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I can't believe the papers haven't took this up yet. Given that they love to have a dig at any aspect of the railway (witness the daily heil having a look at our wages today, and getting some untrue 'facts' in there at the same time) you would think that a lot of late to arrive trains would get...

They'll be busy enough doing ticket checks and despatch duties to be also wielding a trolley .And doing that too often makes the company lazy thinking they can get away with not putting the effort to get a caterer in. As has been said, spare cover is the thing here.

Is that applied to both franchises? I'm not up on XC and at a guess ours would have possibly altered when we took 20 sets on.

Put the 2 original Merseyrail units back out there with insanely bright headlights so it doesn't need yellow ends. Stick the relevant gubbins in the cabs like GSM etc Stick a few pp3's in for non third rail hehe and run them as BR did as a sideline for goodwill .And do exactly the same with any...

Usual guff on here about the 22x series, so let's go back to the OP's original point. How long are they leased out for to their respective TOC's? (Basically asking could another TOc do what happened to TPE when they lost those 170s?) Can we please try to avoid the usual rubbish about them? Yes...

It's still going to be a 9 platform station on re opening next week which is obvs better than the previous situations which left only 8 open. Don't know if it's been mentioned on here but the Liverpool-Scotland TPE services have apparently been postponed for now. (On wnxx) Oba slightly more...

When you have a number of signing on depots there, you’ll find it does make sense, if for instance, you don’t sign Ardwick or Longsight.

You can't really 4 track it anyway. Too many buildings would need flattening at prohibitive cost. The platforms are what's needed more so one can be brought in as another leaves, without the stampede effect you get now if a unit stops.at the back of one of the current platforms, and therefore...

3 lots of 20mph restrictions via Bescot. Stechford, Aston and Bushbury itself, plus the 40 at Bescot on The down, (rather entertaining doing 60 the other way!) However you’ve got the 10 and 15 PSR’s if you go new st/Wolves. Back then we didn’t have the EPS speeds either side of International...

Bushbury Jn. to Stetchford. That’s always been the diversion route via the Mids if the Trent Valley has gone belly up. We’d only get sent via Wolves or New St if either booked to stop or problems on the ‘round the houses’ route

The best I ever managed when we were on regular diversions around the Bescot route added 25m. I would say adding 15m with no stops is an impossibility. Even if it was at 3am in the morning.

If that is correct that it is a grade 6 signalbox, then he is fully justified in wanting a break. Most powerboxes are grade 7 or 8, so one below that shows you that it's a difficult box. A basic box is a grade 2 so we're not taking a straightforward up and down train every half an hour.

Paul, he's like a stuck record on the subject, doesn't live here, yet is deciding for us what's best. It'd be like me or you saying what's best for around Strathclyde or Kent.

Maybe there's a good case here for a poll on what people think is the best thing to add to the WC franchises, but not necessarily everyone's pet thing. Say. Hartford - Warrington, East Lancs - London direct services, Motherwell stops heading south, etc etc .It's such a varied route and yet it...

Yes I do know you are.

Can we not turn this into another " Bletchleyite does down Liverpool' thread please.

DHL, Northern and us at VT still use it as a walking route. DHL use it for loading up their stuff, so it will still be used, I fully agree its a waste and I've said it should have been retained in a way similar to pl10-12 at Man Picc but someone stated signal standards would mean only 50-60m in...

Saying Liverpool has an airport station is stretching it TBTC. It needs a dedicated one, not one a few miles away with an attached bus service . But they're in a chicken and egg situation. Expand to justify a line, or line first to help build traffic. Its a great airport and I much prefer using...

Noticed plenty of red signals walking through the station before. Including the down slow bi di signal. Obvs no idea where they're upto on testing these, but it bodes well for the refurb, and hearing rumours that it is right on schedule with no delays .

Maybe it might seem a waste to you, but seeing as Manchester Airport is rapidly expanding with more flights to both short and long haul destinations, the excellent transport links are helping the Airport to justify its big plans. Instead of calling it a waste, we should be applauding a proper...