Recent content by JackClare

Hahaha, sorry guys! I tried posting it and it just crashed, so I kept checking the forum and the thread wasn't listed, so I just kept trying to re-send and it kept crashing. Guess they just got caught in the system and all posted at once! Apologies, folks... Edit: Temple Meads: I don't think...

Hi all, I've never written one of these before so please bear with me :idea: So, starmill and I are planning on doing the Valley Lines on August 7th. We'll be travelling from MAN on the 07:30 train to CDF, arriving at 10:39, and back on the 18:50, arriving back into MAN at 22:14. The cost of a...

I'd love to do this! Can't wait! :)

I hear Arriva Trains Wales are debating upgrading their 142's and 143's to be DDA Compliant after December 31st 2019 as a high percentage of their stock are pacers. The issue with it is that they are anticipating the valley lines to be electrified by not long after 2020, and so what's the point...

Romiley

I quite rarely take trains these days, the only service I do ever get often is the 7:30 ATW Manchester Piccadilly - Carmarthen service on a Saturday, and one back in the evening, and these generally run quite well. On Saturday night coming back from Hereford to Manchester, approaching Wem the...

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I completely agree, nothing has 100% reliability. However it has been mentioned to me in the past that M5000's are a lot easier to get going again if they do fail, compared to a T68, so even though they don't have 100% reliability, I agree entirely with Watcher that we barely hear about tram...

New Mills Central :)

25 minutes from Manchester to Birmingham to Sheffield? I know maintenance is essential but I'm talking about ones that are sat on the tracks in the depot, either adjacent to the Metrolink line or the Caldervale line. And I mean to couple two sets together. You wouldn't need another driver...

If you fancy a 3 hour journey to position yourself 40 miles West, then go ahead ^ ;) even the XC services are overcrowded too though Not sure how many spare units Northern have at Stockport but I know on a typical Sunday day time when passing on the tram there are always maybe a good 10...

Ahh yes, didn't think of the wires! :oops: This is where Kriis101's SSC idea of battery-powered trams with charging points in various locations would have been very useful ;)

East Didsbury

I saw 3038 (I think) heading down High Street last night at about 9:30 towards Market Street and thought "they've finished the engineering/improvement works early, I can get off the replacement bus!" but I didn't read that East Didsbury was running to Victoria. Considering that Victoria was...

This is excellent! :D Replacement buses do run to Piccadilly :) if you go down the first set of stairs as if you were going towards the Metrolink, but then turn right at the bottom of the first set (signed for Fairfield Street entrance/exit I think) and then walk out of the doors, cross...