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    Sheffield To Brighton Direct

    Now that bi modes are being rolled out on the MML would it not be a good idea to get the Sheffield to St Pancras service to go through to Brighton via the Thameslink? My idea would be the fast trains from Sheffield going to Brighton and the stopping service from Sheffield to terminate at...
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    Sheffield and the North West: how could services be improved?

    As one of the country's largest cities, why has Sheffield got no direct services to the North West, apart from Manchester? I see there is one direct passenger train a week from Sheffield to Carlisle, and apart from that, nothing. No direct trains to places like Preston or Blackpool or further...
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    Rails Of Sheffield at Sheffield Midland Station

    Rails Of Sheffield are to open a new store at Sheffield Midland Station. https://railsofsheffield.com/blogs/news/rails-announce-exciting-new-store-development
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    Fort William, Mallaig and Oban to Glasgow Queen Street.

    Can somebody shed light how these services work from a crew perspective? Would i be right in thinking that there will only be a small number of drivers / conductors at each location, outside Glasgow? Do they have managers at these locations or is it all a satellite of Glasgow? Some of these...
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    Would you buy bonds in HS2, to finance the Eastern leg between Birmingham, Sheffield and Leeds?

    So HS2 with Government approval decide to reinstate the construction of the line from Birmingham to Manchester and the entire Eastern arm, to Sheffield and Leeds. To finance this they decide to sell bonds. Anybody can buy the bonds from the ordinary Joe Bloggs to financial institutions. The...
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    Ryanair on Rail

    Like them or loath them, Ryanair has completely transformed air travel in Europe. People can travel to destinations as cheap as chips or pay for all the add-ons, it's the customer's choice. So you want to travel from Sheffield to Glasgow one way, as an example. On the internet the ticket will...
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    Should Network Rail have wind farms?

    Hypothetically a ECML train leaves Kings Cross to Aberdeen. How many wind turbines (the biggest powerful ones)would be needed along the line, to fully power the train all the way to Aberdeen? Its a windy day. Does anybody have a idea how many turbines would be needed to power the entire electric...
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    Tinsley and other yards

    Can somebody please explain the difference between a yard and a siding? I have used the example of Tinsley Yard in Sheffield. Would a yard have drivers based there, toilet facilities, fuelling points and the like, or are they just there to allow trains to stable for longer periods than a...
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    Approaching Sheffield via Woodurn

    2OAW4q_hwsA I was watching the above video on YouTube, a couple of questions. When the train arrived at Woodburn Junction the driver seemed to be a bit confused as to what the letter 'W' on the signal post indicated. At first he thought it indicated 'down Worksop' which clearly it was not...
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    Business Rates

    Does Network Rail have to pay each council business rates for the land that the track is on? I am sure that they would have to pay councils in, say Sheffield and Manchester for the land that their respective stations sit on, but what about the track that runs between the two? Are they exempt or...
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    Barton Under Needwood Rsmd to Sheffield

    Can somebody please explain what possible benefit the taxpayer is getting from the heavily subsidised cross country, running this train empty from a depot just north of Birmingham to Sheffield? http://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/train/C74167/2014/07/06/advanced Surly the fuel bill alone on...
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    My idea for power to the train

    Stupid question time or is it? Could some sort of wind turbine be fixed to the roof of a train and produce enough power via a battery to power the train? Obviously i am not talking about erecting a 150mtr pole with turbines on the end but could some sort of flat turbine be fitted above the...
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    Cross Country - How Does It Work?

    Was just reading the Chiltern v Cross Country thread and it got me thinking. Cross Country must be the most logistically hardest to run lines on the network, so how does it work? I have taken the longest run on the line, Aberdeen to Penzance. The train departs from Aberdeen at 08.20 and...
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    Toilets and Drivers

    So for arguments sake you are a Cross Country driver. You are working Newcastle to Birmingham and have just left Sheffield. On leaving Sheffield your stomach starts to rumble. You need to go and you need to go now, however the next scheduled stop is Derby not Chesterfield. Are you allowed to...
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    My idea for Sheffield to London to become driverless

    Now that the line between Sheffield and London is about to be electrified, should this line be used as a test bed for high speed driverless trains? The DLR is all but driverless and the tube is going down the same road, The technology is all but there,it just needs to be taken to the next level...

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