Recent content by SJDCornwall

I know this is strictly off of subject but surely down south of england there are suitable areas of non electrified railway that could be supplied with suitable bemu stock now so that emissions can be reduced and real life type expeirience railway useage gained without masses of money being...

This whole route is a total mess now, we are back to the bad old days of the 1960s when the route reached its low point. There must be key players out there somewhere who can bring the right pressure to force the dead hand of government to sit up and take notice. There is a lot of new houses...

Makes me wonder if they are trying to facilitate closure as a through route and terminate SWR trains at Yeovil junction and have GWR take over the route west of axminster and work it as part of the devon metro with abandonment of the line between Yeovil junction and Axminster

Does anybody know exactly where the loop will be located, I am presuming they will locate the Newquay end near where the old loop started to curve round to st Dennis junction and the Par end on the straight part where the line runs next to the old A30 road. how long is the loop planned to be, is...

https://www.plymouthherald.co.uk/news/plymouth-news/plymouth-tavistock-railway-link-moving-6486855 Spotted on our local press, hope this happens especially as Okehampton is doing so well. We need this as the A386 road is congested badly at peak periods. Also new homes are currently being built...

Personally I feel that the Salisbury triangle ie Redbridge to Salisbury and Basingstoke to Salisbury plus the Chandlers ford line to Eastleigh should be electrified with the 3rd rail so that a simple new bimode train can be used for the Waterloo Exeter services can be sorted for the time being...

Crediton in Devon must be pretty old, its a LSWR vintage box

I feel that the 3rd rail should be extended to Salisbury along with the line to Southampton and also the Chandlers ford line. This way bi modes can start up at Salisbury whilst all local trains can be EMU. That would only leave the Cardiff Pompeys to be dealt with on a separate scheme. I wholly...

Exactly, its time though for change though especially as they keep on about being green. I fell to see how even bigger and heavier lorries can be green. One freight train can do away with many of these monstrosities. Also I wonder how much of our country has been destroyed with so called road...

I have just read online news that the Government is considering 48 tonne lorries now. As plenty has been said about pollution especially from roads I would have thought that this is the last thing we need, and not to mention even more potholes from the increase in weight. It is about time...

The western end of Honiton tunnel on the Salisbury Exeter line used to have roaring rails back in the late 70s early 80,s I can remember it being very loud as you approached the western end from the East.

These are all good points that will need much time and thought along with the fact that the 2040s look like being the cut off point for diesel only trains. Procurement of new trains is not a 5 minute job these days as there are so many variables that have to be taken into consideration. By the...

Again you are right about money, but Network rail have recently had a report commissioned on this line, I cannot remember the title of the report as it uses a lot of manager speak, but it does talk about redoubling and also extending the short loops at Honiton and Gillingham as well. Also...

Having used the Waterloo Exeter route many times over the years, it is about time this route was brought back properly to life with full double tracking and speeding up of services. I know the arguments about money plus Covid, we need to start radically improving routes like this one, especially...

They may be fine at the moment but they are nearly 28 years old. You are quite right about a passing loop at Whimple, please look at the Salisbury Exeter rail users group reports as this is one of their wishes however they also point out the age of the stock. They also would like more double...