After HS2 phase 1, I can't see there will be capacity at Colwich to accommodate any more than two trains on the Trent Valley north of Lichfield - one fast, one slow. Everything else through Colwich will go on HS2.
The map in the business case https://www.railforums.co.uk/thread...-wcml-south-of-handsacre.255835/#post-6445043 appeared to show three, a Manchester, a North Wales, and the Crewe stopper, but that service pattern can by no means be locked down. (In particular, the idea of loads of through working of stopping services from London across Birmingham failed when it was tried.)
An investment in the line that could be paid back by the extra passengers originating from Polesworth within 10 years.
You misunderstand the local area. If Polesworth was upgraded, its going to abstract people who drive to Tamworth and they will park in the village. Who is providing the minibus? Look on GoogleMaps and consider the risks of increased numbers of pedestrians over it.
8 million? Nothing much, would get you the footbridge and probably a car park. Nothing of value on the rails.
The minibus service could be contracted to a local bus operator in the area.
I don't think anyone disagrees with that, including those working within it. Not sure where you are getting a decent sized house for £200k though in a lots places outside the north and Wales now.
The 98,860 figure from Atherstone will include entries and exits - so should theoretically consist of 49,430 return fares - so if you’re conservatively halving the 98,860 number then that’d conservatively be 24,215 returns sold to/from Polesworth. Aware that the methodology is a bit fag packet anyway - and you’re probably underestimating demand too - but going off your calculations I think it’d be more like £4million. No idea what that would buy (it’s certainly cheaper than a ‘full’ station reopening, with new platform construction etc).
Fair enough. So essentially you could reopen the southbound platform with a new footbridge and introduce a car park (which would attract custom, given Atherstone's paltry 17 spaces and the next large car park eastbound being Nuneaton).
Network Rail recently delivered an accessible footbridge with lifts for £3.6 million at Dumfries station, so perhaps you'd have 500k left over or more (depending on how far above 4 million you were) to build a car park and then you'd need more funding.
300 thousand?! Have you added an extra digit somewhere? That's a new city, and I'm not sure there is even the land for that in the Polesworth area!
Labour are targetting 1.5 million new homes in five years. So they need five of these new towns/cities. Let's call it Polesworth Magna. About the same geographical area as Milton Keynes, but twice the population density. See the discussion over at
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1.5 million homes is perfectly possible, but split across 15 sites at the very least.Labour are targetting 1.5 million new homes in five years. So they need five of these new towns/cities. Let's call it Polesworth Magna. About the same geographical area as Milton Keynes, but twice the population density. See the discussion over at
Sites for Labour's New Towns that already have rail connections
One of the criteria for new housing is the provision of adequate public transport links. Indeed, the rationale for East-West Rail is to enable large developments at places like Cambourne. Labour is promoting the idea of New Towns to solve the housing crisis. Rather than building new lines...
No they don't. Current building is 200-250k houses per year, with no new cities to speak of. Getting from 1m to 1.5m doesn't require five new cities, it just requires upping the current pace a bit.