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Any thoughts on re-opening Oswestry as a terminal station for Liverpool services - I assume the business case is a none starter....

What exactly is due to happen at Padeswood sidings ?

Wonder what the business case for a station at Saltney is (?)

I'm hoping that the replacement will be a suspension bridge...

And if you love bagatelle - You've got the Bridgewater Arms, the Union Vaults, the Edge, the Cottage and St Werberghs.....all within spitting distance.....

It will only be authentic if it has a bagatelle table..

Of course the mid cheshire would be a different proposition if we were capable of building 3 miles of track into the airport.........

Anyone know anything about trial, a while back, transporting timber to kronospan chirk from mid Wales, using freight multiple units ? Why it wasn't successful etc ? http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/4327419.stm

If I buy my daughter an APEX ticket from Chester to Brighton, assuming she travels on the correct train from Chester to London, is she obligated to catch the reserved train from London to Brighton.? ie - can she spend a few hours mooching around London then catch any train to Brighton ? Many...

If the Eastern Approaches were re-modelled, would it be worth turning the parcels platform into an operational platform ?

A nice field adjacent to the North of Helsby station if we wanted to pave paradise....

We traversed Rannoch Moor as part of a 'coast to coast' canoe expedition a couple of years ago … an amazing wild wilderness … with the added excitement of dragging the canoes across the tracks a few miles north of Rannoch.

just wondering what is going on with the siding there....

Sorry ... I should have been clearer ... we a talking port to distribution centre logistics here ... across the UK retail sector..... for example Morrisons/B and Q/Marks and Spencer's importing Bananas/power drills/French knickers in that order .... I assume products like these come into a small...

my local Aldi distribution centre is less than 500 metres from a rail line.... hundreds of lorry movements everyday. I understand the high cost of infrastructure and difficulty with paths and concern re security of supply but just wondered if more railheads could be or should be encouraged ?

IMO a parkway station by the business park could service the business park commuters albeit not very close, but could serve day trippers into town and long distance travellers to London etc. Obvs. Need trains and shed load of cash but you get the idea....

A bit off topic but a more preferable parkway station for Chester could be on the Wrexham line as close as possible to the business park. That said, the A41 into Chester must be a nightmare for regular travellers as you approach teletubby roundabout so maybe Waverton might have possibilities.

Interesting discussion relating to shotton chord ... I always assumed a chord heading from west Wirral towards Chester would be the most useful .. considering the A540 west Wirral road to Chester is painfully slow and very busy. And whilst we are talking west Wirral ... how hard would it be...

Saltney junction seems a no brainer ...

any idea on the exact location of the Deeside parkway station ?