Recent content by Nomad8459

Its all true - but for 30 years now we have dealt with current capacities and not ever thought about future capacities - the M62 corridor has got very busy of late

Not the plans that i have seen then - as HS2 plans i saw was a total rebuild of Picc with nothing remaining

Semantics - goodbye

Thought I did see some kind of height to the railway sides there.. seems a shame if it's totally a no go as it's pretty near to a railway which hasn't always been the case and a well linked railway at that.. sure modern civil engineering could solve most things these days tbh.. look at what...

I've had a few spells at Bashing.. one youthful from 1989 to 1992 ( then I wished I was born earlier) one a bit later in life to get the Rhymneys along with lots of charters and the Pres lines and looking at UK rail more recently.. it's started to get a little more interesting again.. I plan...

There was talk of a new very long road tunnel under the peaks across to Yorkshire with many asking for a railway to run parallel to that which would make some sense if the road comes about... major work anyway.. surely adding railway at same time would be easier if a new TP route is the...

Try reading the text before giving advice.. I said "deferred" assumed cancelled .. and not assumed by me at that.. I had read deferred to be just that...hence my initial thought that the 365s may end up on Oxford to Padd services in the future...

Whoop! Haha.. I'd heard Leeds was nabbing them.. the Turbostars look good over in Leeds...

The works at Leeds were fairly substantial if not wholesale redesign.. the northern bottleneck across viaduct is long standing of course.. looking South though I do wonder with so many routes how train flow isn't better... another line coming in from South in form of HS2 will add some complexity...

Not really sure that the interiors are an upgrade at all - they need work - i actually like travelling on the 508s after they became my local services a few years ago, they are remarkably good, quick and usually on time - the replacements need to be Great!

Forgive my scrappy drawing of the line - but outlines the idea - the southbound junction may need to be further south of the tunnel - i was just browsing maps the other day wondering if a rail link ever could exist and if so best way to do it.

All too quickly have they axed things at times, Manchester Victoria to 4 platforms, could well use 6 now - just one example! arghhhh

They are replacing literal bus shells though, they kind of look like a "cute" pacer for the future to me - initially i didn't like the design much but in the flesh, they look pretty great

The issue with 15/16 as i see it is that plans for HS2 if it arrives at Manchester will affect the proposals put forward for 15/16 - am hearing HS2 may well get to Leeds (which i also hear is to have its station redesigned again!! - didn't get it right first time really) but if it gets to Leeds...

It says on ATW that railcard discounts are indeed available ( https://www.arrivatrainswales.co.uk/RoversRangersTermsConditions/ ) which made me just drop my jaw! with a railcard also - well what a deal !