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Right... time for some crayoning! Given the erm... commitment to electrify Leeds to Sheffield via Wakefield Westgate in phase one of Northern Powerhouse Rail, I think it's worth pointing out that upgrading this route should be more than just a simple electrification project. There are several...

Moderator note: split from https://www.railforums.co.uk/threads/transpennine-route-upgrade-and-electrification-updates.88054/ The area between the two tracks at Cross Gates has been cleared and ballasted. Are they four-tracking through here after all or is this for something else?

Hello all, I’ve purchased an AP ticket for travel tomorrow from Ilkley to Scarborough with plusbus at Scarborough through the LNER website (so I could get cashback), but I have only received the train ticket and not anything for the plusbus journey? Is this a known problem and how should I...

moderator note-split from https://www.railforums.co.uk/threads/transpennine-route-upgrade-and-electrification-updates.88054/ But the flip side is also true that it’s worth having more higher speeds if modern traction like the 802s can get up to speeds in excess of 100mph very quickly. Yes the...

Hello all, I've just watched a video of trains at Fitzwilliam and I noticed that a new linespeed sign, indicating 90/100 HST, as well as what I assume is some new equipment for signalling. I believe that there used to be a blanket 100mph linespeed, so what has prompted this change?

https://x.com/heathrowexpress/status/1842209293019275545?s=46 Rumour has it that there’s an issue with the couplings on their fleet of 387s that is preventing multiple working. Is there any truth to this? This would be the second saga Heathrow Express have encountered where all their trains...

Please correct me if I’m mislead, but have CrossCountry’s advance purchase tickets become much cheaper recently? I have been looking at travelling from Leeds to Birmingham on Saturday 28th and back and have been able to find many advance return itineraries for under £21, when in the past I...

Hello all, On Tuesday 20th February I took 1B32 0947 Birmingham New Street to London Euston. Needless to say I was a bit surprised when my train departed Birmingham... heading northbound. The train in the end travelled via Soho and the Aston to Stechford line before rejoining the normal route...

Until 1964 there existed a route between Cross Gates and a wye junction at Wetherby, connecting to the now closed Harrogate to Church Fenton line, essentially providing three ways of getting between Leeds and Harrogate, counting the aforementioned route, the existing route and the now closed...

As I can't find a dedicated thread for this topic, I thought I should make one. As part of the Network North ideas that have been bounded around, the suggestion has been made that a new route from Bradford to Huddersfield would be built, with trains from Bradford to Manchester using this route...

I've noticed this movement for tonight on Realtime trains. https://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/service/gb-nr:N87726/2023-10-22/detailed#allox_id=4 It's 195101 doing a tour of the Leeds North West / Shipley triangle lines, which I'd assume is being used as a test prior to the introduction of three...

Today I picked up an advance purchase single for a journey in about a month's time. I purchased the ticket from Avanti's website and collected the ticket from one of Avanti's TVMs at Birmingham New Street. I've booked onto the 08:47 Avanti service from Birmingham New Street to London Euston...

I was watching a Don Coffey cab ride earlier (Manchester Piccadilly to Hull) and a caption mentioned that there was a suggestion of combining the two Garforth stations. Is this likely to happen at all? For me this would be very beneficial as East Garforth station eats away capacity on a busy...

With the scaled back nature of HS2, there will be less of a need for portion working requiring two 200m units to make the most out of the 400m maximum length, thus more services running as single units, with fixed 400m long trains only likely to be used on services from London Euston to...

Moderator note: Split from https://www.railforums.co.uk/threads/mml-electrification-progress-updates.110445/ Grade separation at Wigston North Jn is very dependent on other schemes happening envisioned by Midland Connect / Midland Rail Hub / whatever we’re calling it today, those being the...

Northern Powerhouse Rail is in a state of limbo between 'going ahead in full', i.e. a new Leeds to Manchester via Bradford 125mph line and the scaled back Marsden to Manchester Piccadilly route. I know that repeatedly scaling back projects is unpopular, but there are many alternatives to the...

This thread has been made to discuss how and when the service pattern on the York to Manchester via Huddersfield line will change over the course of the TransPennine Route Upgrade's implementation. This thread is also likely going to involve discussing how TransPennine Express will reintroduce...

What is the purpose of these two services, the first one which is carrying passengers and the other which is an empty coaching stock movement? 1Z02 1329 York to Birmingham New Street https://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/service/gb-nr:K31653/2022-03-23/detailed And 5Z02 1657 Birmingham New Street...

I was having a think earlier today about the Manchester Piccadilly to Rose Hill Marple to service and how it would be brilliant if it could be operated by an EMU, preferably a 331/1. The route is 13 mi 27 ch long, only 7 mi 1 ch of which need electrifying and features short gaps between...

Are there any proposals to reopen the centre disused platform for Redditch / Bromsgrove bound trains and use the existing platform 2 as a Camp Hill line platform, with occasional use by Cross City trains to make it easier to path a through train going towards Camp Hill. I admit that some...