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If the roadmap is known, pressure can be applied to locate the said tree. It would also help to know if there is any thing else holding it up at the moment.
We could do with the Environment agency and NR coming out with a clear roadmap of how the reopening will be progressed. It all seems a bit wishy washy at the moment.
I've been dropped off at that entrance on occasion, so it's quite useful from that point of view.
If you look at Darlington, the new concourse is now on the opposite side to the town centre, so the East side at Preston is far less 'remote' by comparison.
If this were to become the main...
I don't think Sheffield station is "out of tune with modern needs" by any stretch of the imagination.
It has a good concourse with good facilities, wide, well covered platforms with good facilities. About the only thing that could be doing with being a bit bigger is the footbridge.
Preston...
Fingers crossed !
We pay a lot for the railway as it is. Any additional funding to make it more financially accessible would be relatively small - afterall, there's little political capital in funding a "rich man's toy" to quote a previous transport secretary.
You can get a train undercover, and not in a dingy underground car park.
Preston is fine but the retail offer needs improving.
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There isn't a Tesco anywhere near Lancaster station that I've ever seen.
I quite like Preston from an architectural point of view, however some of the facilities aren't the best. Early closure of buffets is endemic across the network.
That's why a station pub like the Tite & Locke is so handy - although these usually seem to have independant access from the...
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