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Bloody hell, it was a post about a speculative railway line on the speculative discussion forum. Some of you are acting like I've personally offended you. There seems to be quite a bit of hostility(?) on here in response to ideas because the author doesn't know why it's a bad idea. For the...

What about reviving the Great Central Railway proposal? To refresh anyone's memory's it involved taking over some existing lines, reopen some closed ones and some new build lines to carry Berne gauge trains with lorrys on their back from the channel tunnel to Liverpool docks via the former GCR...

Do those 4tph TPE services include the stopper to Huddersfield? I'm guessing the other 3tph would be to Newcastle, Middlesbrough and Hull?

Fair enough. I guess the only other thing I can say is that I wonder if it would ever be feasible to simplify the through platforms into just six but wider and longer if and when New Lane gets added. I think that's what is happening at Amsterdam Centraal as an example. Although that's because...

Does it eliminate the York to Hebden Bridge service conflicting with LNER services as it crosses tracks? What are they?

There still appears to be room for more platforms on the north side of the station? And an extra pair of tracks on either side of the existing western approach. Might be useful if each route had its own set of tracks and platforms at Leeds. Two tracks for Northern electric services and...

How far are they being extended? I think an extra pair of tracks on both sides of the station should be a not too distant future aim at least.

I'd like to nominate every advert which tries to make something into an epic life struggle which people have to bravely overcome in an act of defiance against a cruel, judgemental society. These adverts should tie in to X-Factor.

Blyth making some sort of effort to not be the worst team in the National League North for the third season in a row by beating a team doing slightly better (were), Farsley, 2-1 on Saturday. Away to 12th place Spennymoor Town tomorrow. Only got our first win against them towards the end of last...

I know, I was speaking hypothetically about a larger Curzon Street station with extra tracks. Separate platforms for HS2 and classic services in the same station. I think they should have went with Arup's Grand Central proposal all those years ago.

Moor Street means going down a bit then turning sharply back towards the city centre. Curzon Street doesn't involve deviating off the current alignment. Sending trains from Leeds, Newcastle, Leicester, etc into Curzon Street is much more direct than that triangle shaped path to get into Moor...

I'd have to imagine 99% of demand is to get to Edinburgh or Newcastle. It'd be nice to have full local connectivity, but probably beyond what the railway can provide. Buses could provide decent links from Reston to Berwick and Berwick to Alnmouth separately. I'd expect though for 2tph to cover...

It'd almost be rude not to. If this train serves Chathill, Acklington, Widdrington and Pegswood four times a day I wonder if it should skip Alnmouth, Morpeth and Cramlington to keep journey times attractive? So going off your suggestion: 1tp2h Edinburgh - Musselburgh - Dunbar 1tp2h Edinburgh -...

That's a bit of a dog leg for trains coming from the North and East.

I think at the very least all stations with longer platforms between Edinburgh and Newcastle should have a fast train to both cities every two hours. And the smaller stations in Northumberland should get a service which gets them to Newcastle in the early morning and afternoon and back in the...

The Ordsall chord was meant to have 4tph so I'd hope at some point that will happen. Somehow.

I wish the Curzon Street station was planned to be bigger with classic compatible platforms as well as its own tracks East out of the city towards Tamworth/Nuneaton, to the Sutton Coldfield branch, and to Coventry. It would mean longer distance trains approaching from this direction terminating...

Maybe some sort of joint running arrangement with azumas branded with both LNER and ScotRail logos. Like how NS run their own branded ICE 3's into Germany. I'm going to guess Scotland would like North of Edinburgh services to call at Berwick, Reston or Dunbar.

I'd like to see routes have 2tph rather than 1tph. So something like: Liverpool - Newcastle 2tph FAST Chester - Manchester Victoria - Middlesbrough/Scarborough 2tph FAST Manchester Airport - Hull 2tph SEMI-FAST Manchester Victoria - Leeds 2tph STOPPER Along with Calder Valley services...

No, connecting with the existing mainline where it passes the M1. Just look at https://www.railmaponline.com/UKIEMap.php and follow the HS2 Leeds branch out from the city to the M621 and imagine a line from here following the M621 and then the M1 south for a short stretch until it passes the...