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HS2 eastern leg would have taken Leeds + north of York trains off the ECML freeing that up for extra services to places such as Hull, Lincoln, Grimsby etc. Hull could have had more regular trains to London i.e. hourly but with Leeds trains etc now remaining on the ECML there will be limited...

anybody know if there’s a particular reason for them creating 2 entrances - one at either side instead of 1 big entrance in the middle which would be directly opposite the pedestrian crossing?

Don't shoot the messenger, that's just the criteria for an urban area and I obviously don't know the details of every piece of land in them. Erm, yes they are - the West Yorkshire Urban Area - home to 1.7 million people.. I completely agree that it is all subjective, but I was simply stating...

Yes I was referring to Sheffield's area. Maybe it could have been been worded a little differently. Even when referring to area, it isn't misleading. There are parts of Sheffield in areas such as the Peak District and non national park areas that are outside of the main urban area. That was the...

I was referring to a third of Sheffield's area lies within the Peak District, not the population. Examples of what you call 'mythical villages' that are outside the main urban area include Stocksbridge, High/Low Bradfield, Dungworth, Wharncliffe etc. I didn't state that all of these outlying...

At no point have I said that places such as Heanor and Hucknall are part of Nottingham, because they are not. They are a part of the Nottingham urban area though whether you like it or not. I think you need to take a look at what an urban area constitutes. County boundaries are irrelevant...

Incorrect. Nottinghams urban area is larger as defined by the Office for National Statistics.

I am fully aware of whats constitutes as the actual city boundaries and the urban area's in each case but as I mentioned, these invisible local authority boundaries are irrelevant. They don't dictate which station inhabitants of each area will use. Many people in Rotherham (in the Sheffield...

This will be a Bridlington - Hull - Leeds service Northern is planning to operate. Not sure why it would then head to Sheffield or Doncaster? This isn't the existing Yorkshire Coast Line - Sheffield via Goole services

There's not much point in using the metropolitan borough population's as a third of Sheffield's lies within the peak district so incorporates villages miles out. When you incorporate the urban area (more appropriate than invisible boundaries) - Sheffield has a population of 685,000. This...

These London type barriers are much better than those horrible ones Northern use at Leeds etc. I wonder why there isn't a national standard for continuity purposes?

Do bear in mind that once HS2 is operational, Leeds/Newcastle/Edinburgh services will use that - creating lots of capacity on the ECML.

Will the Chester service be an extra service through the Calder Valley or an extension of a terminating Manchester Victoria service?

No it doesn't. The City of London has a population in the region of 7000. Greater London has a population of over 8 million. Greater London is split into 32 boroughs, similar to the way that Greater Manchester is divided into 10 boroughs. And if you exclude Wigan from the debate, the...

I've always supported the idea of this proposal as it would give Leeds the much needed second service per hour and would introduce Hull to the CrossCountry network with the vital link to Birmingham being especially important. However, the problem with this is that it would increase journey...