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It's not so much the paths on the WCML per se that is the problem, it's the fact a train can't be signalled into to the bays whilst a northbound train is signalled from Preston into P3 at Lancaster and vice versa. The other alternative of putting it in P5 means on it's departure it has to cross...

About time too, cash is a right pain in the bum. Sooner we are completely cashless the better.

Of course the hourly off peak TPE service has definately been confirmed though now...

Steady on, I didn't come up with the name! I just suggest those as reasons for why they have chosen it! But personally if I hear the word parkway, I assume it to be a newish station aimed at park and ride. I'm probably not the only one. Also, there often good reasons why you might call a...

I was referring to how the TPE arrives Preston at xx33 and the Virgin Glasgow arrives at xx38. That's a bit tight to add a Leyland call in. --- old post above --- --- new post below --- Usually so it appeals to a wider catchment area and to advertise it's a park and ride style station...

Disagree by all means, but you're disagreeing with scientific research that proves that most animals have developed a 24 hour body clock based on the day/night cycle. We have our strongest urge to sleep in the early hours. Also, you have either misunderstood or delibrately misrepresented what...

You may very well be able to cope perfectly on nights, and as with a number of people, actually enjoy them. Although some people can have a tendancy towards being alert earlier or later in the day, virtually everybody will see their alertness dip in the early hours of the morning, when our...

It's not the darkness that is the issue it's the natural circadian rhythm that means no matter how well you manage your lifestyle, alertness will drop in the early hours of the morning. That said I do agree that 2 hours is unrealistic.

Pass, I suspect they'll probably give it a year though as Northern did with their Colne - Man Vic service. It's a fair question, and one without an obvious answer. Both a Leyland and a Buckshaw stop would probably be overkill for a semi-fast service but that doesn't exaplain why TPE haven't...

TPE services have now been added to the working timetable to start October! If you have a look at National Rail Enquires this has been reflected and direct services are showing Buckshaw - Manchester Airport. To recap - 2 x hourly Northern Service (Hazel Groves and Victorias) 1 x hourly...

They are in the Working Time Table, chap, but TPE don't start until sometime in December. --- old post above --- --- new post below --- The Hazel Groves (all of them) are even showing on National Rail Enquires!

You're right not to believe it, because of course there is no law. But there is a grain of truth in what the poster was getting at. The courts have always allowed an even looser definition of reasonable force when an intruder was upstairs. The reasoning being is it would be entirely...

They probably do report that. But I've looked at the Working Time Table. All Northern Services are booked to stop and an hourly off-peak TPE from December.

From the opening all Northern services will call their in either direction. That's the Victorias and the Hazel Groves, throughout the day. From December, TPE will have a roughly hourly stopping train (the xx10 from Preston) but only off-peak. The only peak time TPE trains are from Preston in...

Without stating the obvious, what is the line speed of the Slow Lines? Most slow lines usually have a Table A line speed of no more than 75mph.

If everything's late, a signalman will not get a rollocking for making a decision or using their initiative. One thing Control hate is to be pestered for bread and butter decision making. Are you perhaps confusing running trains early out of course? That's a different matter entirely. The...

By default it's the signaller that chooses the priority but Control may dictate they want a particular train to go first. They generally do not give orders for EVERY train, just particular ones they want to be given priority. The obvious rationale being they can see the "bigger picture" and can...

Couldn't agree with you more about that! I've read the many faniciful scenarios of how the barriers won't work (having a meal in Wetherspoons and then leaving was a particular lowlight), but just because barriers may not prevent 100% of fare evasion, does that mean they shouldn't be used for...

I voted yes to all, but with the caveat that only if the layout of the station allows for it without too much bottlenecking. The biggest loss of revenue the railway suffers from is those who would buy a ticket, if they felt they had to. Now, of course, everyone knows that trains aren't free...

Overall I'm not particularly optmistic. I actually find it slightly depressing that whilst passenger numbers are high, and with a demand for intermodal freight the industry as a whole still can't get to grips with it's costs. Right now we are being massively subsidised by huge sections of...