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    North Wales Metro - Update?

    Any thoughts on re-opening Oswestry as a terminal station for Liverpool services - I assume the business case is a none starter....
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    North Wales Metro - Update?

    What exactly is due to happen at Padeswood sidings ?
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    North Wales Metro - Update?

    Wonder what the business case for a station at Saltney is (?)
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    Major Engineering Work Planned at Clifton (Cumbria) to Replace WestCoast Mainline Bridge Over M6 - Jan 2026

    I'm hoping that the replacement will be a suspension bridge...
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    Station pubs (part two?)

    And if you love bagatelle - You've got the Bridgewater Arms, the Union Vaults, the Edge, the Cottage and St Werberghs.....all within spitting distance.....
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    Station pubs (part two?)

    It will only be authentic if it has a bagatelle table..
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    Mid Cheshire Line

    Of course the mid cheshire would be a different proposition if we were capable of building 3 miles of track into the airport.........
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    Mid Wales Freight multiple units - small timber trains

    Anyone know anything about trial, a while back, transporting timber to kronospan chirk from mid Wales, using freight multiple units ? Why it wasn't successful etc ? http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/4327419.stm
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    apex ticket crossing London

    If I buy my daughter an APEX ticket from Chester to Brighton, assuming she travels on the correct train from Chester to London, is she obligated to catch the reserved train from London to Brighton.? ie - can she spend a few hours mooching around London then catch any train to Brighton ? Many...
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    Chester station - potential remodelling of eastern approaches

    If the Eastern Approaches were re-modelled, would it be worth turning the parcels platform into an operational platform ?
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    Halton Curve upgrade is on

    A nice field adjacent to the North of Helsby station if we wanted to pave paradise....
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    Rannoch - Access from the West

    We traversed Rannoch Moor as part of a 'coast to coast' canoe expedition a couple of years ago … an amazing wild wilderness … with the added excitement of dragging the canoes across the tracks a few miles north of Rannoch.
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    Wcml ... just south of the north circular

    just wondering what is going on with the siding there....
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    Could / should more supermarket distribution centres have railheads ?

    Sorry ... I should have been clearer ... we a talking port to distribution centre logistics here ... across the UK retail sector..... for example Morrisons/B and Q/Marks and Spencer's importing Bananas/power drills/French knickers in that order .... I assume products like these come into a small...
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    Could / should more supermarket distribution centres have railheads ?

    my local Aldi distribution centre is less than 500 metres from a rail line.... hundreds of lorry movements everyday. I understand the high cost of infrastructure and difficulty with paths and concern re security of supply but just wondered if more railheads could be or should be encouraged ?
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