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Just a thought but how about a Tram Train from St James's Via monument and Manors then connecting onto the ECML and then Blyth and Tyne with the next stop being Northumberland Park. The new Connection between the Metro and ECML would take some money but it would mean the service was fast into...

I have wondered about the issues around level crossings as well. With about five East Coasts an hour each way, Hull Trains and Grand Central and presumably other stuff as well those barriers must be up and down all the time. John

Indeed. But with hindsight the York Whitby line would have been kept open by BR. But then again so might the whole Saltburn to Scarborough line. John --- old post above --- --- new post below --- Well maybe not all of them but much more certainly.

Although if you want the Metro into the city center you would probably just change at Central Station. The advantage of this service would begin to show if it ran on to the Metrocentre or to Washington via a new Leamside line.

I just did a Print screen into photoshop if that helps. :-) Well indeed something is better than nothing. However I sometimes find it strange that when we talk of improving local heavy rail services we assume an absolute bargain basement approach but when it comes to metros and tramways seem...

This is the area I meant. John

I only meant use that trackbead as far as Guisborough, not all the way to Brotton> :-) I would guess al the trackbeds we could use have ceased to be designated as railways so the if houses are in the way it might be as well to divert the line. I think the same happened with the Tyne and Wear...

Rather than stopping at Pinchinthorpe I would keep on going but up the old line to Brotton and stopping on the bridge over the road wich is pretty much due south of the old staion site. Thois wouold be mich more central and still give space for car parking. John

I also think Guisborogh need its own station not just access to a parkway station up th road. There is a trackbed of a railway which I think used to run on to Brotton that runs close to the center of Guisborough that could be used to build a new Guisborough Station which could combine the...

While supporting the Tees Valley Metro I wonder if developing the direct connection between Teesside and York and then to Leeds would be a better growth driver than the connection to Darlingtron. John

These two stories might indicate potential traffic in the area. Massive opencast mine planned near Druridge Bay 17 Jul 2013 08:42 Proposals have been unveiled by Banks Mining for a massive new opencast coal mine near Druridge Bay in Northumberland...

I think a lot of the track and almost all of the route is still there. I think there have been proposals to restore the service for largely tourist reasons to Woodhorne which has a fair bit going on. http://www.experiencewoodhorn.com/ I wish to point out at the start I am not an expert in this...

This reminds me of an old joke. During WWII the Germans realised that thy had a shortage of butter but mountains of horse manure. (I have cleaned this joke up a bit.) So Hitler tells his technical guys they have got to find a way of turning manure into butter. Devoted to their Fuhrer the...

Its not inconceivable because similar systems already exist, but for objects traveling at smaller speeds. I believe many modern aircraft are inherently unstable. They need computer equipment to allow them to fly straight and there are already many unmanned drones in existence. However...

I am talking about the introduction of moving block signaling which worked well on slow speed metros but proved to be another matter when they tried to implement it on a high speed mainline railway. I have no doubt specif examples of driverless car systems working in specific conditions can...

Do you really need someone to explain that to you...:shock:

Do you want to give any evidence for this? One only has to look at the debacle of the WCML signaling to see how grand schemes can go wrong. John

No. The list of point against driver less cars is almost endless. Its rather obvious that during this test there are few other vehicles on the road. How would it cope on a busy intersection? How would the technology cope with masses of cars traveling at 80mph on a motorway and having to...

Well as the man seems to be saying its actually a hundred each way. Anyway its clearly happening and set to get bigger so great. I live near the area and I have thought its a pity they didn't take advantage of the rebuilding of East Boldon Station to convert the level crossing into a road...

Is That 100 trains a week each way? I am amazed that there is the existing capacity to do this but it's great that they can. Anyone know how many trains a day now run South Down the Durham Coast line?