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Thanks both ^ ^ :) :) Yes, even though I haven't yet managed to get that link to work for me on this rubbish old phone, I can see that it's a proposal that's been in place for quite some time, is probably integral to what's already taking place 'on the ground', already has its own acronym...

Further to this snippet.. Has there been any discussion on this forum of proposals for a bus link from Parkway to Cribbs by way of Gypsy Patch Lane, the Rolls Royce site and the airfield ..? It would involve replacement and opening out of the Gypsy Patch Lane rail bridge, a new junction into...

Connectivity, connecting communities with centres of employment, retail etc.. ease of interchange for onward travel.. opportunity for economic growth through connectedness... plus operational advantage... The presence of stop-blocks at arbitrary locations determined by nothing more meaningful...

So here we are discussing the interesting prospect and possibilities of connecting up services and communities beyond the limits of the Merseyrail network, using the potential offered by the class 230. This has been discussed here on this thread before... but long before the battery element...

With regard to the RRB operation during the Blackpool electrification blockade and the use of brand new Blackpool Palladian deckers on that service... There are 3 batches of these vehicles.. and the third batch was specifically ordered and delivered for use on that contract.. presumably in the...

Don't know. Seem to recall seeing that recent franchise tenders have stipulated a requirement for provision of either 'self-powered' or 'independently powered multiple units, or words to that effect..? Rather than simply DMUs..? But anyway, what I was pointing towards was that one of the...

Turns out in addition to being concerned with safety and standards, RSSB also has a 'Sustainable Rail Programme', which among its goals is included "meeting rail's carbon ambitions"... One of the captions in the video linked to above suggests that this is a test-bed to test the feasibility of...

Well, the project/trial is being sponsored/funded by the Rail Safety and Standards Board.. so there may be something in this suggestion.. Wasn't previously aware of RSSB involving itself in trials such as this.. Are there any other comparable examples..?

An alternative is to forget all of that, leave all of that to others... And instead set up a website and app, offer cheap fares to millenials, say you will only run when you have enough bookings, pay someone else to worry about providing a vehicle that fits the bill, persuade someone to...

This project had completely passed me by until now, but... A YouTube vid has been uploaded ('ecksfilesbonyuk8' channel, sorry can't post links on this phone!!), 23 May 2018, showing progress of work being undertaken on this project on DVT 82113, in the premises of SRPS at Bo'ness, on behalf of...

Cannot post links on here on this rubbish phone (apologies, and don't know whether permission would be needed even if I could..), but a sequence of very interesting videos has been uploaded onto YouTube, on the 'Tatt boy' channel, showing most recent works on the project, in both up and down...

^"Why would they do the others and not these..?"^ Because the scope of the project has been changed mid-project, with the "pausing" of electrification... Haven't seen Network Rail's blurb on the project recently, but back in 2015/6, all bridges, work planned, and scheduled dates were...

(Tried to remove surplus last line on above post, but cannot get edit button to work on this rubbish phone with wrecking the whole post..)

Different bridges, different solutions... Bonnington Walk, brick-built, sufficiently high above the rails, parapets raised by 4 courses one side and 5 courses the other, work completed during 2016. Constable Rd, iron parapets, definitely need raising to be electrification-ready, deck...

Regarding electrification bridge works... Already completed in the earlier stages of the Filton Bank project during 2016 have been Bonnington Walk parapet raising.. Easton Road total deck/parapet replacement and raising.. Works also at Ducie Road..? During this time, ie 2016, before the...