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GGrumpy replied to the thread Prototype HST workings.I had a ride from Paddington to Newport when it first moved to the Western. I don’t remember the departure time exactly but it would...
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GGrumpy replied to the thread Getting the most out of the new Alstom units for TPE?.If so then you may be right. But Network Rail's own site says "We’re electrifying the whole route to enable greener trains to run".
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GGrumpy replied to the thread Getting the most out of the new Alstom units for TPE?.What they should be doing is running the 802s to Hull/Saltburn/Scarborough. Newcastle trains only need to be simple, relatively...
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GGrumpy replied to the thread Transpennine Route Upgrade and Electrification updates.Indeed. It currently looks white and bright. I enclose is a photo of the new underside of the Huddersfield roof taken a couple of months...
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GGrumpy replied to the thread Glasgow Central, Scotland's rail infrastructure and steam workings in 1965. (long).Snip St Enoch didnt close till 1966
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GGrumpy replied to the thread Leeds station improvement updates.Or on Monday morning. I found the notice on the barrier re the steps amusing but I'm sure it would have angered some
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GGrumpy replied to the thread White Rose station: Objections, alternatives, missed opportunities?.Still doesn't seem to be anything happening.
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GGrumpy replied to the thread Getting the most out of the new Alstom units for TPE?.The PR blurb claims they are going to reduce the Manchester-Leeds timings by up to 10 minutes. How? The TP upgrade project has already...
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GGrumpy replied to the thread Trivia. Stations which are busier at the weekends than in the week..Blackpool Pleasure Beach
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GGrumpy replied to the thread Why doesn't Ripon have a train line towards Harrogate or York?.Indeed. They could inter work alongside their classmates employed on the restored Leeds to Pool/Otley via Arthington run.
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GGrumpy replied to the thread Why doesn't Ripon have a train line towards Harrogate or York?.I think you're missing the point. For example I had two work colleagues in Leeds who commuted from Ripon. They used their cars every...
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GGrumpy replied to the thread Why doesn't Ripon have a train line towards Harrogate or York?.So more than the likes of Okehampton, Marlow, Henley and Fort William then? Also more than the whole of the populations served for the...
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GGrumpy replied to the thread DB Cargo UK being sold.I cant be certain but didn't the manual sorting of mail in TPO's cease in 1996?
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GGrumpy replied to the thread DB Cargo UK being sold.Meanwhile the TP electrification/upgrade project is spending big money to provide increased capacity for freight e.g. extra track west...
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GGrumpy replied to the thread Possible new station at Thorpe Park (Leeds): consultation open.And presumably those stopping at Micklefield, subject to the track layout
