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I can't seem to find a thread that's open on the Norfolk Orbital proposal. I was very curious about it - Norfolk has lost a great deal of intra-county connectivity since 1965 - but I was wondering if there was any technical assessment of what NOR would acheive - e.g., indicative journey times...

Quick question: there was talk of Ipswich-Peterborough moving up to hourly from 1tp2h. Does anyone know if this is still happening, and if so, when?

Moderator note: Split from https://www.railforums.co.uk/threads/levenmouth-rail-link-to-reopen-project-updates.188068 That seems sensible. I presume there's no credible route to extend the new line further east?

I was wondering what the cost per mile was of a TBM bored single track tunnel? @Bald Rick suggested that the TBM was c £10m in 2019, and I was wondering what the total cost of a tunnel about 1.9km / 1.2 miles long would ballpark be? Many thanks Toby

Afternoon everyone, When I was previously working in London, it was possible to book bargain berths on the sleeper. If you were lucky/early, this could be a remarkably good deal of £38/rtn from Euston to Inverness/Fort William/Aberdeen. I presume that this is dead and gone, but (with a case of...

I've been gently following the proposals for a metro service in and around Cambridge, and the consultation has now opened - the response form is here. However, it seems that the Mayor has decided on an electric bus rather than conventional light rail, and I wondered if anyone knew why...

I travelled on the 1900 ex-LST tonight to Ipswich for the first time since it became one of the "Norwich in 90" services, and I was very impressed; roughly 55m 30s to Ipswich, with fast, strong running throughout. Sorry if this has been done to death elsewhere - the last thread I could find was...

A question to Bristolians - is there demand to relay as heavy rail or light rail from a Park & Ride A4174 at Mangotsfield along the old Midland line to Temple Meads?

I ask whether this was ever considered out of ignorance, but also because of the number of bridges with additional arches for the outer two tracks north of Shenfield? I'm not sure how much use it would be (and today would probably require the extra pair of tracks to be tunnelled under...

Genuine question: how much capacity on GEML, the NLL and the WCML would be freed up if freight from Felixstowe (& Harwich?) not bound for London were all sent via Bury St Eds and Ely? Having gone to the trouble and expense of building the Ipswich North Curve, I'm somewhat surprised that any...

Quick question to our resident experts: is there any technical reason that we could not redouble the line from Cambs to Newmarket and Chippenham Junction? Many thanks!

Afternoon everyone, All of this talk about reopenings has had me thinking about the circumstances under which housing developments at scale could be made possible by reopened railways, and be of sufficient scale that the development would over time pay for the reinstatement. In these terms, we...

I see that there has been some warm words on reopening Cambridge - Haverhill this week. http://www.cambridge-news.co.uk/news/cambridge-news/popular-plans-reinstate-cambridge-haverhill-13322745 Whilst the light rail words are unwelcome, I wondered what people here thought of the proposal...

Evening all, Was just thinking about projected growth in East Anglia and Altnabreac's famous yardstick for reopenings. 1. Population of 10,000+ 2. 60 minutes (75 at a push) journey time of a major employment centre. 3. Extant or mainly unobstructed trackbed 4. Ability to extend an...

I heard last night that the Welsh LibDems have voted to reopen the Carmarthen to Lampeter and over Strata Florida to Aberystwth at their recent Conference. Normally, I'd be a be a bit dubious about this from the LDs, but it *was* the LDs who got BordersRail as a issue for coalition support, and...

By which I mean Sudbury - Shelford, of course. Connecting Haverhill, Bartlow, Linton and Pampisford to Cambridge seems eminently sensible given the growth in this area since the railway closed. Completing the through route also provides good connectivity options from Colchester and...

Sorry for ignorant question, but do Class 92s have ETH, and if so, what is the rating (ie, could 92s take over the Scottish sleepers?) Thanks Tobbes