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That is what I assumed. I was just wondering if they were 240v. I wonder what devices they would have been worried about users plugging in.

Could be 24.

No they were 3 pin I think the live & Neutral were rotated through 45 degrees/

In the 80s I remember some BR trains had power sockets with an unusual pin arrangement. Does any have any pics or know the specification?

I wasn't suggesting there was a need but suggesting why that route isn't used for later journey's.

The 1st Services to Norwich don't originate in Liverpool. If they did they would have to reverse at Nottingham.

That would be via Syston? The Birmingham Peterboirugh line needs so serious upgrading but though now the Peterborough Ely section is even slower. The route will only have become problematic when the Old Dalby Test Track was cut at the Nottingham end.

If it happens.

Is there a list of planned East Coast Main Line upgrades anywhere? I was not aware of the bottleneck at Stoke Tunnel and the effect it has on traffic from Nottingham to East Anglia. While a 1 km tunnel is not going to be cheap it seems that at the moment Nottingham through Peterborough and out...

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As a slight aside. Is there anywhere with track lay out diagrams from the lines/track layout from Grantham to Peterbough?

That doesn't mean it will not happen. Northern may lose some cash if they lose the station. Also we are dealing with a mixture of Local & National Government plus a Quango or 2. So being pointless is no bar to it happening.

The report also mentions the Bay Platform at Wallgate as being short. It 90m, though could be lengthened to 140m, with a bit of digging. However, the proposed Merseyrail trains are only 65m long, so 90m hardly seems like much of a restriction for a Skem Wigan Shuttle.

What I mean is that it is currently Managed by Northern, it would be possible for it to served by Merseyrail and still managed by Northern.

"Build pre-fabricated platforms on each side of the bridge with a large Park & Ride car park just behind the old Ormskirk Road bridge on the left. " What why. The bridge seems to be capable of taking a double track as it predates the line being singled. See the areal shot below. And...