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https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cp86zy9939vo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss The BBC has reported It said the business case process would take about 18 months to complete although it said it would be working with everyone involved to see if timescales could be reduced. Has there been any...

“It must be remembered that there is nothing more difficult to plan, more doubtful of success, nor more dangerous to manage, than the creation of a new system. For the initiator has the enmity of all who would profit by the preservation of the old institutions and merely lukewarm defenders in...

https://www.gov.uk/guidance/compulsory-purchase-and-compensation-guide-4-compensation-to-residential-owners-and-occupiers#full-publication-update-history This document sets out the general principles as to how compensation is calculated. This is a complex topic with various processes for...

In 2014 Stockport Council and TfGM has raised the possibility of converting existing orbital neavy rail freight routes to carry tram trains. Bordering a Morrisons supermarket to the west Denton station was reduced to a mere platform served by a weekly parliamentary train run to avoid the...

Could you expand on your reasoning regarding Corby?

At what stage in the process will the rebuilding of Bedford Station take place. Will the new platform on the fast lines be built before EWR?

https://www.radioexe.co.uk/news-and-features/local-news/exmoor-railway-extension-plans-rejected/ Whilst other communities recognise the value of preserved railways,Devon residents take a different view.

. EWR is an NSIP (nationally significant infrastructure project) rather than a local matter. Consent/Dissent on building the Bedford-Cambridge section will be given by the Government (DfT) following a statutory hearing run by the Planning Directorate (PD). The Council can and undoubtedly will...

Have any indicative point to point journey times ever been cited in both the sections of the route that have been completed and in the yet to be built sections?

The problem is when pinch points elide. IIRC - Level Crossing closure times at Biscester were a significant issue that had ramifications.

Network Rail's proposals for Ely are detailed in this Network Rail announcement...

In part much of the final service pattern is predicated on the rebuilding of Oxford Station, is it not?

Apologies - the Engineeringv Team was assembled by Sir Samuel Morton Peto MP who also played a major part in financing the ptoject.

He also played a key role in concert with Thomas Brassey and Edward Betts in building a railway at pace across Crimea - enabling not only the evacuation of troops to Florence Nightengale's hospital and efficient suppilies of ordnance and ammunition to the front line, Anthony Dawson's book "The...

https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/green-signals/id1711289754 Richard Bowker's interview with Tim Shoveller of Freightliner is an excellent introduction to the challenges of the rail freight business.