Recent content by ic250

Are there any plans to upgrade Dudley Port station after the extension to Dudley town centre is open, or improve its level of service? You would have thought that this will become a more important interchange than Sandwell and Dudley station, given its better connections and proximity to Dudley...

An appalling decision in my view, but not surprising given the shocking undemocratic anachronism that is the City of London Corporation. 3,500 objections completely ignored. If this proceeds it really is the thin end of the wedge - no reason why Network Rail or anyone else can't ignore the...

Without wanting to go over old ground, my point is that the demolition isn't necessary to redevelop the concourse. Network Rail could do the whole scheme of redeveloping the concourse without demolishing 50 Liverpool Street and putting a giant office block over the roof of the station. These...

If you look at this document: https://timeforliverpoolstreet.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/296-ACM-XX-XX-RP-A-00-057-0-Website-Summary-S-241115-LR.pdf I don't see how any of the concourse changes can't be delivered within the present station? As far as I can see they're not extending the...

Around half of the 1990s roof will be demolished, so the new office block can be built on top of it. There will then be a new roof in its place. You can see this in p.25 of this document...

Looks like the planning inspector is set to recommend the scheme is approved. I imagine there will be significant opposition to this, and hopefully sense will ultimately prevail. The enormous slab office block will be built on the site of 50 Liverpool Street, which was carefully reconstructed...

If Liverpool Street station was not in the City, in the part of the country with the highest land value prices, Network Rail would not be proposing this kind of redevelopment. As in the 1970s with the previous attempt to demolish large parts of the station, the listed elements of the station...

They've very cleverly shot the video to remove almost any reference to the demolition of the McDonald's building and the impact that building an enormous office slab on top of the 1991 extension is going to have on light levels in the rest of the station. Don't they understand? We don't want...

Does anyone know why there are no Rail and Sail services to Ireland via Holyhead or Fishguard, or when these might be restored? https://www.stenaline.co.uk/rail-and-sail

Completely agree with this. And also to add to the insanity of this, the decision to sell the HS1 concession in November 2010 to a pension fund (almost certainly the reason why track access charges are 3x what they are in France for a much newer and shorter piece of infrastructure). And the...

Does anyone have any clue what this is? https://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/service/gb-nr:U66248/2022-07-18/detailed#allox_id=2

Ah apologies, I haven't actually been in, I just didn't see it in the photos. It's a pity it's no longer used for its original function.

Does anyone know what happened to the old booking office structure at St. Pancras, after the redevelopment of the station? I know the room is now used as a bar, but I'm interested to know what happened to the original ticket booth (see pictures here) I'm also interested to know if anyone...

According to Historic England, much of the 1867 buildings in the station (including the train shed), are listed at Grade II, so will probably be quite difficult to demolish. https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1436435

Why are the electric IEP trains for the ECML being ordered as 9 car variants? Surely the infrastructure can take 11-cars, and this will soon be required as passenger numbers continue to rise?