Recent content by The Planner

I doubt it. It would likely mess it all up at Talerddig.

Not sure how you can pass on the move with RETB, old or new? You would still have to stop at Fron to get the token, whereas you are at line speed now.

Still boils down to whether you could get to Paddington or not, the general consensus still seems to be no, either planned or unplanned.

It is closed effectively from the Tarmac Park Royal sidings. It is down to the changes having to be made around the Old Oak Common lane area and the bridge over the road. The last plan I saw has the line going into its own separate platform at OOC with no connection to the GWML.

Somewhere had to be the trial and the Cambrian happened to fit at the time. As noted, without the other tinkering at the edges you would still be stuck with the ability to only run the old timetables.

This forum would have wet itself if Oxford Bicester had been wired when built without a single EMU using it for years.

Spans over the WCML are just a concrete box as far as I am aware.

Carno cannot be done cheaply due to where all the loops are and how the timetable is built around them. Bow St was easy as you just eat into the turnround at the end.

Politics. The Welsh Government like schemes like this.

Not losing any more platforms than what have been taken out already until 2B.

Showing here on my phone. https://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/search/detailed/KNW/2020-11-24/0731?stp=WVS&show=all&order=wtt

Lots of buses shown too, suspect the VAR schedules havent been removed.

Depends on what the through route dwell time would be, i suspect it wouldnt be less than 3 or 4 at somewhere like Piccadilly. If there is another driver waiting you could arguably do the reversal in the same time. If not then it depends on the length of train, but 5 or 6 I would expect.

Just how much do you think could be done in a 76 hour weekend? considering taking the block, getting the equipment in, getting the rock out, making sure everything was stable and then opening the railway back up again? Bear in mind we have about 7 bank holidays a year. You would be looking at...

Presumably you are voicing your concerns to Andrew Haines that the network is not being maintained?