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HSTEd replied to the thread How can the Stranraer line be made more useful/less useless?.Obviously hard to do a great comparison since such stations are rarely built nowadays, but what is the cheapest possible station likely... -
HSTEd replied to the thread How can the Stranraer line be made more useful/less useless?.There are apparently five trains each way to/from Stranraer. There were 30,196 entries and exits from Stranraer and 3,878 from Barhill...
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HSTEd replied to the thread What I think is wrong with current OHLE electrification practice.The previous British rail industry electrification strategy suggested near total electrification with only marginal use of batteries...
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HSTEd replied to the thread How can the Stranraer line be made more useful/less useless?.Whilst we remember high profile cases of de-rationisalation, far more rationalisation has turned out justified than not. Maintaining...
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HSTEd replied to the thread What I think is wrong with current OHLE electrification practice.Even the rates being achieved in Scotland seem too high to be worthwhile on the bulk of the railway In any case, if somewhat lower...
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HSTEd replied to the thread How can the Stranraer line be made more useful/less useless?.How much would a minimum length platform by the line at the base of the pier be? It would only have to be long enough for local door...
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HSTEd replied to the thread Getting the most out of the new Alstom units for TPE?.Well per metre it is, yes. But in the battery era I'm not sure how much cost per metre matters. I think the better metric is seconds of...
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HSTEd replied to the thread Cross-country overcrowding: what could be done?.Unfortunately, I'm not sure quality matters that much in train orders any more. The government, given it's rhetoric over...
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HSTEd replied to the thread Getting the most out of the new Alstom units for TPE?.How much of the unelectrified railway actually has "sustained higher speed operation" though? How much of XC and the MML is above 110...
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HSTEd replied to the thread Cross-country overcrowding: what could be done?.The three centre vehicles of a five car XC Class 221 have 188 of the 256 seats aboard, according to the XC seating plan on the internet...
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HSTEd replied to the thread Proposed new Channel Tunnel services discussion.How can you "re"open Stratford to international services, as far as I know there have never been any? Isn't the international terminal...
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HSTEd replied to the thread What I think is wrong with current OHLE electrification practice.Well, even a 9-car Pendolino manages 14kWh per km, according to a report in Modern Railways, on London to Manchester. That implies a...
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HSTEd replied to the thread What I think is wrong with current OHLE electrification practice.My understanding was that electrification work on Oxford itself didn't start, pending the eventual completion of the station...
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HSTEd replied to the thread Basingstoke-Reading upgrade possibilities.What goal are we trying to reach that is assisted by closing or moving Reading West station? Losing around 450,000 passenger journeys a...
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HSTEd replied to the thread What I think is wrong with current OHLE electrification practice.A lot of European countries have more electrification than Britain, but that is not the same as saying that the optimum level of...