That is the same as today but putting the second XC in for the Avanti lost to HS2 (and also assumes the Cov Leamington upgrade). You keep the semi fasts to Euston IMO. One XC and TfW will carry on to Wolves as now, both Euston fasts should. Cross New St stoppers are a bit risky, the current Rugeley International mitigates it by diving off/on at Soho.
Could you extend International to Leamington via Cov? Assuming the Leamington to Cov line is upgraded?
Would need wires and the partial redoubling. The former being a lot further off than the latter. You then likely have to choose against the cross Coventry service or this one. It would be interesting to see how much traffic from Tile Hill would be abstracted if Kenilworth had a direct service.
Any news on the Milverton to Ken Jcn redoubling?
Agreed, I cant think of any major obstructions on the line.
It would be interesting how much if Tile Hill's traffic is Kenilworth and surrounding areas using it as a parkway station, it has a considerable car park and is easy to drive into than Coventry.
As it stands with the railway at the moment, I doubt its high up any list.
Why would you curtail the TfW at Wolves? that makes no sense, it has to get to Birmingham. You cannot get into P6 anyway from the Shrewsbury direction. You also have to find a platform for 50 minutes to keep it at New St, hence why it goes to International and supplies a useful link to the airport by default.
Cross Coventry/Warwickshire (I'm guessing you mean Leamington - Nuneaton?) or CrossCountry? The former will be unpopular with the county council. The latter would be unpopular for Coventry (though with frequent trains to change at Leamington or Birmingham not the end of the world) but probably fine elsewhere.
Unsuprising, I'm guessing XC is still 1tph.
The Nuneaton Leamington. Leamington would struggle to terminate two from the north.
That wouldnt work on the fast lines with all those extra stops put in. Wolverton is a slow line stop. Coventry would be an awful place to terminate.
Getting a bit crayons with this suggestion but could you axe Leamington - Stratford/Birmingham Chiltern services and use its space for a 1tph Stratford-Leamington-Nuneaton service with a reverse at Leamington?
Coventry only has 4 through platforms, not a nice place to terminate. The planned platform 5 bay (if ever built) would be accessible from the north only and would be used for an additional Coventry - Nuneaton or Coventry - Leicester service.
The diagram on page 65 suggests only the stoppers from Birmingham will terminate at Coventry, with those from Nuneaton continuing to Leamington
Better to get rid of the Birmingham - Coventry terminator and put the stops in the Northampton service. Then get rid of that Euston - Crewe via Bedworth as it serves no practical purpose not already covered by existing services.
Apart from the single track bridge across the A46, which will need rebuilding or a separate extra bridge to be built.
i would think it highly unlikely, as any enhancements are likely to be so expensive that any proportionate/ reasonable s106 contribution would be nowhere near enough. The railway line does not pass any of the new housing currently being built or planned in or near Leamington, and the Kenilworth sites are simply not big enough. You need to read up the rules on this type of contribution.
Apologies, I meant major obstructions to electrification. A few bridges were modified decades ago.
Fair enough, the new £46m secondary school got entirely funded by Kenilworth's new build sites though it needed doing far more than any rail enhancements.
Common Lane to Gibbet Hill is not between Milverton and Kenilworth. To be pedantic, redoubling is not possible on this section, because it has never been double before.
Of course, meant further doubling
. The WMRE document mentioned earlier mentioned Kenilworth to Coventry redoubling in the 2030s, though I'd take this document with a large grain of salt.Indeed, the new build houses around Kenilworth are particularly pricy, Kenilworth does have higher house prices but entirely funding the new school will have pushed them up. Better cycling infrastructure would be far more important than railway enhancements anyway.
Interestingly, though: the council operates the 272-space car park close to the station which can be used for up to 5 days, tariff currently £5.60 for one day and £28 for 5 days. It used to be full during the day, with parking tickets issued to people who couldn't park in designated spaces.
