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Crossgates station east of leeds has a fence between the running lines presumably to deter people from crossing the tracks as oppose to the long walk around

Leeds to York electrification would only immediately deliver 1tph switch from 2/3 car DMU to 3 car EMU I think and a once daily LNER service. The east facing bay platforms at Leeds can’t take 4 cars I don’t think.

Northern shared this on LinkedIn. https://www.linkedin.com/posts/northerntrains_first-glimpse-of-our-new-northumberland-line-activity-7094625854772625408-SIEf?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_ios Apologies for not quoting. I’m on my phone. In the video I don’t understand the signalling...

I can't see the combination of Garforth's two stations happening whilst the local councilor is still in office. He's an independent who has done wonders for the town. We still have a police and fire station despite numerous attempts to close them, we have oodles of free parking leading to a...

To my untrained eye i'd agree with you on phyisical space for the alignment but the wires would be a bit close for comfort.

Bescot Stadium Coventry Arena I'm sure there are more which are served all week but their primary purpose is stadium related.

Do we know if the two road bridges and two footbridges (one at each station) in Garforth are ready for wires or do they require rebuilding?

Preston has 8 or more platforms but no platform numbered platform 8.

Howden, very bleak on a February night.

What effect would a station there have on the amount of time the crossing was down? It’s already excruciating, something like 25 minutes in every hour.

The straightening of the lines and speed improvements are something you want to do before you erect a load of steel at either side of the running lines. This announcement is to do exactly that.

I think they’ll be cut off when the line is electrified and resignalled. As to whether that is 3 years or 30 years away is anyone’s guess.

A point not yet mentioned on this thread is that if you want to catch a certain flight from Heathrow, let’s say LHR to LAX, it’s often cheaper to do Manchester/Leeds/Newcastle - LHR - LAX where the shuttle from a regional airport prevents the need to do security at LHR which is busy and...

I agree in principle but it would take a ballsy government to double up london to north before building London to west and/or south west to Birmingham. London to yorkshire via Cambridge is probably one for the 2040s/50s. London to Cardiff and Bristol to Birmingham will likely come first.

London to Edinburgh is 400 miles so the dogleg to Birmingham you’re looking at 450 route miles probably and HS2 operating speed is planned to be 205mph. Take into account acceleration, breaking and intermittent stops and you’re looking at 2hr 30mins minimum.