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I was thinking of the strip of land that runs parallel to the railway from when the extra tracks used to be there, but yes from memory there is land to the west as well. But I agree, I think it's unlikely to work, and unlikely to be agreed by the council unless an extra pair of slips were to be...

True, but as has been pointed out, the traffic is heavy and not all passengers are heading to Preston only, increasing the service will improve journey opportunities with connections at Preston. The loadings from Lostock Hall and Bamber have always been reasonably steady with just an hourly...

Yeah I know it has a service to Colne but it's slow, and hourly. It's not an attractive service and is generally only used by people with no other option. The principle of extending the service to Preston would be to increase the frequency of trains to East Lancashire, giving 3 per hour from...

I believe it was recently knocked back for funding, so I'd doubt it anytime soon.

Unless the driver can confrimed the deceased stepped in front of the train with nobody else involved then it is treated as a scene of crime until proved otherwise.

I think it will most likely be a Manchester-Blackburn via Tod service. A circular service would be useful but pathing would be tough over the single line to Bolton. It would probably require a complete re-jig of the East Lancs timetable, and I believe the service wouldn't be robust enough in the...

£6.50 return extotianate? And that's for a one off fare! I think it's pretty reasonable to be honest. It's actually roughly the same price as it was in the mid 1990s. Seriously! The X43 service was never what it is now, it used to be just another bus service, every 30 minutes I think, with...

The service level is indeed impressive, but the rush hour times are not. The timetable books 76 minutes from Burnley to Deansgate, but also has 20 mintues from Deansgate to Chorlton Street, which I think is a railway style fudge. The real timing to get to central Manchester is in the 80-90...

I'm sure they wouldn't be joining in the party! But I think there are two different markets here. Currently the X43 just ins't quick enough in rush hour for significant volumes of commuters from Burnley - with the traffic on the M66 and through Prestwich it's the best part of 90 minutes. I'm...

Radio 1 were biasing their ticket allocation to residents of Carlisle and the surrounding area, so compared to normal festivals there was perhaps not as many people travelling from further away. Also, there can't be that many people rushing off at the end of a festival to catch a late night...