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Coventry's being decommissioned already? I know Westinghouse had problems with their VDUs and axle counter restorations. Guess things must have moved along a bit then. By the way, apart from Leamington and Coventry, the order of the other boxes I mentioned aren't in chronological order. Geoff M.

I think this [Wilmslow] was the scheme that, when eventually re-opened, only had uni-directional working. The later closures were/are to instate the full bi-directional working. Don't quote me on that. From what I've heard of Manchester South extending, all the experts I've spoken to...

I can't speak for Stoke, but Rugby isn't temporary. The signalling in there will cover Watford Jn to north of Nuneaton eventually. Saltley's current plans are for the West Midlands area - ie Leamington, Coventry first, then (old) Saltley, New Street, Wolverhampton, probably more boxes I can't...

Unless specifically stated otherwise, Sectional Appendices (and any other material for that matter) is copyrighted by default. With copyrighted material you can make a very small set of sample pages available but beyond that you need the copyright holder's permission. Unless you know otherwise...

I don't know which site you're referring to (I didn't mention an address). I could give you the address but you need a log-in anyway. If you're a Network Rail employee you may well have a log-in but you might not have access to that particular data. Basically if you don't know, then you haven't...

You can browse them online as well - but the site requires a login. You sometimes see them on Ebay as well. Geoff M.

Thanks. A debacle approaching Sandbach extremes. Geoff M.

Any ideas what the latest plans are for Portsmouth? Last I heard Siemens were going to "have another go" at resignalling in May. Portsmouth Interim Signalling Scheme... nice! Cheers Geoff M.

Stafford is 110mph both lines, though the Down Fast is 75 down to the DF-P3 turnout before becoming 110mph. Watford is 75mph both lines. Nuneaton is 100mph both lines. Taken from current Sectional Appendices, sections MD101 and NW1001. Geoff M.

And that's another example. London Victoria P18/19 are the same: again, not a signal section. You're right, I'd forgotten about that signal. The one adjacent on P2 is the one I was thinking of which cannot clear until the far end starter is also off. The one on P3 (T450) will clear to a...

This, Brighton, and King's Cross examples are NOT signal sections - all require the far signal to be off before the near signal will clear. Paddington is another example of this - platforms 11 and 12 (?). You therefore cannot signal a train up to the second signal - well, you can, but the first...

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Er, no. Two or three shiploads/trainloads at best per week, for a couple of weeks at most, does not a business case make. Nor does the odd summer charter train. Much as I'd like to see it stay open, financially it just doesn't make sense. Geoff M.

Thanks for the SimSig comments ;-) :-D One real world model you could perhaps relate to is that of the flight sim world. A plethora of tools exist for MSFS, but the most powerful force is a group of users - pilots and air traffic control. To combat the loneliness felt in multi-player...

Now there's somebody who completely missed the tongue-in-cheek humour. Geoff M.

Network Rail often have little to do with such things. New hardware, new signalling systems, the companies involved have to prove that they're safe to use - and that means meeting NR's high standards. Unfortunately more than one company has seriously underestimated the effort involved to get...

They replied! It took them 17 days but they finally did it. And what did they say? (Deep breath) "Please phone 08457 48 49 50 for the information you require". I accept the argument that you can just pop down the station and get a timetable book, or download the same from the website. But for...

Andrew, it's NOT the advertised service, that is the problem. If I'm looking online at schedules in general, I want to know that Sundays are different through February. Yes, it's in the planner for specific look-ups - but so are services that ARE advertised as being affected by engineering work...

No, it was MS who pulled the plug - they went to Kuju in Godalming one morning, cancelled the project, and took away all the files related to the project (which they were entitled to do, as MS "owned" it). Geoff M.

I sent an email to FGW customer services, asking what the situation was. The reply? None. That was over a week ago. This is standard FGW service it seems. Geoff M.