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the general line speed between edinburgh and carstairs is 95mph. however there is a restriction over linhouse viaduct (just after midcalder junction) of 70mph. does anyone know why? the line curves sharply in a double S away from the junction but the restriction appears to be only over the...

mr justin stacey large centralised fossil fuel burning power stations and a electric grid supplying electric trains is far more efficient than trains hauling the dead weight of small diesel engines around. plus electric trains are lighter accelerate faster, are cheaper to buy and maintain...

east coast is better for preserved railways and museums its a bit dry in the west. i suppose your only alternative is to take a train in perth. the route to kalgoorlie (the prospector) is intestesting although like all long distance rail journeys in australia, it is not quick. the zig zag...

from transport scotlands 25 year plan the economics of electrification to aberdeen and inverness dont make financial sense. that seems logical to me. As another poster said it would involve the forth and tay bridges, dundee and kinghorn tunnels, all very expensive. it did have suggestions to...

i dont work in the rail sector but i believe that the radii is possibly parabolic and not circular but for drawing on maps it wouldnt make any difference. any advice from anyone who works in the industry would be welcome. wikipedia has a equation for working in...

why will people choose HS2 over cars when its built? oil prices, oil prices are never going to go back to 80p a litre with peak oil coming and asia's economic growth sucking up demand. our transport strategy is going to involve more public transport and less car use (and yes that goes for...

famous for the prison which has Scotland's worst psychopathic criminals and err moorland and that's it. nearly 1000ft up and driech. Past at 15mph due to the speed restriction at the junction. cant believe they have not upgraded it. it would be an easy win. there is a old bit abandoned track bed...

It was incredibly short sited to close the great central in the 60s but nostalgia shouldnt blind us to its use a modern rail line. sorry I just don't buy the "open it as a alternative to HS2 argument for many reasons". Using the existing line out of london doesn't deal with the congestion issue...

apparently the snow was freezing on the bottom of DMUs falling off, shattering and damaging the engines. The skirts were designed to thaw the engines. Last winter it was similar temperatures for over a month and services held up quite well apart from the odd frozen points. It just seemed to be...

In Scotland how about Ashfield to Possil Park on the Glasgow QS Anneisland service. 560m dont know what that is in old school measurements. It takes about 30 secs to travel between them.

i have seen some pictures of the structures on the line, some impressive viaducts.

HS2-HS1 Connection. I disagree that budget airlines will make HS2 to continental travel market unviable. At the moment this would be the case but HS2 is going to be finished in 2025 and it will be a different world by then. Oil costs are only going north and I would expect to see budget...

I would guess the Gogar station and Edinburgh Park stations would be complimentary, both designed to serve the airport and the business parks I travelled to glasgow on monday and they have started stringing cables on the Forth bridge track catenary towers by Murrayfield. I assume its early...

to answer the original post written eons ago. I did read a report into opening the Edinburgh Surburban line for passengers. I think it was done by Halcrow and i cannot remember where i read it. Perhaps on the Transport Scotland website. The conclusion was the economics did not stack up and...