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LBA is an airport in the wrong place. It would be far better in the long-term to put money into an airfield next to existing railways, the most obvious being at Church Fenton, now that it's no longer required by the RAF. There are excellent existing connections to most parts of Yorkshire, the...

I hope that this arrangement might prevent them having the Knottingley and the Nottingham services in the same bay platform at the same time. It's very easy to get mixed up :-).

The only problem with threatening 14 years of disuption if HS2 does not go ahead is the hiatus for many northern cities left waiting 20 years or more for the second phase to be built. Improvements are needed sooner than that, and if these improvement will go ahead as part of the promised...

If the Harrogate - York line is upgraded, what is the plan for the several manned level crossings for farm tracks and very minor roads between Knaresborough and York ?. I use some of these from time to time and they strike me as a throw-back to a railway long ago.

I found that the article by Roger Ford was far more interesting: "Time to revisit the need for speed". HS2 appears to be a "silver bullet" solving all sorts of problems in the railway network. The far more pragmatic issues raised by Roger Ford seem to address these network wide issues in a...

I think this is the whole point about the bad design of HS2: it doesn't integrate well with the existing network. Most TGV services in France run into existing stations and this is true of Germany, Belgium, Holland and so on. Lille may be an exception, but it serves as a major interchange...

That's interesting because according to the HS2 representatives at a meeting on Monday, HS2 will eliminate standing passengers in the rush hour into Leeds. I fail to see how a service to Sheffield Meadowhall and beyond will achieve this. A reduction in London trains from the Leeds City...

A journey today that would take 2 hours and 25 minutes or possibly up to 20 minutes longer.

Here is what you might have had in Glasgow http://www.hipkiss.org/data/maps/british-transport-commission_passenger-transport-in-glasgow-and-district_1951_proposed-new-north-station_5396_2481_300.jpg

Leeds is the same, especially annoying as the railway passes within a hundred yards of the bus station.

Leaving Leeds at 8-19 and getting back into Leeds at 21-23 (in order to get bus home - there is a later train) gives about 4 hours and forty minutes in Ravenglass. To be fair, the slower part of the journey is after Carnforth. Almost 8 hours traveling on the train. Its 107 miles by road (A65...

I think the issue is more a question of improving services from West Yorkshire to Kendal and Windermere. A slow route by car, with little chance of improvement, and a slow route by rail due to the way services interconnect.

IEP will be scrapped. Members of government responsible for the decision will be paying for the cancellation charges out of their own pocket, perhaps. Updated Pendolinos will be running on ECML, still run by East Coast. There will be a satisfactory service from Leeds to the Lake District...

Phase 1 does finish in Birmingham. It finishes in a way which integrates poorly with the existing rail services. Any advantage in a reduction of journey for customers joining from existing services is likely to be swallowed up with the transfer time from an existing mode to the HS2 mode. When...

Wetherby Racecourse station on the Church Fenton - Harrogate line.

Allowing the Senior Citizen's Bus Pas to be used as a Rail Discount Card would be a small improvement. I have several friends who will not buy a Senior Citizens' Rail Discount Card becasue they are unsure how much they would use one. If there were no barrier to them getting the discount on the...

Personally I believe a heavy-rail solution would be the best solution in the long-term but I can see that the practical difficulties of demolishing houses, supermarkets etc. is going to make this a difficult option to implement. You may be right about funding from different pots but apart...

It is possible that not enough political pressure has been brought to bear, or possibly it's time to think about new ways in which to develop Metrolink. If you look at the area you can see there are not particularly good links between Bolton and this part of North Manchester (Radcliffe...

Using Google Streetview it's appears that the 3 major engineering structures -- viaducts - look to be in good condition, but I am no structural engineer. It seems strange that these structures are preserved as they are when the trackbed has been allowed to be over-built near Burnden Park...

As something of a joke I suggested the re-opening of the Rochdale - Bury - Bolton line in contrast to re-opening Colne to Skipton. Now I wonder if there isn't some justification in the idea, but at the same time time realising there are some practical difficulties such as residential housing at...