Recent content by Grumpy

Why does Brid (and similar stations) really need money wasting on lifts and footbridge? All the trains stop there and are travelling slowly on approach/departure. Passengers are trusted to cross busy roads when they leave the station why cant they be trusted to cross a railway line? I suspect...

Well by 2050 the TP Upgrade/electrification might be approaching completion. There will also be much speculation on these forums as to where the 185's might be redeployed

Show up clearly on the National Library of Scotland georeferenced maps

Ilkley to Steeton by train over an hour with an open hike to change platforms. Or approx 15 minutes by car. No I wouldn't.

Agreed. But the EMU's don't go beyond Skipton and the aim would be to provide something more appealing for potential passengers wishing to travel north of Skipton 1714046094 I would argue that driving to Steeton station is easier than driving to Skipton station. And taking a stopper from...

Most of the Leeds-Morecambe/Carlisle trains pass through Steeton without stopping. The new multi-storey car park cant be long to completion. I wonder if this parking capacity could justify the longer distance trains calling here as a potential railhead for Northbound passengers from the...

That thread is now locked. There is a a recent Les Gilpin video on YouTube of unusual visitors to Carlisle which features the 195s reversing there

Shame we will probably never know if TfW factored these costs into their forecast of the financial effects of replacing these units. If, of course, they bothered with such a thing.

Bit of both. I put my car on one at Sheffield for a portion which was shunted onto a York-Newton Abbot train . Similarly at one time the Kensington-West of England service called at Reading to add a portion.

Indeed. It's a pity we cant trust public servants not to waste money. Next thing they'll be moaning they are skint and it's the fault of Margaret Thatcher etc.

Thanks for that. But presumably both being designed/project managed by Network rail?. Is there some carefully worked out rule that decrees which stations justify a canopy over the footbridge or is it just project manager's whim?

Surely both in the same area? And both funded by the TPE upgrade?

All seems very worthwhile. At least he's not mentioning Skipton-Colne

So two stations approx. 5 miles apart, similar usage, 2 new footbridges but one covered and the other uncovered. The logic is?

Seems random as to which do. My local station has an uncovered footbridge and it's a nightmare when there's snow or frost about. Perhaps the default position should be covered.