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On my way to Blackpool North the other day, saw the track rationalisation at Kirkham and Wesham. Potential for a lot of surplus land to be released?

Cheers for responses, the ticket office was at Chester but I felt the guy was shooting from the hip in his reply. The guard seemed more knowledgeable and was familiar with the odd working times of the Helsby to Ellesmere Port trains (which seem semi-parliamentary). Interesting response re...

For reasons of rail exploration of an infrequent passenger service, I'm looking to go to from Chester to Ellesmere Port via Helsby. The chap in the ticket office said "not permitted", whereas the guard on the Chester to Manchester train said "permitted". Who was right and how can I present...

This place has always struck me as a curiosity, once comprising a very comprehensive railway infrastructure in a remote part of the North West. Anyone have any anecdotals?

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An interesting part of that video is that a pilotman can instruct a driver to pass through a signal on red. Sounds a bit hairy, are pilotment well paid compared say to PICOWs?

There are lots of power power line crossings at 275/400kV and they can be difficult to plan/manage during conductor stringing operations. There are other techniques but protection is often afforded by live line scaffolds and, for acute crossings, the vertical clearances between the top of the...

Could you also not run: 4) Manchester-Blackburn (with a runaround)-Preston 5) Manchester-Todmorden-Preston or is it a gauging issue?

Cheers for info Berneyarms

Hmm, there doesn't seem any ability to do a date range search (only individual days). ...or have I missed something?

Cheers for this, but how do you use the website to determine future services? Or do they just advertise same with only 24 hours notice? Most of these parliamentary services seem to leave you "stranded in the middle of nowhere"* but this one looks like it could be done on a reasonably handy...

Noticed this short section of single track line, just east of Bare Lane station. Seems a bit incongrous but is its primary use to facilitate the network of rails to the east as a turning triangle? ...and does it ever get used much in this respect?

Nothing against a barrage as such but I have an interest in the impact of silting in this area. By comparison with old photographs and maps, it is evident that this part of the Fylde coast has been topographically altered due to heavy silting. As a couple of examples, silting has enabled...

Would the upstream side of a tidal barrage not rapidly silt up, rendering it useless for generation (silting being one of the reasons for the dock's demise in the first place)?

River Ribble still gets used for occasional, abnormal load, deliveries: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-lancashire-12660254 http://www.blogpreston.co.uk/2016/05/watch-as-preston-docks-swing-back-into-life-for-giant-transformer-arrival/

When I first read this comment I assumed it was about thyristor power control and thought blimey this is getting deep :shock:

I was at one of the Network Rail community presentations at The Well Baptist Church, Farnworth last night. Only a smallish affair but the chappie said that Phase 4 (MCR to PNE) was due to finish Dec 17 and Phase 3 (MCR to BPN) is due to finish May 18. ...and, although numerically...

Unaware of the line closure, I was walking past Tal-y-Cafn station on 29/03/17 and was studying the (fully "live") departure board only to notice the track was rusted over. I think the crossing keeper was in residence also. Courtesy to Philipe for directing me here.

Off topic I know but, due to local expertise on this board, I was walking past Tal-y-Cafn station (Llandudno Junction to Betws-y-Coed line) the other day and noticed the track look quite rusted over. Engineering closure?

thanks for the response