Recent content by Fylde Coaster

Ref my previous post #7424 about the same subject. The "information event" seems to have been arranged with indecent haste..less than a week from the announcement date and very little local, public notification. I did attend and the NR staff were amenable. The bottom line is the crossing has...

Many thanks to LNW-GW & The Planner for your respective replies (2131&3132) to my previous post 2130. They do go some way to explain the vagaries of timetable development and how late changes by any party can throw a spanner in the works. With all the other external projects and Northern Rail's...

Hi Folks, just a quick question. Does anybody know of any footpath/pedestrian rail crossing temporary closures which are still in place now that the BPN - Preston line is electrified and back in service? We still have one outside Poulton which was temporarily closed at the beginning of the...

Hi Folks, I'm relatively new to the UK Rail forums so please bear with me. My question is regarding train time tabling and who is responsible for what? Prior to the recent new May timetable debacle I assumed that the train operating companies put together the time tables. Having heard/read...

Cut back a while ago as a maintenance cost saving measure by Network rail or its predecessor as the full length not being used at the time. This was before use of a Pendolino/electrification upgrade was envisaged. Ironic really as the platform used to be one of the longest in the country. Ref...