Chiltern Railway, a good alternative from London to Oxford 

London simply hasn’t had the time and space to upgrade. Everything is a massive bodge job. They need to rip up all the railway lines and redo it, to overhead wires, like in continental Europe.

@@hectorchittenden9749 That would cost hundreds of millions in infrastructure costs and 10 times as much through economic disruption, but I see your point. New lines such as crossrail and crossrail 2 are probably a better solution

@@hectorchittenden9749 Overhead wires would be impossible on many of the lines, especially the tube lines. They'd have to enlarge the tunnels. Frankly there's nothing wrong with third/fourth rail as long as you're operating at traditional rail speeds, and you don't have to worry about downed lines or damage from a faulty pantograph. Plus, if any tunnels could be enlarged, they should focus on the overground and main lines to enable larger stock. Less tunnels to enlarge while improving efficiency and comfort on far more route miles. Britain's loading gauge is terrible. You can handle sitting on a bench on a tube line for a 15 minute ride, but wider seats (or even bilevel stock) would be a boon for longer journeys.

NozomuYume 3rd Rail is Medieval and only has a top speed of 90mph. Plus it is 10 thousand million times more dangerous then overhead electrification.

@@hectorchittenden9749 How many tube trains run at 90mph? In addition, there ate sections of 100mph running on 3rd rail on the Waterloo - Portsmouth route. 3rd rail is actually a very good solution for rapid urban transport, OHLE is better for long distance higher speed applications.

To an extent . I agree on the Avanti. Avanti is overrated an overpriced. But 168s are still more than enjoyable, thats not to say the stock is superior or not. Its just preferance

The loco hauled stock is great! Better and cheaper then avanti

Branded goods yes, but beware as many are 'special orders' [lower quality] or returns [eg the Bose outlet, only sells returned items i.e 2nd hand].

What a shame

My ticket was inspected twice once on Chiltern Railways

They only have conductors North of Banbury. I think because there are not barriers at evey Station North of there. And south of Banbury the driver uses a TV on the platform to dispatch the train as apposed to a guard getting off the back and looking

It is an S8 stock train as I have counted the coaches

Yep

Oui c'est ça, a part au guichet physique...

@@SimplyRailway Yes, I have FIP too, and buying tickets with it can be quite difficult, and when there's the 75% discount for FR/BE/GB... A long time ago. the ticket office in Cherbourg didn't know how to issue a FIP ticket to Caen, so they just issued me with a free ticket!

Barriers were opens

@@SimplyRailway you were lucky

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The trains are like that from the front due to DB not caring enough to replace the panels after bird strikes, ect.

And you can pay with a debit card at the automatic gates. Swipe as you enter and swipe as you exit at your destination. I haven’t bought a physical ticket on Chiltern for years.

Oxford station is older. Oxford Parkway (and Bicester Village) is new

@Robert All the Chiltern stock is from the 1990s or later; the line went a major upgrade in the Network SouthEast period which saw the slam door units withdrawn and replaced by the Class 165/166; the 168s and 170s are post-privatisation orders.

I'll

I think he means that the lack of overhead wires gives the stations a feel of those times.

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Nope

its all the power cabling for the 3ed and 4th rail conductors, also may carry signalling wires

I knew they were used for that, though I've always wondered if they were used for more.

@@popeter Chiltern shares tracks with semi-fast Metropolitan Line trains after Amersham on the Aylesbury Branch.

Compressed air too. London Underground uses air to power points and tripcocks (you can hear the hissing if you are near a junction and the points are changing, and the hiss of the tripcocks rising after trains pass). There is a compressed air main that links compressors to the equipment.

Compressed air too, for the points and tripcocks.

@@ChrisCooper312 ah yes. Forgot about that

Hahahaha! Love it!

The Class 68 services don't operate from Oxford Parkway. They're on the Mainline route only.

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