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Yes there is a trade off to be decided here. A 4 car 222 would have more seats but the end doors would mean increased dwell time at busier stations, whereas the 2/3 door layout is well suited to the York-Leeds-Manchester-Liverpool traffic but results in fewer seats. The real need is for...

Yes, I think this understates the point many people are making. Basically a good train, or better than 150s, 153s & 156s, but unfit for purpose on busy regional and intercity routes. It is essentially only a 2 car suburban unit as far as standard class is concerned after taking into account...

Well, it doesn't take you into Scotland but by maxing out a £10 Northern Day Rover you can cover quite a few miles. I did Outwood-Leeds-Carlisle (via the S&C)-Barrow via the coast (loco-hauled!)-Carnforth-Leeds-Outwood in 12 1/2 hours last Friday. I have not added up the mileage yet but the fuel...

Also London-Leeds via Hambleton Jct (proposed about 10 years ago) and the Leeds-York(and Selby?) locals which would save 2 or 3 DMUs from the West Yorks fleet. The 24 EMUs based in West Yorks are not fully deployed at present. It is difficult to see that much new infrastructure is needed...

The 17.30 from Preston was doing 100mph south of Standish this afternoon, hence layovers at every stop on the Liverpool-Preston semi-fasts. Although they seem to have their detractors among the DMU enthusiasts there is no comparison in performance. When will new timings come into effect? Also...

This was the maximum voltage for third-rail supply peremitted by the Board of Trade at the time (just prior to WW1) and protection of the conductor rail by wooden shuttering was also a requirement not needed on 600V DC lines around Liverpool and on the LSWR. The original L&YR all steel EMU...

Don't some reverse at Lime Street & continue to South Parkway? Will the 319s do this?

For same day trips I usually buy a day return Wakefield-Sheffield, then use a Derbyshire Wayfarer to Burton, then a day return Burton-Birmingham, but I have not done it for a while and it also depends whether you want Anytime tickets or are able to comply with the Off-Peak restrictions for all...

The latest 'Rail' magazine (although they have got things wrong before) claims that Man Vic-Stalybridge + the Philip's Park line + Guide Bridge-Stalybridge electrifications are going ahead along with the NW Scheme and have not been 'paused', confirming what some people have posted on this...

Was there any mention of Man Vic-Stalybridge? Is this still to go ahead or has it been dumped along with TP North?

Yes, a characteristic of many Soviet period metros in a number of cities is that transfer stations may have different names on each line but the interconnecting subways are generally clearly marked on maps and do not have barriers. Incidentally, the word Metro in Russian is pronounced with the...

It is very impressive and well worth a visit. It is very extensive, very cheap and very fast. American and British engineers were consulted and employed during the earlier phases of it's construction and so it is interesting to look for the evidence of their influence. Some of the wooden...

I have often wondered who was responsible for that ridiculous structure with it's 10mph speed restriction for TRAMS to cross it!!! With designs like this it hardly surprising that tram journeys are significantly slower than even the run down railway that they replace.

| agree. The BR era 'rationalisations' in The Manchester area were retrograde and grievously over zealous. The run down of Victoria was unwise along with the re-routing of so many trains over the Deansgate-Piccadilly line through platforms 13 & 14. The Bury and Altrincham lines should never have...

Does anyone know the reason for the very low speeds through the New Pudsey area? Running non-stop between Leeds and Bradford will bring little benefit until this problem is addressed. The approach to Bradford Interchange from Leeds is very steeply graded and with tight reversed curves and I...

I agree with that. How much of the original avoiding line is unobstructed? At one time trains from the west via the Calder Valley route were split at Halifax into separate Leeds and Bradford portions. --- old post above --- --- new post below --- Could not the Greenway be shifted to the...

The photos show both types of trams on test on the extension and so I assume that both the original and new rolling stock will become common user over the entire system?

Oh yes, thanks for that reminder, I had forgotten the Liverpool Central-Harwich and it's later variants. There were some N.E. to East Anglia through trains too, at least in the 1960's, including a Glasgow Queen St-Colchester!

In the early 1980's BR had a policy of introducing new through workings over routes which previously would have involved multiple changes and/or a journey via London. Many of these were loco hauled. This is when the Liverpool-Norwich trains were introduced, I don't think that there had ever been...

It seems that we lack the engineering skills base and engineering capacity to do more than one scheme at a time. When the industrial economy was dismantled in the 1980's technical education was trashed too. It seems the experienced engineers that we still had all went abroad. We are left with an...