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Knaresborough North Yorkshire

Think the point of the NYCC Strategic transport policy is that it has identified the need for redundancy in the network between York and Northallerton. The cheapest way to address this is to utilise much of the formation of the original Leeds Northern route which then gives the opportunity to...

Thanks for the interesting insight into this. So due to meddling by NYCC and WYPTE the whole reinstatement was set back 10 years. Unbelievable. I am sure the residents of Harrogate and Ripon would be delighted to find out that it was thought they would be better served by a tram-train service to...

I was always puzzled why the 2005 feasibility study concluded that it was only viable to build a branch from Harrogate to a new terminus at Ripon and not reinstatement of the entire route to Northallerton. It seemed to be totally focused on bringing a service to Ripon but not looking at the...

Yes but It is likely that Headingly and Horsforth would have still retained a rail service even if the Horsforth to Crimple Junction section shut.

The A1 crosses the formation of the Wetherby - Tadcaster - Church Fenton section not between Wetherby and Leeds. The population of Wetherby has increased about 30% since that line was the first Beeching closure in 1964 having endured a wretched and unattractive timetable. Should never have...

Thanks West Coast - that is most interesting.

Paid my first visit to Blackpool post upgrade over the Bank Holiday. I was generally quite impressed with the new trams and the new track ensured a smooth ride although there still seems to be a few teeting problems with the units themselves. The onboard displays and announcements had failed in...

Interesting. That would require some work by the Highways Agency as the A59 bridge at Poppleton is only single track width I think.

That would probably assume that the single line sections on the Knaresbough - York line were put back to double track. Then with reinstatement of the Bilton triangle in Harrogate, that would then also permit a Ripon - Starbeck - Knaresborough - York service. Not sure this will happen in my...

Yep. To put in perspective it has the same population as Ilkley - consider what service that line now has - and proper electric units to boot! There are a lot of people who commute Leeds - Harrogate - Ripon and vice versa. I work at Ripon's largest employer and know for a fact there would be...

It was disappointing that it was only considered 'feasible' to reinstate a branch from Harrogate to Ripon and not create a through route again. This would have had little benefit to Harrogate and not offered much more to residents of Ripon to the current bus service. There seems to be a lack of...

[/COLOR] In 1959 the East Coast Main Line between York and Northallerton was quadrupled, thus increasing capacity and allowing services to be removed from the route via Harrogate. All intermediate stations except Ripon had closed by 1967 when the passenger services ceased. Ripon station was...

Well I think I read somewhere it is 13 miles shorter going that way. The formation north of Harrogate was fairly straight so I assume a modern new build would enable a decent line speed. The disadvantage (for trans-pennine services) is that it would require a reversal at Leeds, the advantage...

Exactly. The additional Trans-Pennine services that would be created by re-opening the lost part of the Leeds Northern would supplement the local Northern Rail Leeds-Harrogate service. I think putting Harrogate back onto a major trunk route would seem a more attractive option and better value...