Search results

Following on from the "Where will it go wrong for the SNP?" thread, it has been confirmed that the recall petition for the above constituency was successful. The present MP was/is Margaret Ferrier, who got done for the sleeper train travel testing positive during the Covid lockdown. See...

Having had a look at various schematic maps of the Devon Metro concept, it has Marsh Barton on the line between Exeter and Newton Abbott. When having a quick look at the Wikipedia page (see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disused_railway_stations_on_the_Exeter_to_Plymouth_Line#Exminster), the...

Having had a quick look at the HS2 Wikipedia page (see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_Speed_2, and scroll to the "Operation" section) I have seen the present table of the planned service pattern for when Phase 2 is completed (if it ever does). The section of the route where it runs on the...

As a further expansion of whether Carlisle - Glasgow via Dumfries trains could be diverted to Ayr due to engineering works (which was split from the Barrhead/East Kilbride electrification thread), I have had a go at designing a clockface timetable which I have attached below (in .xlsx, I can...

I mentioned something similar in one of the previous fares reform threads in that the much easier and simpler way to have abolished returns and to have single fares was as follows: 1) Freeze the price of Standard and First Class flexible singles 2) Gradually increase the price of Standard and...

Being as the last few comments in the Cathcart Lines conversion to trams thread has ventured out of Glasgow/Strathclyde Region into Lothian Region (see below), I have had a go at creating a more user friendly 30 minute frequency concentrating on the Edinburgh - West Calder section. The...

Thinking about the two recently reopened stations at East Linton and Reston (also possibly Belford in Northumberland as mentioned on the TP thread), and the version of the east side of HS2 switching from Toton Interchange to East Mids Parkway in 2021, below is a suggested service pattern for the...

I have had a go at using the draw.io program to draw a schematic diagram of a bus network for Cumbernauld. So far, this one is for mainly Mon - Sat daytime although some routes will run Sunday daytime too. I have not got round to designing a modified diagram for Sundays yet. My start point was...

When I was looking though my CD collection a while ago, this got me thinking of some bands which are still active today or recently retired, but no longer resembles the line up to when they were originally founded and have more or less become a tribute act. By tribute act, I do not mean tribute...

I have had a go at creating a Barnstaple and Okehampton - Axminster local service that would feature as part of a Devon Metro scheme. I have a frequency of every 30 minutes on the common section between Crediton and Axminster, with trains every 60 minutes to and from each of Barnstaple and...

Perhaps now is the time for Council Tax to be scrapped and replaced with a Local Service Tax, with it based more on ability to pay rather than what a property/building is valued at? The present day CT is based on what value a property/building was back in 1991, with most visual surveys having...

I have had a go at designing a York - Scarborough taktplan taking into consideration the plans to reopen Haxby and Strensall stations. This is the easiest one to design as it would be a self contained shuttle running on a 30 minute frequency. This would require 5 sets for a robust timetable...

Every so often, it is mentioned for the former stations at Beattock and Abington to be reopened, which as well as reconnecting the towns of Moffat and Biggar to the railway network, this would also mean that Lockerbie and Carstairs would no longer be the longest distance between them without...

The ideal type of stock for the Newton/Cathcart/Neilston routes would be trams due to the close spacing of stations and the stop-start nature of the route. Glasgow once had the largest number of tram cars outside of London (over 1000 according to an article in the local rag last year)...

Over the last five days or so, I have constantly been spammed by my electric supplier intimidating me into having my existing meter changed, which works perfectly fine. When I was out walking the dog earlier, I received a third spam text message from them (I had thought it would be from my GP...

Thinking about HS2 and Midlands Powerhouse where the London St Pancras (limited stop) and Birmingham trains would transfer to when complete, I have thought of a suggested service pattern listed below. 1tph London SP - Nottingham (the one that calls at Market Harborough, Loughborough, etc)...

mods note - split from here. One option may be for business rates, so as to encourage people to leave cars at home and use public transport. Also, was it Belgium and/or Luxembourg that had free public transport for some local areas?

I have had a go at creating a clockface timetable for Skegness and maybe a possible reopening to Louth (see https://www.railforums.co.uk/threads/louth-reopening-and-london-service-for-sleaford.228673/ as how the Louth reopening came about) which if it ever goes ahead, will almost certainly be...

Although more of a timetabling question, has the frequency of trains calling there been sorted out properly yet? I do recall reading the East Coast 2022 timetable consultation that the section for Crosscountry mentioned that although they are happy to call at Reston, they would not be able to...

Having read the Campaign for North East Rail website regarding plans to reopen the ex Formartine & Buchan Railway and the Deeside Railway (see the PDF document at https://www.campaignfornortheastrail.org/_files/ugd/e902b3_a20ffbff317245a4af476197d5211563.pdf - the file is too large to post as an...