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What I struggle with is the fact that WCRC have known that CDL is coming, spent £s on legal challenges, lost income over the incident last year, and will still have to comply one way or another. There are costs associated with the work, and some technical work will be needed, but none of this is...

They were certainly running 10 cars when went on holiday in October. It was a Saturday and they were full. Advance fares are reasonable and journey is a lot more comfortable than changing at Doncaster and joining a packed LNER service. For a secondary destination the roughly 1 train per 2h is...

The 05:33 Hull to Scarborough, first stop Bridlington, is often empty during the winter, a few people usually get on in Bridlington, but this is really an 'ECS' open to passengers seeing as it staffed anyway. In the summer there will be a few on it.

I think this highlights the main difference between 3rd rail installation and OLHE, as in general 3rd rail doesn't require large amounts of civils work. OHLE requires potential bridge raises, tunnels are an issue, station canopies sometimes have to be redesigned and rebuilt, and there can be...

Just seen this. Booking through tickets with multiple operators one of them LNER, e.g. one of our regular journeys Bempton - Peterborough changing at Doncaster, is already complicated, in order to get a competive fare split ticketing is frequently required. This change is just going to add to...

My view is they will to a point, but there is far less civil engineering required with 3rd rail. If you go the meccano set approach a simple installation train, and mass produced bits could address a lot of the issues which seem to drive up OLHE costs. In an ideal world it would be 'self...

Unfortunately recent projects have shown that installation costs are high, and tend to run out of control, and the supporting works, bridge, tunnel and platform canopy changes add further cost, including issues which only come to light once you start. OHLE may be the gold standard, and on routes...

My concern with this is that the financial planning and forecasting for HS2 has proven to be wrong, by a huge amount, and given that they got this bit so badly wrong I have no faith that the reports prepared to select routes are of any better quality. Bearing in mind some of the chosen route is...

Because of their infrastructure GCR are able to take on testing and training tasks that other heritage railways couldn't entertain, does this actually bring in much revenue, and would the suggested changes affect this. A lot of time and money has already been spent on joining the two sections...

Also ECML between Grantham and Retford seems to crop up with depressing regularity, so is it installation, environment, or the fact that this section is mainly 2 track and any issues probably result in a total blockage and so have a more serious impact.

And today the summer trade for Bridlington by rail tends to come from Hull and South Yorkshire, where as Scarborough is more attractive to West Yorkshire, due to current direct rail routes.

Which leaves a lot of urban and inter urban lines which will never need or see services above 100mph, for example everything in and around Leeds, Bradford and Manchester that is not currently electrified or in progress (TPE route) falls into this category, In fact I think 90mph capability is the...

Hyrdogen also causes hydrogen embrittlement of metals, which means material selection is far more difficult, and it has one of the widest explosive ranges in air, from 4% to 77% hydrogen in air, and the resulting explosions are energetic. Couple that with the input power required to create...

I think thats the heart of the issue, as a volunteer you can walk away from something, as a paid employee you cant, unless you are prepared to loose your livelihood. Refering back to my earlier comment this is what makes managing a mixed voluntary/paid workforce very difficult.

Makes sense at this stage, the people who use Retford are already familiar with the Hull Trains brand, and I suspect a lot of people who live to the east of Sheffield will use Retford for getting to London rather than Sheffield as its quicker and access is easier. What are the chances of it...

I think thats the problem, franchises were significantly shorter than the investment cycle. I also think the multiple TOC approach has brought other downsides, microfleets, rather than a UK wide procurement. Ticket acceptance issues, and multiple instances of the 'back office' infrastructure...

And the ECML history is a good example why in my view the whole franchise model was flawed. Railway investment and operation is long term. Decent rolling stock may have a 40 year life with refurbishment. Infrastructure improvements are long term. Once short-termism (not sure if its a word!) took...

I think one of the attractions of rail travel is the turn up and go aspect. Got a heavy backpack and suitcase, no problem, dog on a lead, or folding buggy same thing. Some operators offer a choice of seats in first class (Hull trains is one), and even where a choice isnt offered you can usually...

I think a typical 17-20 minute saving (1h 56m for a non stop service according @Halish Railway ) on a 2hr journey would be significant, it could be acheived with current infrastructure and speeds. Less stops, less passenger churn, more comfortable. Maybe not even an hourly service, just the ones...

It is currently closed, we keep hearing about plans, but nothing concrete yet.