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Another reason why circular service are a bad idea is the confusion for passengers: what are you going to put as the destination on the screens? What would be the ticket validity (how far round the circle could you go on a single)? How many less-savvy passengers would waste their time going the...

I'm another satisfied dash4it customer; fast delivery, prices well below shops. By the way, the National Library of Scotland now has massive free online mapping that covers GB, not just Scotland. https://maps.nls.uk/index.html There's nothing more recent than the 1950s 1:25,000, but it includes...

In Belfast, Lanyon Place and Gt Victoria St both have 4 platforms, but i can't find entrance/exit figures. Total 2017 rail journeys in N.I was only 15 million.

I just checked Smethwick GB: 806k entries/exits in 2018/19, but there were over 500k interchanges as well.

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Batteries seem to be well understood: they need sophisticated control systems to stop degradation but don't need much maintenance. So why are we even considering using fuel cells which are inefficient, need a supply infrastructure which doesn't yet exist, and I guess will need new skills to...

I'm hoping my local line, Tyne Valley, will be another candidate for battery: Newcastle to Hexham is about 20 miles, fairly level, and electrified already at the Newcastle end. With a lot of stations, level crossings, and low maximum speed it seems to be ideal, at least for the trains...

Hopefully, if the Bensham curve is reinstated it will be electrified, given that there are wires already to the Royal Mail depot immediately to the south of it. Once that's done it would then only need a couple of miles more OLE to reach the Metro Centre and make it possible to change the...

Given the expensive Crossrail1 problems with multiple signalling and integration with existing lines, would it be best to revert Crossrail2 to being a self-contained line, maybe using sub-surface size rolling stock. Would make the project way cheaper, quicker and lower risk. Though obviously...