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Wouldn't a quick win be 4 tracking in the Crossgates area, as Crossgates station used to be 4 track, and there would be no demolition and it would all be within the railway boundary. Extending the 4 track could then be looked at as follow up.

Epping - Ongar was still steam hauled until the end of 1957, using BR stock.

I think generally it's not reliable, some people have problems, and some don't, and to be honest I haven't managed to work out what will or won't work. As others have said they should do better.

What I find difficult to understand is that with just about everyone having a phone with video capability the guard did what he did. However annoyed/goaded/in a bad mood/what had gone on previously self preservation should tell him 'This will be filmed, and it wont end well'. I wouldn't want...

I would agree, I am one of the moderatosr for a Paris tourist related website on Facebook and we get a lot of public transport queries. To be honest it feels like its just 'happened' rather than been planned. I mean why didnt they just combine the Navigo Easy and Navigo Decouverte into one card...

Thats yet another type of Navigo pass... I never said the Paris transport system payment options for the various passes are easy to navigate:lol: You cant put a weekly or longer ticket on Navigo Easy, only t+ and daily tickets

You can certainly load a Navigo pass on a compatible Android phone without a physical pass. Most modern phones have the required hardware. There was a problem with iPhones which boiled down to a row between Apple and RATP/Ile de France Mobilites, you can read and load a Navigo pass using an...

And they are very effective at vermin control, mice and larger vermin will keep out of the way of a cat, even if the cat doesn't kill that many. Having sat on Manchester Victoria station in the rush hour and seen mice running around on the platform much to the upset of some passengers a cat is a...

Travelled behind Felix the engine at least once, never saw Felix the cat in spite of passing though Huddersfield almost weekly for many years. As others have said Felix wasn't 'old' but how old was she when she decided to make Huddersfield station her home? Hopefully DRS will realise that...

Could a high speed line have been built in the 80s, yes it could, Japan had the Shinkansen and France had the TGV, the technology was there. The problem, look at the the state of the railways in the early 80s. There had been an extended period of contraction, and the benefits of the HST were...

Looking at the other end of the equation 186mph (300kph) equates to 19.35 seconds per mile, 200mph equates to 18 secs per mile, and 250mph = 14.4 secs per mile, so over how much of the route will trains be going faster than 186mph, and how much at top speed? To save 5 minutes you need 60 miles...

I think the issue with HS2 is more about the project delivery, and the arrangements used. I personally dont see why it wasn't specced for 200mph/320kph max from the begining given the distances, as any money saved would be good, but that wouldn't have avoided the massive cost overruns Going...

Bearing mind a lot of railway infrastructure including tunnels dates from the 1840s, and with proper care and maintenance is still giving good service 170-180 years later, and that this infrastructure was created with fairly simple tools and materials, I think its fair to say that although 120...

Off topic thought, if some of the lines in the area had hung on a bit longer would they now be part of Metrolink? The areas they pass through are quite well populated.

Apart from Hull Trains everything else from the Hull direction into Selby goes west towards Leeds or west then north towards York (Apart from a couple of late Northern services which I assume are to retain route knowledge), so without HT you have to go to Leeds or York to change for London

I am familiar with Howden, as a station its in the middle of nowhere north of Howden the town, but for anyone living in the area bounded by Goole, Hemingborough, Gilberdyke, and maybe even North Cave its a good rail head, free parking, and because of its location not subject to town centre...

Currently no, but the infrastructure exists and is suitable for 800s because thats what HT use, its about paper work and agreements. If there was a will it COULD be done. Maybe only 1tph, but better than nothing. Limit capacity by resticting calling points, in the same way as HT obviously did...

I understand about capacity St Pancras, but there other options, bus to Cockfosters and Piccadilly line is going to be pretty unpleasant. Even if LNER dont have Liverpool St access (why not?) could they terminate say one train per hour at Cambridge for a strengthened onward GA service, it is a...

It does bring into question some of the responses when this question is raised with other operators, and leads me to the conclusion that its 'Cant be bothered' in a lot of cases.

That would explain the lack of Doncaster call as HT are running 10 car on some services, they will pretty much be able to fill a 5 car from the East Yorkshire and Selby calls I imagine