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Can someone remind me. Will there be a Barnett wotsit for Scotland from this (ideally ring fenced for something useful like Peterhead, St Andrews or Leven)?
Light rail between West Cowes and Newport, using the old alignment through the countryside with street running at each end? It might be viable if it could connect to the Redjet service, but that looks pretty tricky.
I still have dreams of a regular scheduled circular timetabled route. Clockwise and anti-clockwise. Preston to Blackburn to Clitheroe to Hellifield then SandC and Carlisle and Preston.I still think Clitheroe – Hellifield is an economic absurdity which will presumably get binned before it gets much further, although still better than the Skipton - Colne nonsense.
I wonder if there is some sneaky way of doing that without costing anything - the line is already there and passed for passenger use (for summer DalesRail and winter Lancashire Ramblers, aka "fresh air express" when I used it) - I wonder if there's enough slack in the diagrams for the Clitheroes to go there and back for little more than the cost of the diesel?
You can take that to the bank to use a US expression.Can someone remind me. Will there be a Barnett wotsit for Scotland from this (ideally ring fenced for something useful like Peterhead, St Andrews or Leven)?
The usual negativity from Baldrick. Which of the 10 do you agree with and support then? Fawley and Leicester - Burton seem the most viable and realistic.
1. That isn't how Barnett consequentials workCan someone remind me. Will there be a Barnett wotsit for Scotland from this (ideally ring fenced for something useful like Peterhead, St Andrews or Leven)?
Can someone remind me. Will there be a Barnett wotsit for Scotland from this (ideally ring fenced for something useful like Peterhead, St Andrews or Leven)?
Can someone remind me. Will there be a Barnett wotsit for Scotland from this (ideally ring fenced for something useful like Peterhead, St Andrews or Leven)?
I doubt it current turn around time appears to be about 25mins at Clitheroe, current timing appears to be 23 mins just to to Hellifield from Clitheroe then of course 23mins back plus turn around time, then would a regular service block the main Leeds route woulds you need to alter the track layout at Hellifield to accommodate that or even reinstate the south bay platform. would it make more sense to be able to reverse the service at Hellifield and run it to Skipton meanwhile the cost meter is running.I wonder if there is some sneaky way of doing that without costing anything - the line is already there and passed for passenger use (for summer DalesRail and winter Lancashire Ramblers, aka "fresh air express" when I used it) - I wonder if there's enough slack in the diagrams for the Clitheroes to go there and back for little more than the cost of the diesel?
The usual negativity from Baldrick. Which of the 10 do you agree with and support then? Fawley and Leicester - Burton seem the most viable and realistic.
Wellington is Somerset, Cullompton is East Devon. Both on the GWML area between Exeter St Davids, (Cullompton), Tiverton Parkway, (Wellington), Taunton.
I'm also intrigued by the Isle of Wight option too. Hopefully this will include Ventor, I wonder if Newport will be considered too?
And I'm pleased for the Waterside line!
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3) those who want to government to show some action towards shifting people out of their cars and decarbonising - at least it makes it look like the government is trying to do something
4) those who want to see the government investing in the regions in addition to big schemes like HS2 or those in London
5) those who likes trains
6) those who want public investment to improve the infrastructure (and kickstart the economy post Lockdown)
Whether anything significant will reopen as a result I don't know, but in total, there's a significant number of people who might be interested.
Like the Watford Junction-St Albans Abbey line, isn't the Isle of Wight reinstatement a passing loop at Brading?
I doubt it current turn around time appears to be about 25mins at Clitheroe, current timing appears to be 23 mins just to to Hellifield from Clitheroe then of course 23mins back plus turn around time, then would a regular service block the main Leeds route woulds you need to alter the track layout at Hellifield to accommodate that or even reinstate the south bay platform. would it make more sense to be able to reverse the service at Hellifield and run it to Skipton meanwhile the cost meter is running.
I did not see the No 10 show today,but there is a very heavy buzz on social media that Mr Shapps talked about the line in Northumberland and the one that interests me the Poulton to Fleetwood branch...Can anyone tell me whether the Fleetwood line was meant to be in addition to the lucky ten or that was for another time....BoJo visted the line on a surprise visit pre 2019 election and promised £100.0k for what is probably a business case as per todays lines....Can someone clarify please.
Apart from Aldridge and Castle Vale they are all pretty much dead certs.Where does this announcement stand in relation to the West Midlands plans trickle fed to us over the last few months ?
Willenhall and Darlaston on the Grand Junction line between Bescot / Walsall and Wolverhampton
Aldridge
The Camp Hill stations Kings Heath, Moseley and Hazelwell
Castle Vale
The Mayor of the West Midlands has been "promoting" some of these on social media but none of them are mentioned in the press briefing by Grant Shapps. Perhaps they are "further on" in the pipeline maybe ?
But what d this new line on the Isle of Wight. One would hope an extension from Shanklin to Ventnor but I can't see that happening due to the amount of demolition required in Wroxhall. So my guess is that there will be no new line at all, just a refurbishment of the existing line which is hardly "reversing Beeching".
Wellington / Cullompton: clearly deserving cases, but what willl stop there? If new services, where to, given that Bristol is pretty full post Metro West? If not new services, which of the London / Xc services do you add 7-8 minutes to, how, and what is the cost to those already on the trains?
I thought proposals were already underway for refurbishing the existing line, including the passing loop at Brading, so I'd be surprised if this was part of this funding package - could be wrong though.
Extension to Ventnor - presumably an extension as far as Wroxall would be relatively easy to build, though I'm not sure how much extra demand that would be able to soak up - Wroxall isn't exactly big, though it is a tourist area. Looking on Google maps, I can't even figure out where the old line to Ventnor went (does anyone know?). Given how hilly the terrain is between Ventnor and Wroxall, I can't believe a line there would be easy to build, which I guess confirms your suspicions.
The specific phrase 'reinstatement of branch lines' suggests to me that maybe what is actually being looked at is Ryde-Newport (though that is only one branch, not 'branches'). That seems doable if you can get an agreement with the heritage railway, and accept terminating about half a mile outside Newport Town Centre - which obviously is going to impact demand quite a bit.
I could either see an extension of the Devon Metro out to Taunton (Perhaps Plymouth or Paignton to Taunton?) or anything from Taunton extended to Exeter? What about the local services which stop at Taunton / Tiverton Parkway / Exeter?
You can report something is wrong with the page so I just did.When did the Abbey line close then?
Bury - Rochdale will be a good test of how you persuade a heritage railway to take on a commercial service, and how you persuade the ORR to accept the safety case. I can see that working, but id be surprised if it was anything more than a trundle.