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One thing that isn’t made clear by the illustration is what is going to happen to the Halifax to Hull services. Will the additional TPE train replace these east of Selby or will there be a total of 3tph between Leeds and Hull (not a bad outcome)? Regarding the TPE services to Hull, I’m of the...

My captures from the Keighley and Worth Valley Railway diesel gala, filmed on Saturday 21st June.

I think in the long term bi-mode and electric trains are a prerequisite for this. I can understand why the DfT wouldn’t be too keen on XC having all the Voyagers and Meridians, the fuel bill would be horrendous. 9 relatively agricultural engines as found on a 9 car Voyager formation...

The Nottingham to Cardiff and Newcastle to Reading services arrive at New Street within 5 minutes of each other and generally share platform 11, leaving for their respective destinations within a few minutes of each other. There simply isn’t enough space to terminate other services at New...

The restoration of 2tph to Manchester Airport is dependent on the rebuilding of Manchester Oxford Road to provide an extra two paths on the Castlefield corridor. I’m not sure when that’ll be completed though...

I’ve had experience in the past of travelling back to University on the day before term starts there is physically nowhere else to put large items of luggage. Not too much of a problem if you’re only putting bags of clothes there and trying to keep valuables with you. Introducing something like...

I think the most similar comparison would be with Frankfurt Airport and Cologne/Bonn Airport, where the much more important airport for the region is served directly by a new-build high speed line, whereas Cologne airport is on a loop of the pre-existing mainline used to get high speed trains...

Thank you for posting this. It does seem a bit odd that only a small part of the formation has been ballasted and track placed down in that short section, unless we’re waiting for the bridge rebuilding work of the overbridge to be done before any more ballasting and track alterations can be...

I doubt that electrification on its own would do well in a cost:benefit appraisal. I’d imagine that the electrification of Birmingham to Derby would be a lot like the Transpennine Route upgrade, where electrification on its own is not deemed to be good value for money, hence the scope was...

One point I’d make about it is that electrifying the route would probably be only one part of the equation. The whole route needs a wholesale upgrade to remove a lot of bottlenecks and and speed restrictions. These include increasing the linespeed through Burton-on-Trent, ideally extending four...

Woodlesford, featuring various diverted TPE trains, a diverted Grand Central service, a Freightliner Class 70 and a few Class 158s being used in place of Class 195s on the Leeds to Nottingham and Lincoln services.

The Lincoln service is just an extension of the London to Newark Northgate service, running in the opposite hour to the York service that calls at all LNER served stations, which has been the case since the East Coast Eureka timetable that came into place in 2011 (I believe). It certainly isn’t...

Between Rastatt and Offenburg (soon to be Karlsruhe to Offenburg) the 250 kph/155 mph lines were built in parallel to the original 160 kph/99 mph lines of the Upper Rhine Railway. Upthread upgrades of the ECML to 140 or even 155 have been mentioned as being the most likely candidate, which I...

I agree with this. For all of XC’s faults it’s route selection and frequencies is an incredible attribute that few other comparable countries in Europe have an equivalent of. I’d also draw attention to how through running takes place for both the benefit of both passengers doing long distance...

Northern are starting a new Leeds to Sheffield via Wakefield Westgate fast service from December. The point is that if devolved authorities have more power and finances to invest in the infrastructure necessary to run more local services this will have a massive benefit for XC no longer being...

Talking about GBR reforms specifically, I think it can go either way as to whether XC will become more of a premium operator. On one hand, devolution of powers in running services may significantly improve the provision of short-distance and regional services, decreasing the reliance on XC for...

There’s also the once per two hours ICE Dortmund to Vienna service, once per two hours IC/ICE Dresden to Stuttgart (via Hannover) service and various other marginal services.

What I don’t understand is why four tracking isn’t being done alongside Thorpe Park station from opening or as part of electrification. I can’t think of any scenario where an extra stop can be squeezed into the existing stoppers without four tracking including Cross Gates. Yes there’d be some...

I took a bus transfer from Rotterdam in September 2022, it left from a bus stop on Conradstraat by Centraal station. It wasn’t the greatest experience as the coach arrived late but when it got to the terminal checking in and going through passport control was a twaddle. I think that the driver...

In the context of a service that I’m assuming mainly conveys passengers connecting onto other services at Wickford I don’t think it’s fair to look at the service in isolation when talking about financial sustainability. I think a better way of looking at it is that the service is adding 30-40...