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A lot cheaper than a tram. No digging up the road. But you need 2 wires above the track. And 'points' in the overhed where there was a split so the trolley went the right route. The driver had to ensure he stayed on about the right path. But his pic shows that as the trolleypoles could pivot...

Page from May 1978 timetable showing 3 an hour Watford - Broad St and 3 an hour Watford - Euston. No indication there were any through trains to Broad St from anywhere. But I think jfollows post above (#54) is talking about an earlier time.

Linky just goes to the main page. This goes to the events page https://sandtoft.org/wp/visiting-us/open-days-2/

I need to get an old timetable out and compare to today. Boat trains to Dover have gone, of course.

Remember folkestone cent as a busy 4 platform station. 1960's. Think it was quite new then

Me and dad had a day out riding trolleybuses in Bradford about 1970. Scrapping them was daft, especially in hilly bradford. I have put the date in my diary - thanks.

Don't think so. But both Lancaster and Lympstone are military places so probably that's why.

Watching shunting in Scunthorpe yard from the long concrete bridge. Must have been 5 or less. Think they had Dowty retarders. I did a few months at Frodingham Infants school next to the railway before we moved away in 1961. Living by the S&C around 1980 watching cl 40/45/46 struggling with...

Crossgates used to. Removed about 50 yrs ago I think.

I think around 1980 they changed the departure posters on stations to not list departures chronologically, but to have an alphabetical list of stations and times of trains to them But some of the stations listed were a bit odd. Lancaster has, for some reason, Lympstone Commando. And quite a few...

sorry - I was being sarcastic. Its from the IT crowd TV show. Thus the :)

the defrag your hard drive and restart your computer. :)

if the buses become that infrequent they will become even more irrelevant to many people. Trains and buses, we need to get leisure travellers back somehow. maybe when they scrap masks it will be better.

Windermere. Seen it very busy.

I have been on some seriously empty buses and trains recently. We need a massive rethink on public transport. Or it will wither and die.

I think an east coast main line diversion would be the most likely. Maybe the Welwyn bottleneck. A green field route so no complications of changing an existing railway. Maybe one round Doncaster to avoid all the conflicting movements.

or use bustimes. Search for a number and you get a full list

found it 1955-61 OS map from NLS maps Sawley Jct is now Long Eaton Station Thanks for the info guys.

We're there not trains from the king's cross suburban lines to broad Street before kings cross suburban electrification?

So when Vic - Stalybridge and Ch Fenton - Colton Jct is wired and energised what's next?