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With TPE potentially ordering 29 new trains, what north trans pennine network be developed that purely operates with the 29 trains alone? For example: Liverpool - Newcastle Liverpool - York Manchester Airport - Hull Manchester Airport - Middlesbrough Manchester Piccadilly - Huddersfield...

What one infrastructure improvement would singularly do the most to increase capacity through Manchester? What would you recommend and why? Rules of engagement: Knocking down the arena and building a larger Victoria is not allowed. Four tracking Castlefield is also not permitted. It must be...

Are there any other examples of high speed trains in the world that are like the Javelin trains? Commuter layout, doors at thirds, minimum 140mph.

Morning everyone, I have booked a couple of tickets on trainline.com with LNER, but as we are travelling with a wheelchair we‘d like to book a wheelchair space. I have contacted LNER via their passenger assist (over a week ago), but so far no reply. We are travelling the end of this week...

I noticed that yesterday there was a 6-car 323 Northern service operating between Crewe & Piccadilly and later today there will be another 6-car 323 operating, according to RTT. I had thought 6-car 323s could not run on this line due to some stations having short platforms south of Wilmslow. Is...

My question is: can a 4 tph all stop service run from Manchester to Liverpool plus a semi-fast Liverpool-Sheffield work if the line was fully electrified? 4 tph all stop Liverpool Lime Street - Manchester Piccadilly - onwards 1 tph Liverpool Lime Street, Liverpool South Parkway, Widnes...

Manchester needs west facing terminal platforms. How many platforms, where and what services would use it? One rule: knocking down the arena above Victoria is not permitted to be an option.

Northern Powehouse Rail (Warrington to the HS2 west line and Ardwick to Marsden), the short HS2 East branch and East Coast Mainline improvements are forecast to cost £30bn, according to the Integrated Rail Plan. If you were in charge of that budget, what railway infrastructure would you spend...

I’m trying to buy a ticket from Manchester to Bristol for a weekend in May, but all I can‘t get any tickets at all. Same for June. I’m flexible on the weekend to a degree. Are there engineering works taking place that are preventing Cross Country running?

I’d like to start by framing this question in terms of a long-term view. Not what the CLC can be within the limitations of Manchester’s rail network today. So with that, I’d like to ask, what should the role of the CLC be? I am in two minds. My preference would for the CLC to be either: A...

I would like to ask those who advocate for a through underground station what benefits they see it delivering? I do not think such a station would be very wise and the current plan is a better approach. Can anyone change my mind? The current plans for Manchester Piccadilly HS2 Station is for...

In many of our cities, the car dominates. Too many people opt to drive in to our city centres because our road infrastructure makes it easy and public transport provision is usually not very good. A railway line with 2 stopping trains per hour doesn’t provide the frequency needed to get people...

moderator note - split from: https://www.railforums.co.uk/threads/hs2-construction-updates.149100/ Does anyone know the maximum number of timetabled passenger services and rolling stock movements to/from depots that can feed in to each of Euston, Curzon Street & Piccadilly in a given hour? I...

Do you prefer a carriage with relatively few passengers in it, or do you prefer to see it full of people, getting confidence that the industry is thriving?

I prefer an arched roof, but my favourite would probably be Newcastle Central. What’s your favourite?

A bit of a perennial debate about 1st v standard class, but with NPR services I wonder if it is suitable or not. This question is specifically about the Liverpool-York NPR services. The Integrated Rail Plan (IRP) have a potential clue to how services that use the NPR line will run, with those...

This sounds a bit odd at first, so bear with me. Manchester Piccadilly HS2 is being designed to allow through services to reverse in/out with a 5 min dwell, using 200m trains in 400m platforms. Therefore could Birmingham Curzon Street enable the same thing? The line between Birmingham &...

As the title states, what would you pick? We know that circa 50+ high speed trains were planned to be procured for HS2. If it was my decision, I would have the following current day trains as a proxy for what we might see in the years to come: Eurostar E320 for: London HS2 services (400m)...

Apparently the IRP will be published this week (I won’t hold my breath), so assuming it is imminent and we will see it this coming week, what do you think will be in it? Given the timings, now is probably a good time to have a bit of a speculative thread prediction! What do you think will...

This is a spin-off from the Light Rail v Heavy Rail thread. Is a rail tunnel under Central Manchester feasible? What form would it take? What route? What stations? What frequency? If you think it’s not feasible, why not and what alternative would you seek? Plus a poll has been added for...