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Coalville has the space, has excellent connections to the rest of the UK and the local economy certainly can do with high grade technical jobs. http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?q=coalville&hl=en&ll=52.729288,-1.372025&spn=0.007082,0.013797&hnear=Coalville,+Leicestershire,+United+Kingdom&t=h&z=16

I cant see the Burton to Leicester line opening up to regular passenger service anytime soon. The best shot for it was the late 80s early 90s, but as it didnt happen then, I cant see it happening now.

Well done to Trainbasher for a very comprehensive report. I had a steak and ale pie with mash last week and it was a dry old thing.

I'm surprised there isnt significant demand for Leicester to Manchester and the North West, given that there are direct services coming out of Nottingham, but I guess the 2hr via Shef service is better than the 2h45m trip via Brum. I do take onboard the points made that the services to London...

Yes there was a direct Leicester to Harwich PQ service in the early 1980s, where it came from, I'm not sure, but I thought it was from Liverpool, because I remember going to Amsterdam on either the MS Princes or MS Queen Beatrix ferry. Google offers this example...

With Richard III, The National Space Centre, Europe's largest covered market, Roman heritage, Leicester's Goldern Mile, Curve Theatre.....You'd be surprised! :wink: http://www.visitleicester.info/visitleicester.aspx Ah yes Belgrave Road Station...

I was thinking more about people leaving the city than arriving :wink: Perhaps Edinburgh wasn't the most ideal comparator given it's capital city status, Reading, Portsmouth, Southampton, Middlesborough, Coventry are probably better examples of equally or less populous cities with better direct...

Interesting. Thank you.

Call me an old romantic, but I prefer the sound of getting say The Cambrian Express to just the boring old 10:23 from Euston. Wouldn't having more train names help passengers particularly on Advance tickets, identify that they are infact travelling on the train that their ticket is valid on?

So the electrification of the Midland Mainline won't bring direct services to other large cities?

The premise of my arguement was based on the size of the population of Leicester and its lack of direct transport links in comparason to other large conurbations in the UK and their services. Leicester is the 14th largest conurbation in the UK, Rugby is the 114th, so it doesn't surprise me...

http://www.scotrail.co.uk/content/mobility-scooters.html My dad and I travelled on the Inverness service to Newtonmore with his light travel mobility scooter in December without any problem. I had booked the requisite space in the guards van and so long as your scooter meets the physical...

Yes, Edinburgh has a slighty smaller population than Leicester. Is there any passenger traffic flow forcasting done?

To give East Midlands Trains credit, they do have: The Robin Hood. The Master Cutler. The South Yorkshireman. The Sheffield Continental. All timetabled still. http://www.eastmidlandstrains.co.uk/PageFiles/1663/Timetable_1_0912_1805.pdf Having travelled extensively in Germany where a lot of...

I wasn't looking for every combination, but if you compare Leicester's limited range of direct destinations on EMT north-south and XC's east-west routes, with diverse direct services from other comparable urban areas like Bristol, Coventry, Cardiff, Edinburgh, Middlesborough and Southampton for...

I've enjoyed all of the programmes. There are super railway characters in all of the shows. I was touched by the guy who had been attacked, who relied on the Passenger Assist service and gave it a glowing review.

Yes I saw the tips about the Couloir Sud route. Thank you all for your responses.

I'm interested in taking up one of DB London Spezial tickets over the summer, but I noticed that the transfer times at Brussels Midi is only around 17 to 23 minutes. Is that enough time to transfer from the Eurostar to the ICE services and can you travel on the next available train if you miss...

I've often spotted the old DDR ICE VT 18.16 train around Berlin-Lichtenberg station in the east. http://www.flickr.com/photos/jrej/5427207857/lightbox/ http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/DR-Baureihe_VT_18.16 --- old post above --- --- new post below --- I've often spotted the old DDR ICE VT 18.16...

Im not sure what the passenger flows are like, but it seems to take an age to go anywhere up north apart from Sheffield, as it involves a change at either Derby, Peterborough or Birmingham. Nuneaton doesn't present many faster northern connection possibilites nowadays.