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I visit the Lakes regularly for hiking weekends all year round and it is pretty empty from October to March. The only non-hiking tourists you see are in clumps around the main tourist places which aren’t, never have been and never will be rail connected. This is where normal tourists want to be...

Ok maybe rural was the wrong word. So what’s wrong with running a tram along the A647 to connect these towns on the route better than the current heavy rail route. From what I’ve seen on this thread nobody has absolutely any decent ideas for a fully integrated West Yorkshire public transport...

I will always argue that a commuter line into a major city is viable as is proved by the borders. The bonus is that this route works in both directions. Pure rural routes are seasonal at best and if alternative decent public transport can be provided that doesn’t necessarily run on rails (an...

Also you’d be crossing Leeds west end from a different side which is the busiest side of the station. I just find it incredulous that this thread has become a tool to squeeze in the tired, debunked arguments for both Bradford crossrail and Skipton - Colne with the added hilarity of trying to...

100mph line? Really? That sounds like a grasping at straws argument for reinstatement. A 2nd service (say Hull - Preston by extending the Halifax service) would also help. So cross Bradford rail is now dead to you. Sadly alot of what you’ve been saying is an excellent argument for modal shift...

This was because it was a city bus (looping around the city centre), not a direct station to station bus which is my suggestion. Yes this is my exact point but sadly some people think West Yorkshire is fair game for making its public transport system worse. I really can’t understand why. It’s...

Why do you think this? Why do you think it’s better to make these services go the long way around missing out key stations that they currently call at and feeding into Leeds on a much busier and more difficult to path route? Adding yet another layer of changes where currently there is a direct...

It doesn't really matter how long the spans are though. It would be too steep to climb over the shopping centre and can’t be propped down the side due to the listed buildings in Little Germany. And as you say, the law courts would need to be removed so lots of costs to replace them too. Again...

And how do you get over the issues I’ve mentioned before? To remind you:- “How are you getting around the city centre and its newly built shopping centre? How are you getting around the huge height difference? How are you getting around the fact that you’d have to re-dig out the gradient at...

The unit starts the day at Blackburn King Street rather than NH. It all depends on what is available. The 156’s may not have been available on the Friday hence the 150 covering. The unit diagrams will be swapped over at the earliest convenience. Incidentally it finished at King Street last...

It’s booked for a 156. If one isn’t available (unscheduled maintenance for instance) then a 150 will substitute. Better that than a cancellation.

It would be worse as you’d be cutting HFX - LDS in half from 4tph to 2tph. The track works and associated signalling and platform extensions at BDI a few years ago actually made the layout more flexible. With bi-di working you can have simultaneous arrivals/departures. Yes each service crosses...

Awkward? That’s an understatement and a half. I also find it incredible that as well as Bradford crossrail rearing its head here somehow the reopening of Colne to Skipton gets squeezed in. This time taking away the huge traffic flow Blackpool - York services attract from Bradford, Halifax and...

Yes they were sat in Holgate Sidings most of today.

Because it’s unworkable. Nobody can ever come up with a way this could even remotely work. Where else then? And it wouldn’t be ‘through’ the buffers, it would need to be dug down below the buffers to clear Bridge Street to the original level at great cost and disruption. Well it has to get to...

The whole point of this service was to give Leeds - Hull a second train per hour so avoiding Leeds (the main traffic source for the service) would render it pretty pointless.

Oh my goodness it never takes long for Bradford Crossrail to raise its head. I reiterate (as every time). How are you getting around the city centre and its newly built shopping centre? How are you getting around the huge height difference? How are you getting around the fact that you’d have...

Agree completely. I prefer airline style seats but hate the Meridians on the few occasions I’ve been on one for this very reason. Very claustrophobic.

It’s around 20 minutes, how much faster do you want it? You can only go where the tracks are. Surely a Metro of some sort would be of more benefit on a new route serving the suburbs at either end properly (street running in the town centres for instance). Otherwise you’re slowing down what you...

It’s strange that most threads regarding Bradford seem to end up in unrealistic grandiose schemes yet here is one that does the complete opposite by disconnecting through Bradford services. Halifax and to a lesser extent Low Moor have significant traffic to Leeds yet this scheme enforces a...