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RRT4038 replied to the thread Glasgow Queen Street workings 1980s.I think everything from Queens St HL went via Croy (except the West Highland trains)
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RRT4038 replied to the thread Glasgow Queen Street workings 1980s.In the 1980s, didn't Cumbernauld trains operate as a shuttle from Springburn, not going to Queen Street at all?
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RRT4038 replied to the thread Can We Overturn This Loss of a Line from 1964?.Their renumeration and benefits may well not have had any enthusiasm for trimming (and why would it?) but certainly the number of...
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RRT4038 replied to the thread Eurostar security.The Enterprise does not go through a long undersea tunnel. You do not address the other part of the post of @Bletchleyite - Who is...
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RRT4038 replied to the thread West Yorkshire bus franchising.The simple answer is - there is no money in commercially operated bus services now - inter alia PSVAR, Emissions regs, ENCTS and now...
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RRT4038 replied to the thread York and north Yorkshire franchising.I guess this will be the issue caused by those 'successful' people who moved from the urban areas to the picturesque and now seriously...
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RRT4038 replied to the thread Integrated "One West Coast" business unit - what changes may take place?.I don't think anyone travelling from the Trent Valley line station or Rugby to London would want the existing service to be crowded out...
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RRT4038 replied to the thread If BR had been built to Continental gauge?.Although the locomotives could be much taller as well...
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RRT4038 replied to the thread The cost of the welfare state - challenges posed and solutions.Did any of the bankers or Water Company CEOs actually break any laws for which they could be put in jail for? If not, then those...
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RRT4038 replied to the thread More issues with overcrowding preventing children getting to school..In my experience there will always be the Procurement Team who try to squeeze every last drop out of the contractor(s); usually because...
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RRT4038 replied to the thread "X for Y" - stations that should perhaps have another name added to them but don't have at present.Long Buckby may well be the closest station to Daventry, but if you were aiming to go or come from Daventry by any method other than...
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RRT4038 replied to the thread Why doesn't Ripon have a train line towards Harrogate or York?.I suspect there is a bit of wishful thinking going on here. In the winter of 1962/3 the train service consisted of 5 stopping (although...
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RRT4038 replied to the thread Why doesn't Ripon have a train line towards Harrogate or York?.In that era, regional type trains ran about every 2 hours, and small local stations only served in the morning and early evening [often...
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RRT4038 replied to the thread Cross-country overcrowding: what could be done?.I am sure that GBR will be able to make all the necessary financial case, and if it stacks up then they can buy new trains. (not sure...
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RRT4038 replied to the thread Cross-country overcrowding: what could be done?.I guess the ultimate straight jacket will be financial, but there will also be a desire to prevent the GBR from spending in such a way...