For British Rail
anything outside of a warm-ish spring morning is outside of ideal running parameters
( Kroney, Mon 27 Jun 2011, 11:58, 2 replies, latest was 15 years ago)

yeah but, cars are tested in tempratures both hot and cold that few will ever experience
Why not trains and their infrastructure?
( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Mon 27 Jun 2011, 12:00, Reply)

Because they haven't been changed since 1964
Or, if they have, they used leftover domestic power flex.
( Kroney, Mon 27 Jun 2011, 12:03, Reply)

I was coming back into London on that line in January. It was a bit cold, as it often is, in winter.
Cold enough for something to freeze such that the train brought the overhead cables down. Oh how we laughed.
(BrianHequator was stretching owls, on, or around, Mon 27 Jun 2011, 12:01, Reply)

BR's been mismanaged for fifty plus years
It's hardly surprising these things happen. Other countries prove without doubt that cheap, reliable trains are possible.
( Kroney, Mon 27 Jun 2011, 12:05, Reply)

You have to wonder what is wrong with our country
When Germany et al run like clockwork.
(The Luggage is haunted..., Mon 27 Jun 2011, 12:08, Reply)

Not strictly true
Berlin S-Bahn is notoriously unreliable and prone to not working, much like the Tube in London, and the metro system in Munich is very expensive, though they do make announcements in two languages, which I found very helpful.

France's railway system is regarded as something of a national joke, though it is relatively cheap.
(Bazongaloid, Mon 27 Jun 2011, 12:11, Reply)

I was thinking more in line with the economy
But I see your point. Thing is though, do we actually have anything new and current in this country to actually be proud of?
(The Luggage is haunted..., Mon 27 Jun 2011, 12:13, Reply)

freefair.

(dozers, do fuck off ur a nob m8, Mon 27 Jun 2011, 12:19, Reply)

How many countries can lay claim to the sort of mutually beneficial political co-operation our coalition government has shown?
Oh
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Mon 27 Jun 2011, 12:20, Reply)

No.

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Mon 27 Jun 2011, 12:23, Reply)

Plus Italian trains are horrific.

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Mon 27 Jun 2011, 12:23, Reply)