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The Ham's latest activity
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TThe Ham replied to the thread Controversial railway opinions (without a firm foundation in logic..).Alternatively, given how tricky it was in places to thread the Elizabeth Line, build Crossrail 2 (CR2) and be able to interchange...
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TThe Ham replied to the thread What should be done with Heathrow Express once Old Oak Common opens? And how could the paths be best used?.The thing is, that on the mainlines (GWR and SWR lines) there's no extra services whether they are through services or terminating at...
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TThe Ham replied to the thread Cross Country Routes that never existed, but theoretically could have.The most likely would be one or two a day in each direction for an early/late service (similar to what Guildford gets)
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TThe Ham replied to the thread What should be done with Heathrow Express once Old Oak Common opens? And how could the paths be best used?.Thing is, the Southern Approach to Heathrow would be far, far more useful than such a rope way. For example in a post HS2 world Woking...
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TThe Ham replied to the thread Getlink aiming to double the number of destinations from London in ten years.Given a day it's made up of 24 * 60 then 180 * 60 is the same as 7.5 days of people time if it only takes 1 minute to do the required...
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TThe Ham replied to the thread Cross Country Routes that never existed, but theoretically could have.XC services running to Salisbury (assuming that there was capacity to get them to Basingstoke but not to Winchester or Southampton)...
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TThe Ham replied to the thread Will TOC only fares disappear upon nationalisation?.I wouldn't be surprised if GBR keeps some "TOC" branding, if for no other reason that it helps passengers with where they are traveling...
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TThe Ham replied to the thread Getlink aiming to double the number of destinations from London in ten years.Looking at it the other way, historically it was said that the lease costs off a coach was £100,000 per year with other TOC costs...
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TThe Ham replied to the thread Companies That You Expect to Disappear Soon.Some of the more powerful smartphones are theoretically good enough to use as a replacement for a laptop by connecting to a keyboard, a...
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TThe Ham replied to the thread Which junctions would you grade-separate?.Almost why bother for such a short distance? Just put a battery in some trains.
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TThe Ham replied to the thread What current train services would look different if certain railways hadn’t been closed?.Given that most places want services to London, then chances are that some trains to London would have run, as such the question is...
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TThe Ham replied to the thread Getlink aiming to double the number of destinations from London in ten years.It depends, if the competition is serving Paris/other (currently) high value routes and making that less profitable than the other...
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TThe Ham replied to the thread Is the 9bn Lower Thames Road crossing approval bad news for rail?.If you assume the delivery cost of £5 or a monthly subscription of a similar amount, it doesn't take you long to buy out right a...
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TThe Ham replied to the thread Which junctions would you grade-separate?.Woking could allow Southern Approach to Heathrow, so whilst not serving London there could be other advantages other than reducing...
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TThe Ham replied to the thread Which junctions would you grade-separate?.Given the 25 minute turn around, it might be possible to send the Basingstoke Stoppers to a new station at Oakley and turn then around...