(11 Jul 2026, 10:32 pm)Storx wrote Not going to comment on the new ones as it's too early to tell but the old trains were knackered. They were just posh trams and ran well beyond their design life. I'd take broken aircon over the heating on full blast which was common.
Stadler trains are generally alright though, unlike cheap as ***** (CAF) trains. The new CAF trains for the DLR are a genuine shambles.
I have to agree, the old Metrocars were state of the art when they were new, a revelation after the old dmus on the N Tyne loop and South Shields lines. They served these routes and extensions well but as they aged they were not as reliable and were ready for withdrawal.
The new Metrocars are lovely to ride on and I haven’t had a bad run yet. The only gripe I have is the narrow seats and that they are all facing inwards, but it is a small gripe.
As for the builder, I was delighted when Stadler were announced as the winners. I have travelled over the years in Switzerland and presently a lot of the trains there are built by Stadler and they are superb - double deckers, single deckers, Inter City, high speed and local trains plus trams, narrow gauge and normal gauge. Any teething problems here I would presume would be the extra design features by Nexus.
(04 Jul 2026, 9:24 pm)Nerd4321 wrote So gne attempts today were somewhat how shall I put this lightly without annoying someone
Ah yes
Absolutely dreadful
The first attempt to run both Toontours went horrible
6995 manged ONE trip. Well replace it with 6993. NOOOOO cant so that. 6101 is good enough. And then 6993 was put on
3 buses did 1 running board today.
How terrible do you have to be at running a bus company it takes 3 buses to run an open topper service
While on the topic. Is Kimmy having words with GNE the fact they are getting "funding of the government" for new state of the sh!t buses that they cant even allocate them anymore. Pathetic