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Someone would need to do a proper study to establish that. I've not seen anything to say that the MML suffers from the same problem of buried cables, so there will likely be some improvement.
As for competitive tendering, an in-house team undertaking rolling electrification would be a way to...
This is very old news. It would be more relevant to see what improvements have been made during more recent electrifications such as the MML. Of course, it's doubtful whether the treasury will take any notice.
Is there a reason why both routes appear to be closed through Wakefield this Saturday (30th March) ?
The usual thing would surely to keep one open while the other is closed.
The idea is a bad one. Splitting Merseyrail off completely would leave too big a hole in the network. If anything, ticketing etc needs to be brought more in line with the rest of the railway in terms of formats allowed etc.
Having something shuttling between Lancaster and Grange would seem sensible.
I note that during the Eden Brows works, services ran single track for a considerable distance between Appleby and Armathwaite. Surely something similar could be arranged for Carnforth - Grange.
Any operations will likely have a board as well as working groups and teams running the day to operations of a service such as public transport.
It's perfectly possible for outside authorities to have formal representation on such bodies.
Why not just give people the option of reserving a seat if they want to, rather than churning them out with every advanced ticket.
Just because somewhere in Europe does something, it doesn't automatically make it a good idea.