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    Why doesn't Ripon have a train line towards Harrogate or York?

    I think you're missing the point. For example I had two work colleagues in Leeds who commuted from Ripon. They used their cars every day. The bus journey times (up to 2 hours in the peak) are simply uncompetitive. A few times a year, after a boozy session, they would use the train from Leeds to...
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    Why doesn't Ripon have a train line towards Harrogate or York?

    So more than the likes of Okehampton, Marlow, Henley and Fort William then? Also more than the whole of the populations served for the 20+miles of the Waverley route south of Gorebridge. Add in the planned developments mentioned by Deltic08 and you're coming up to the likes of Portishead...
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    DB Cargo UK being sold

    I cant be certain but didn't the manual sorting of mail in TPO's cease in 1996?
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    DB Cargo UK being sold

    Meanwhile the TP electrification/upgrade project is spending big money to provide increased capacity for freight e.g. extra track west of Huddersfield.
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    Possible new station at Thorpe Park (Leeds): consultation open

    And presumably those stopping at Micklefield, subject to the track layout
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    Seaspeed hovercraft

    Nice to see the word Aeroglisseur again. Most of my GCE "A" level French has long gone but this word which was on the side of the old model kit box strangely stuck (sorry but it is a nostalgia thread). 1786190055 A further issue was probably fuel costs. The aircraft-derived gas turbine engines...
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    Railway General Knowledge.

    47773 (D1755)?
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    Railway General Knowledge.

    47580 (d1762)?
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    The "Name the Station" game

    Shirley?
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    Railway General Knowledge.

    Yes that is what I was looking for. I'm not sure they were exactly the same but I believe the design for the electric were based on the diesel. Over to you...
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    Railway General Knowledge.

    True but I was looking for something more specific
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    Railway General Knowledge.

    Thanks. What links the LMS prototype diesel 10000 to the EM2 electric locos?
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    Possible new station at Thorpe Park (Leeds): consultation open

    Indeed. And it was quick and cheap to do. The ramp/bridge was already there. The construction was two basic wooden platforms. The calculations showed that the net additional revenue generated was much more than the costs and would contribute to reducing the subsidy of the local services. Win...
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    The "Name the Station" game

    Durham?
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    The "Name the Station" game

    Barton on Humber?
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    Railway General Knowledge.

    D1953 ?
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    Possible new station at Thorpe Park (Leeds): consultation open

    Planning started in 2018. These local government guys really know how to move a project forward with pace.
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    The "Name the Station" game

    Carnforth?
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    The "Name the Station" game

    Bedwyn?
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    Railway General Knowledge.

    ignore-mispost

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