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This seems quite odd. As far as I understand it, coach operators prefer to use the ferries as it gives adequate time and good enough facilities for the driver to take an extended break before driving for a long time, although please correct me if I’m incorrect.

I would imagine that the local stopping services on the TRU route would require the level boarding that the new trains would provide to reliably fit in between faster services.

Isn’t some of this to do with the method of buying a ticket to the likes of Enfield Town, Brimsdown etc., where it is cheaper for people travelling to King’s Cross with LNER with a flexible ticket to these stations?

One caught fire on an Embsay and Bolton Abbey Polar Express train last Christmas.

Probably yes for people travelling from London to the Home Counties, but that is dependent on what the long term plan is for rolling stock, i.e. how long the trains will be. For people going further a field, HS2 to Birmingham would in part do a much better job at moving large crowds of people...

The curvature of platform 2 at Hartlepool must be less than that of platform 5 at Shipley as they are still able to fit in another track on the inside of the curve without creating gauging issues. Platform 5 at Shipley is served by the sister Class 331s without issue. I would imagine that the...

I would assume that Heaton’s allocation is dependent on whether the proposal to introduce a service from Middlesbrough to Newcastle via Durham goes ahead. Should that happen it would be worth using MMUs for that route and Newcastle to Morpeth.

I understand why it hasn’t happened / been chosen as an option given the original intention to build HS2 in full, but would it really be that difficult to extend some of the platforms at Manchester Piccadilly to 400 metres? Sure, it would be incredibly disruptive but there is a fair bit of...

My choice of reopenings in that part of the world would Northampton to Wellingborough. My view is that Northamptonshire’s rail issues lie on its lack of internal and east-west connectivity. Being able to change at Bletchley onto East West Rail services will also help with this in the long term...

I don’t know where they’re going to find this mythical path for an hourly Munich to Dortmund service. I was under the impression that a large program of works was required to accommodate planned extra Rhine Ruhr Express services, at least to be able to run a clockface every 15 minute service...

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Or alternatively reopen Leicester to Rugby and give a capacity relief to the two track section between Leicester and Market Harborough and most likely have a shorter journey time than going via Northampton.

With all the talk about the inability to path Eurostar trains to Birmingham and Manchester, as well as the debates about how many platforms the rebuilt London Euston should have, I do wonder whether too much was being asked of the Birmingham Interchange to London Euston section of HS2. Ideally...

It might have been mentioned already, but is it possible to build a link from Curzon Street to the Aston line? I was thinking that there probably is scope and justification to serve the likes of Perry Bar and Hamstead more frequently, perhaps by running a 2tph all stations service Curzon...

I can see CrossCountry replacing them with bi-modes on their current routes, but in turn being cascaded onto the planned Birmingham Moor Street to Bristol and Cardiff services once the Bordesley chords open, as well as the Nottingham to Birmingham New Street and Cardiff services. The only...

Generally they depart Sheffield from a bay platform shared with a Leeds to Lincoln service which departs just a few minutes prior. At Leeds they use the half of platform 11 or 12 which can accommodate at least 4 coaches. I used one to pick up my CrossCountry service to Birmingham which had been...

Am I right in thinking that an extra 6 Voyagers should be enough to end almost all 4 car workings? I.e. by having Newcastle to Reading be worked by single 221s, Anglo-Scots worked by pairs and the interworking Manchester services worked by a mix of single 221s and pairs.

I do agree that the line through Barnsley is quite a Cinderella route with plenty of potential for upgrading, however, upgrading the route via Westgate is also to the benefit of other services using the Leeds to Doncaster line and those using the Doncaster to Sheffield line, rather than focusing...

TPE are procuring 29 new trains as part of the TransPennine route upgrade, with an option for 26 more. Prior to the Pandemic TPE ran 2tph to Newcastle, with one extending to Edinburgh so once they have their new trains resourcing this service change shouldn’t be an issue.

Or trains that aren’t so thirsty. There can be no doubt that thousands, if not tens of thousands of pounds can be saved each day by using the electrification where it exists. Especially when you consider that most stretches of track on the XC network with a linespeed of over 100mph are already...