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Tram route 26 from Manchester to Ashton along Ashton New Road was converted to a trolleybus route in 1938, which lasted to the end of the trolleybus network in December 1966, latterly as route 216, but was operated solely by Manchester Corporation Transport. I have a distinct childhood memory of...

Oxford doesn't currently have south-facing bays, so the benefit would be in not clogging up the main through platforms with terminating stopping trains from the south.

I was looking at journeys from Sheffield to Altrincham, for which one changes at Stockport, not served by Northern Rail trains from Sheffield to Manchester. The purpose of the attachment was solely to show the cancellation of 3 of the 4 TPE-run services from 1611-1911 inclusive on 8/6/23.

Three out of four TPE services from Sheffield to Manchester/Liverpool over the evening peak period (at 1611/1711/1911) are showing as cancelled "because of a short-notice change to the timetable". I was looking at the the National Rail Enquiries site to check trains at this time from Sheffield...

Why? I can think of much better cases elsewhere, but won't go off topic by mentioning them here. The only real benefit would be conversion of the hourly London-Oxford fast service to full electric traction. The hourly London-Oxford-Worcester/Hereford service would still only be able to use...

Yes, but only in the very long term, when lines north of Oxford (E-W rail, and/or to Banbury and beyond) are also electrified.

Thanks for your helpful reply. I have put my response in a more appropriate thread. In other words, conventional assessments (i.e. BCR) indicate a poor business case based on current demand/needs. The case for EWR rests on the projected demand and "wider" benefits postulated as a consequence...

@Magdalia and @tspaul26 Do you have any response to the poor business case referred to in the article? Cambridge Approaches: ‘East West Rail Company is flogging a dead horse’ https://www.cambridgeindependent.co.uk/news/cambridge-approaches-east-west-rail-company-is-flogging-a-9315319/

Some may do, but in my experience it is not particularly common in the North Midlands or Cheshire for commutes to be more than 25 miles/1 hour each way. After a few years of enduring a longer commute, many people tend to relocate, find a job nearer their residence or leave work entirely. It is...

EWR Ltd (like HS2 Ltd) is a promoter of a new railway line, and will of course be promoting its economic rationale for building it. It is not the organisation that will be making the decision about whether or not it is built. Part of the justification for HS2 is the potential regeneration it...

The only place that is to be served by the E-W line that is currently a commuter settlement for Cambridge is the new development at Cambourne; other villages en route west of Cambridge will not be served. There is nothing of significance currently at Tempsford and St.Neots will not have a...

Thanks for all the clues. Is it Ruskington? If so, open floor.

Apologies - I was using Fenland in a generic sense, and didn't realise there is a district council with this specific name elsewhere in Cambridgeshire. Cambridge University is a major world-class university, but it is sited in a minor city, as are a number of other historic major universities...

Well put - it will be many years (if ever) before this line is ever built, judging by the procrastination over HS2 for which full approval has already been obtained as far as Crewe and construction works initiated. And all just to serve a minor university city in Fenland.

Immediate?? This line won't actually be built for 10-20 years, if ever. There are plenty more hurdles yet, today was merely the announcement of the preferred route east of Bedford. The route avoids St Neots as well as Sandy and proposes a new station at the tiny hamlet of Tempsford just...

Rauceby? If correct, open floor.

Presumably 3tph from Pontypridd to Cardiff Central via Danescourt and 3tph to Cardiff Central via Llandaff North, otherwise the service will be imbalanced, in addition to the 6tph running via Queen Street to Bute Road (and ultimately the Docks).

Most regular stage carriage services are now single deck operated outside large cities, so the list will be endless. All scheduled non-school routes in South Trafford (Altrincham/Sale/Partington) are now single deck, apart from Stagecoach route 11 to Stockport via Wythenshawe, which is partly...

Welcome to the forum. The main constraint at Cardiff Queen Street is the junction immediately north of the station sited close to the double track bridge over Newport Road, which cannot be widened easily. Originally, the Rhymney Railway (RR) had a separate station at Crockherbtown (later...