Recent content by BC Shuttler

As my job is rail development officer you could not be wider from the mark. The TOC I work for is very much into reopening and enhancing services, but if I go taking half baked ideas to the board of Directors, I would be summarily dismissed. I you want to Troll anyone who tries to give some...

There are ideas worth discussion, and then there is pure fantasy. Busy lives and jobs mean that most will only discuss something that makes a modicum of sense within the realms of the real railway operating world. Especially if they work in the industry.

I find it particularly worrying that those promoting railways seem to think that all problems can be surmounted by a CPO. A good planner only uses it as a last resort as it pisses off the public and can turn them against what may be an intrinsically good idea. Having studied every inch of the...

One would never decry anyone for coming up with innovative solutions, but all transport planning now goes through TfWM, which is basically the old Midland Metro, so are very bus/trams centred in their thinking. So one needs align to their thinking if you want anything to change. Before...