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But taking it down costs money, whereas letting it fall down slowly doesn't. If it isn't carrying trains then why should NR worry? Also, the masonry arch, whilst scarred, will take plenty more abuse yet. Personally, I don't think removing the flat deck will make one iota of difference to the...

Add to which the current Pendo service will be at least thinned, if not completely removed ...

And because the hand rails are close to or within the fall zone of the live catenary, the bonds are rated to deal with a full fault current (IIRC 12kA) so your normal domestic equipotential earth wire isn't enough.

As a technical point of order, all main line railway in the UK has a speed restriction and has done since we moved away from only signing and publishing speeds lower than "linespeed" and gave every bit of track a "permissible speed*". * or differential permissible speed, non-standard...

Yes. "Holyhead" is on two sites, one parallel to the station on the down/west/south and the other (with a tiny shed and fuelling apron) is closer to Valley on the Up side, round the back of Gwynedd Shipping. The Holyhead part is much bigger but is effectively only carriage sidings, Whereas the...

Warrington Dallam was the job that followed MVAIR for the Major Projects team in the NW, so 2000 would make sense.

Even more pedantically, the number of distance units of electrified track is slightly less than the total of OCS, 3rd and 4th rail areas, as some locations (Euston, Watford, etc.) are "dual fitted" with OCS and 3/4 rail....

xx59 in / xx05 out is barely terminating!

Surprised no-one has mentioned Manchester Victoria - despite having two bays, at least 3tph reverse in the though platforms alone.

Its on the DSF list for CP6.

That's a new one?

It is an emergency if you've only just found out that this weekend is your last chance to do the work you've only just found out about (or quite possibly that you've only just found out that is weekend is your last chance to start the work you've only just found out about by the time that you've...

We'd normally say "single rail" when we mean only one, because "rails" or "track" automatically implies two rails.

As I said - just don't get close to anything else at the same time ...

Completely agree - only two I can remember, and one of those was before I even joined 30+ years ago. And remember - sitting on the OLE only is fine (birds do it all the time) - just don't get close to anything else at the same time ... <old-school DC line dares>

Yes, at least one - similar portals at the bottoms of the FB stairs / ramps

Because the signal is all you are looking at. Behind it are changes in control centres, interlockings, technical progress, standards, operational track layouts, etc., all of which could cause the little twinkly light to have to be replaced. Anyway, at least you've got colour light signals...

61016 straight to BTP.

One of the first weekends I did involved standing a rake of Minerals in that, for a DF dig .... 30+ years ago now.

Ignoring https://d3cez36w5wymxj.cloudfront.net/migrated/Information%20Screens%20FINAL.pdf ....