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YYorkshireBear replied to the thread Which heritage lines do and don't have steam bans currently?.I think it's the west Midlands incident that has prompted it not London and the south East.
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YYorkshireBear replied to the thread Transpennine Route Upgrade and Electrification updates.Sorry is that Dewsbury is only open at weekends for three months? I.e. Morley Batley Dewsbury don't get a commuter service for three months?
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YYorkshireBear replied to the thread Which heritage lines do and don't have steam bans currently?.Let's face it, it's going to be almost all of them at this point.
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YYorkshireBear replied to the thread Which heritage lines do and don't have steam bans currently?.Tough PR of you set off a fire after that alert!
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YYorkshireBear replied to the thread Could all trains be cancellation of all services above a certain temperature threshold?.On the whole is stretching things a bit, as is the use of the word Just....
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YYorkshireBear replied to the thread Stopgap options to cover for delays to introduction of Class 175 for GWR?.The 897s are very late, normal late plus Valencia flooding impact.
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YYorkshireBear replied to the thread Lewes derailment - Thursday 13th August.Really hard to know if it's a cause or consequence in those photos though.
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YYorkshireBear replied to the thread Stopgap options to cover for delays to introduction of Class 175 for GWR?.Could we just offer one voyager to every TOC who needs one. Problem solved?
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YYorkshireBear replied to the thread Possible new station at Thorpe Park (Leeds): consultation open.I suspect that is bad visuals. They always said they would build two platforms on a four track alignment, with then a temporary platform...
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YYorkshireBear replied to the thread Possible new station at Thorpe Park (Leeds): consultation open.No Micklefield will remain two track, it is a long way beyond the M1 overbridge.
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YYorkshireBear replied to the thread Possible new station at Thorpe Park (Leeds): consultation open.Agreed. What that gives you effectively is a dynamic passing loop with two stations. Which should (I think) give you time to pass two...
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YYorkshireBear replied to the thread East-West Rail (EWR) countdown to entry into service.If this was Northern where everything is currently operated with a full blown guard, then I think it would be a different viewpoint. But...
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YYorkshireBear replied to the thread Trains all at a stand in the Manchester area... (Thursday afternoon 06AUG2026).I think some of that is scale of operations. Northern Manchester crews generally got home. Whereas I am aware of a substantial amount of...
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YYorkshireBear replied to the thread Trains all at a stand in the Manchester area... (Thursday afternoon 06AUG2026).Gave up getting from Manchester to Leeds and went to a friend's for tea and waited for a lift. Advice from the fleet engineer who was...
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YYorkshireBear replied to the thread Possible new station at Thorpe Park (Leeds): consultation open.Those extend either side beyond the station wider than they need to though.