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The Planner's latest activity
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TThe Planner replied to the thread East-West Rail (EWR): is it worth it?.Doubt it. The Bletchley North chord is being looked at as an option last I heard.
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TThe Planner replied to the thread Trains all at a stand in the Manchester area... (Thursday afternoon 06AUG2026).The whole point of it is to get you out of a hole in pertubation, of course you are going get in the way of something, that applies to...
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TThe Planner replied to the thread Trains all at a stand in the Manchester area... (Thursday afternoon 06AUG2026).That's my point. Look at the layout. How would you do it? You have got about 150m before the lines split off and the viaducts...
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TThe Planner replied to the thread Trains all at a stand in the Manchester area... (Thursday afternoon 06AUG2026).No 1786219002 How were you expecting the get into 1 and 2 from the North at Wilmslow? Handforth to Cheadle Hulme is 2 and a half miles...
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TThe Planner replied to the thread Saturdays and Sundays should be inside the working week for drivers at all TOCs (not just some as at present).This will end well.
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TThe Planner replied to the thread Trains all at a stand in the Manchester area... (Thursday afternoon 06AUG2026).I hope they do!
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TThe Planner replied to the thread HS2 progress update August 2026.I don't get the China argument, we aren't China and if they were contracted to build it, why would they not have the same issues?
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TThe Planner replied to the thread Trains all at a stand in the Manchester area... (Thursday afternoon 06AUG2026).All the Ansaldo stuff goes next year.
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TThe Planner replied to the thread Constant delays around the Sheffield area - what can be done to improve the situation?.That applies everywhere. There are lots of places where something is compliant and works on a graph, that doesn't mean it works ideally...
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TThe Planner replied to the thread Trains all at a stand in the Manchester area... (Thursday afternoon 06AUG2026).Its being looked at. Nuneaton to Birmingham is controlled from Saltley, that won't alter.
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TThe Planner replied to the thread Trains all at a stand in the Manchester area... (Thursday afternoon 06AUG2026).Not sure what your point is. The TOCs have no control over whether suppliers are compliant or not in terms of PSVAR or the newer PSVAIR...
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TThe Planner replied to the thread Trains all at a stand in the Manchester area... (Thursday afternoon 06AUG2026).PSVAR is not new.
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TThe Planner replied to the thread Trains all at a stand in the Manchester area... (Thursday afternoon 06AUG2026).Oh we do... But this has been happening since the 60s with PSBs etc. No secondary site for Saltley that I know of, not sure where you...
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TThe Planner replied to the thread Class 185s post-TRU.You wouldn't do that on the half chance of some cascaded stock.
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TThe Planner replied to the thread Cowley line to reopen.Normally isn't that bad in most places people consider "iffy", I have had some great times in stereotypical flat roofed estate pubs...