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Yes and no, and there are bi-modes and bi-modes. On GWR and LNER they were too successful, with electrification which should have been prioritised being cut back instead. However, obviously it takes time to electrify a route and so the network won't be wired overnight. Electro-diesel bi-modes...

Hang on, if the surge arrestors and insulating paint is being used on the valley lines, why are they also doing discontinuous electrification? I guess the upfront costs and still less with discontinuous electrification, and the fact in will cost more in the long run doesn't factor in when the...

The 1981 'Review of Main Line Electrification' is available on the web (https://www.railwaysarchive.co.uk/documents/DoTBRB_Electrification1981.pdf). Unfortunately CTRL+F (Find) isn't finding any specific mention of Conwy - maybe there's a more-detailed study of the north Wales line specifically...

Here's an idea: once HS2 is open between Euston and Crewe, divert the ICWC Holyhead services via Birmingham (hopefully the massive recast brought about by HS2 will allow an hourly path for a Pendolino or pair of 805s (shame they're only 5 coaches, there aren't enough of them to run it hourly as...

Could you provide the page number please? I don't remember seeing it in Modern Railways and it doesn't tie up with the Future Developments for North Wales shown on the TfW website which show only new stations, enhanced frequencies and bus/active-travel improvements as priorities for 2029...

Thanks for looking; was 8107 a 'blue' engine like the 61xx large Prairies, or was the 81xx class lighter? I'm surprised Cardigan had loco allocations in GWR days, I thought it was always a subshed of either Neyland or Whitland (depending on the date) and thus locos stabled at Cardigan shed...

An electric car might be able to do long-distance, but it's still a car so it isn't modal shift. What I meant was that road-based public transport (buses) is not going to be attractive for long-distance journeys in the same way that rail can be. In other words, for a long-journey the only...

Going on past form my guess (and it is just a guess) would be that the likelyhood of a proper rolling programme is very slim. However, there was a point (probably within the last 12 months) when I was fearful that the government wouldn't authorise another electrification project for many years...

I recall an issue of the Great Western journal which featured a list of loco numbers believed to have run on the Cardigan branch. One of the locos listed was a large prairie, yet the Oakwood Press book on the line says it had a 'yellow' colour weight restriction. As far as I know all the large...

Some fair points there. I guess I'm still clouded by my gut reaction that scrapping trains before they are 30 years old is wasteful. Also I remain concerned that increased numbers of LDHS bi-modes will result in 'bi-mode blight' with the LDHS routes remaining unwired and, at best, some regional...

After Grayling scrapped alot of electrification, I seem to recall some reports suggesting that Network Rail weren't particularly keen on wires anymore. Assuming it was true to start with, that reluctance within Network Rail appears to have gone now which is great news. Also as I understand it...

So, the idea of having an 'electrification team' in each area is not really a concern, the 'rolling programme' can start in one area then suddenly jump to a very different one (say, Bristol Parkway to Temple Meads followed by Ipswich to Felixstowe, then the remaining Liverpool-Manchester route)...

The entire station is listed (expect, I think, platform 8 and the new southern enterance). Apparently, the reason for the listing was "most complete example of GWR major city railway station of the period following the regrouping of the railway system". Network Rail don't seem to get this, ANY...

Although this is referring to MML and TPE, the same presumably applies to the GWML and possibly around Birmingham, hence my question above whether the skills and experience from Bromsgrove and Chase Line electrification projects will be retained or whether that opportunity has already been...

Personnel, plant and anything else needed for an electrification project other than the 'consumables' (for want of a better term, I'm refering to the masts, wires etc.). Basically I'm just interested to know whether there is anything else in the Birmingham area planned to follow on from the two...

Do know if these 'early wins' include anything that uses the resources from the recent Bromsgrove and Chase Line electrification projects?

I have been trying to work out how many of the 13,040 STK of electrification proposed are classed as 'ancillary electrification' (ie. margin business cases and not likely to be approved by DfT). Unfortunately there isn't an easy source of STK data that I'm aware of, so I used Excel to estimate...

Two of the three passenger routes where 3rd rail electrification is often discussed have a 25kv at or near one end anyway, so it needn't be 'small sections (of OHLE) between third rail infrastructure'. Marshlink could be OHLE from Ashford and to do the western part of the North Downs Line you...

Network Rail's TDNS features electrification to at least Carmarthen (and possibly even Fishguard) so hopefully it will happen eventually. I think the 'delay' (as I hope the current 'cancellation' will turn out to be) to Swansea electrification has a silver lining, which BantamMenace has also...

My suggestion was two units stabling there which I believe is the same as Pwllheli so I imagine the staffing arangements would be the same as that.