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Hasn't the Buxton line got quite low bridges meaning electrification would be difficult?

There would also be the question of if it would be run directly by Greater Manchester Combined Authority or a concession. Let's not forget the Metrolink is run by a private company as part of a concession. As is London Overgound, the Elizebeth Line and Merseyrail.

Not too sure about that bear in mind it would require a "Bee Network" TOC to have their own stock and depot as well as drivers and guards. It works on Merseyrail however that is largely self contained with soon to be 1 type of rolling stock.

It would be very difficult as there are very few trains that operate solely within Greater Manchester.

Realistically all that will happen is some trains will feature a Bee logo on them. It's nothing new really as we used to have the Merseytravel branded 142s and it wasn't uncommon to see 153s with Transport for South Yorkshire written on them especially outside South Yorkshire. Burnham doesn't...

I was walking over the bridge at the end of the promenade in Grange today and there are two new rails about to be put in place between the crossover at Grange signal box and the other side of the footbridge meaning a shuttle service between Barrow and Grange would be impossible anyway.

Over the weekend I noticed this from Tracy Brabin who is the Mayor of West Yorkshire and is running for reelection. While a West Yorkshire Tram Network would be nice I think she is being a bit optimistic about promising spades in the ground by 2028. Also given the plans for the Leeds...

As others have said it's meant to be an interchange with Crossrail so that passengers can (in theory) get to most parts of London with one change as Euston isn't really well served by the Tube or Overground compared to other station. Presumably though Old Oak Common would be set down only on...

No it was the Liberal Democrat election leaflet although the Liberal Democrats do have a habit of making their election leaflets look like newspaper articles. I agree, particularly on railway issues as they seem to imply that complex issues can be easily solved. Indeed, while I was driving...

Recently I saw this leaflet by the Westmorland and Lonsdale Liberal Democrats, it contains what the local MP Tim Farron would like to happen. Looking at the article though it contains a lot of politician who knows nothing about the railways talk and I found it very tedious and frustrating to...

A couple of times I have been on the last train of the day from Birmingham to Rugley Trent Valley and been the only person on the whole train north of Cannock. I regularly saw the corresponding train leave Rugeley Trent Valley going to New Street leaving Rugeley Trent Valley empty and it...

Slight correction from my previous post I was driving through Grange earlier today and I noticed both trains were still there at the derailment point with blocks under the wheels although the lights were on in the trains still. Not sure what is happening currently.

It was moving very very slowly although I think that was due to the status of the line. Nope and it was the leading trains which was the one that was derailed.

Under it's own power.

I saw the crane move earlier and one of the derailed 195s move earlier through Grange. I assume the 195s are going to be stored at Barrow until the line reopens?

Indeed it can happen and as others have said it does many times. I think I read somewhere that the ERTMS used on the Cambrian line was designed so that trains could follow each other on single lines.

I would imagine it's a top priority for Network Rail to get the line repaired given it's the main route for the nuclear trains. Given the low loading gauges for the Cumbria Coast line are nuclear trains allowed to go via Whitehaven to get to Carlisle?

There has been a lot of flooding on the Golf Course in Grange-over-Sands and floods in other areas of the town recently. I think that may have been a cause. There has been a lot of pumping machinery in the area recently.

Apparently on the information board have been having the hadith of the day which is basically the qu'ran reading of the day for several days which is odd that Network Rail hadn't noticed it for several days. I read somewhere though that it's ironic that there is hadith of the day readings at a...

Saw this earlier on GB News (yes I know it's GB News but other media outlets have also covered it). Here is a link to it being featured on GB News TV. https://twitter.com/GBNEWS/status/1770223564089676199 According to GB News there is going to be an internal investigation by Network Rail as...