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An alternative to Wellingborough might be to reopen Northampton to Market Harborough, might actually be better as it is more direct but misses out a link between Northampton and Kettering, Wellingborough etc. which are quite large settlements.

Not a Beeching closure, but Wellingborough to Northampton would form a very useful link between the northern part of the Midland Main Line, South Yorkshire, Nottingham and Milton Keynes and places served by East-West Rail, Oxford and beyond. As there are not any important places on the line...

Thanks, I will use it tomorrow .

Just a point about this service, is Robin Hoods Bay serviced by a shuttle bus to Hawsker caused by road works near Fylingthorpe?

Looking at the Northern site, the marginally quicker way to London from Huddersfield seems to be via Wakefield Kirkgate and Westgate (2 changes) and at times this is significantly cheaper than other routes.

Surely a decision as to what should happen next would be for GBR. They should coordinate experiences gained by the three current operators and decide the way forward. The head of GWR, will admitting the unit met all requirements, indicated there were other factors to be considered, one being...

I think the more bonkers aspect of this is that the Merseyrail service can't be extended to Preston (ans also to Wigan). Perhaps some battery trains might solve this.

Funny that the marginally quicker journeys from Bolton to London are via Wigan, which include a walk from Wallgate to North Western. (Many services via Piccadilly allow 10 minutes to change platforms. I can run, can you? ) When electric trains run from Bolton into North Western then presumably...

ELR has a level crossing just outside Rawtenstall station.

When I alighted at Horton last Thursday, it looked a though the new siding was complete. Is there any news about the commencement of stone trains or does that have to wait until the lifts are in operation?

Personally I prefer open carriages providing a good view of the countryside or particular parts of the heritage railway; stations, sidings, engine sheds, lineside features etc.. Whether the train is hauled by a steam engine or a diesel doesn't matter. A DMU is usually ideal for this purpose...

Search for the Transdev Coastliner for bus services to get to Pickering, Goathland and Whitby from Leeds, York, Malton and Scarborough.

Here is a picture showing the protective wooden casing around the live rail with an OS surveyor standing next to it and looking almost oblivious to the situation. His minder seems to be paying a bit more attention to what is going on. The location is just south of Radcliffe Central station on...

This photograph shows the transition from the overhead gantries to the wooden pylons alongside the tracks. The telegraph wires are on the left.

And here is a picture of the overhead gantries on the viaduct. Why did they need so many wires? These continued on wooden pylons alongside the railway to the substation at Radcliffe. Not sure hw they were taken over the Irwell viaduct at Radcliffe.

York had a Red Star poster on platform 9 when I was there a couple of months ago.

Many, many years ago I went to Arran from Fairlie Pier. That was bleak, except for a fire in the waiting room which I coudn't get near. We ended up walking around the town early in the morning. I have a recollection, which might be false, but we boarded the ferry across a plank.

Looking at an OS map and aerial photography, is there any alternative to rail for moving significant amounts of stone from the quarry ?

Bury Metro Line - the metro uses the later line through Prestwich (1879), runs along a stretch of the 1846 line and then the Bury Loop line (which was much later 1899) to Bury Interchange.