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Having a small isolated section of electrified track is generally not a good idea. You would require a depot with a fleet of trains that can only work on that section, and you would to have a spare or two knocking around. Then there may be a steady demand for dead hauling units to heavy...

As well as reinstating sevices to Middlewich the link could benefit many other people who would use the line as a through service. For example where I live (Altrincham) it would be a viable route to Crewe and onward connections rather than going via Manchester or Stockport. For people in...

Hale Altrincham and Navigation Road

The normal domestic supply for an average house in an area with gas supplies for heating is set at about 3KW average and 6KW peak. The substation and the main feeders will be scaled for that. That does not stop an odd house taking more that, provided the neighboring hoses take less. Some users...

I agree. I live close to the edge of Greater Manchester and have come across many people who cross the boundary to work.

You are looking at a high price luxury car, not an economy runabout. I am thinking about the bottom to middle part of the market. As it stands the cheapest electric car or hybrid is way more expensive than than the cheapest petrol car - enough to buy at least 50000 miles of petrol at todays...

Personally I like the idea of plug in hybrids. Petrol engines are very inefficient at low power outputs and use a considerable amount of fuel when idling.They are most efficient when running at a high percentage of maximum power output. Electric cars are at their best when running at low power...

A 319 only has 1/4 axles motored and I do not think it uses the full available adhesion very well. Many modern units have 1/2 axles motors and work at higher adhesion levels helped by electronic controls. Maybe they could consider doing a re motoring exercise such as done with the class 455 -...

As it stands there is no cheap electric cars on the market. The cheapest electric car on the market is well over £20K where as I can go to my local garage and get a perfectly serviceable and economical new petrol car like a Kia Picanto for £12K. The difference in price will pay for a lot of...

T68A trams on Manchester Metrolink Lasted from 1999 to 2014.

Part of the Cromford and high peak railway was still horse worked at Whalley Bridge until the end in 1952. Some of the rails can be seen

Did a linear walk a few days ago for a local walking club. Walked mainly along the Irwell valley from Manchester Victoria to Radcliffe (10 miles) and returned by Metrolink Tram. Mostly fairly easy walking along riverside paths and included a section of old railway from Clifton to Radcliffe...

If you count trams and a railway Navigation road must be a contender. While on the railway side there is 2 trains an hour (one each way) plus several freight trains a day and it is not unknown for 2 to run in a single hour. There is talk of doubling the passenger train frequency. On the tram...

A typical car driving at 70mph typically uses about 30KW of power. Obviously a smaller car will use less - maybe 15-20KW and a larger car with barn door aerodynamics will use much more. Most of this is air resistance which increases with speed hence the reason why why electric cars do very badly...

If you wanted to replace the traction motors to 3 phase an obvious example would be the conversion kit used on Class 455. Might need to repackage the equipment to fit in the available space although the traction motors would probably do ok. However the power limitations of the diesel engines...

A small petrol generator may be another solution - available for a few hundred quid from a local machine mart.

When the Manchester Leicester London service was run it would have only been an improvement for Manchester Leicester passengers and nowhere else, which is only a fraction of the East Midlands potential traffic. Neither was it well promoted and people knew it was only for limited period so people...

The low level of traffic from Manchester to the East Midlands is probably due as much to the poor level of service. With a massive time penalty of going via Sheffield and a probable train change, as well as a circuitous route, journeys such as Manchester Derby were probably quicker in steam...

Cycling appears to have gone out of many peoples mentality. When I went to school in the 60/70s most kids cycled to school and a block of 200/300 cycles heading to Altrincham at school finishing time was a common sight. Now the same school does not even have cycle sheds and outside is one SUV...

An advantage with a desktop is easy flexibility to change, upgrade or repair he system. I have a couple of home desktops that have been rebuilt or upgraded several times over the years by changing just some parts. With a laptop it is often very difficult to open up to for example change the hard...