Is there evidence that 'holidaymaker areas' have greater prevalence and more serious injuries than otherwise? Does this inform for instance provision of road crossings of different designs? IIRC, roadside barriers in Kensington were removed and accidents decreased. Are train horns effective? I note many trains passing W 'Whistle' signs without hearing a whistle being blown- maybe I'm losing my hearing? I don't wear earphones or ear defenders
There aren't footpaths across the track at Dawlish.
How many foot crossings are still open on that line? I can only think of the one at Starcross. The benches had walls built behind them years ago after someone followed a loose dog and got hit.
Too expensive. Unless you want to write a cheque?
This is all about Network Rail. A few years ago they updated their risk calculation algorithm for crossings risk. If a service is proposed to be changed, the risk calculation is re-run using the new formulae and if it now says the risk is too high, NR say no. As you probably know, this is one of the things that stopped the second hourly service on the Mid Cheshire Line a few years ago. NR is a nationalised company (or as Labour would put it, "in public control", ha ha) so what NR says is gospel and there is no appeal. Moreover NR has no budget for improvements, so if a crossing carries risk, and that risk prevents a service starting, that's the end of the matter. If doesn't matter if you're the Mayor of Omnium, if NR says no, you can't have what you want.
I thought the ridiculous complaint with the Mid Cheshire line was about the length of time each hour that the crossings would be closed for, rather than any increased risk. With 4tph in each direction over multiple level crossings in quick succession through a populated area around here and being so familiar with them, using this as a reason not to run infrequent DMUs through rural Cheshire, or indeed the Welsh marches doesn’t seem to add up.
Longer crossing closures does increase the risk. If farmers start being frequently held at farm crossings and/or held for longer they'll just go "eff it, I'll go anyway".
No, the issue about crossings on the Mid Cheshire concerned three farm access crossings. I think you are writing about the level crossings on the shared route with Metrolink. They weren't the problem.
Though Network Rail wants to replace AHBs with full barrier crossings that are closed for longer. Parsonage Road in Horsham being a recent example. Often lengthy queues there now. Trains depart from Horsham on a single yellow and usually slow to a crawl at the next signal. So everyone loses.
Realtime Trains still has it 2hr next Monday.
Is this service that previously ran from Shrewsbury via Wrexham. It now starts from Wrexham if so.
I’m pretty sure it didn’t exist until TFW proposed/implemented it after the required track work was done, Other operators could have done so but didn’t. (Happy to be corrected)
Northern, TransPennine, Cross Country and Avanti can’t even fully resource their own timetables let alone take any more on…!
Perhaps you'd like to ask the people of Ellesmere Port how often Northern turn up for the two trains a day between there and Helsby. Looking at Recent Train Times that service gets cancelled more often than it runs. At least TfW tend to provide the timetabled service most of the time.
It only reopened as a regular service in 2019!!!
Regular???
