unreturnable road of atrocity. The official map has become even more complicated and less readable and inadequate for modern aesthetics. With the big gap in Read more…
The new IEP (Intercity Express Project – Hitachi) and Class 700 (Siemens) was blamed since their first mile on the British track, dodgy quality, horrible internal decoration, and most importantly, the on-board passenger iron-board (thanks for their generous) seats. However, apart from the vital failure and flooding complaints, multi-million pound Read more…