Xenophon PCDGS
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Might they be waiting for BOTH the new stations to be fully operational before making the update?
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Might they be waiting for BOTH the new stations to be fully operational before making the update?
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Bantamzen
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I don't know about new timetables, but the network map of the Aire / Wharfe lines over the doors of the 333s have been updated to include both Apperley Bridge & Kirkstall Forge.
Xenophon PCDGS
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Noting past references on this thread, when does "Spring" actually appear in the area of Kirkstall Forge railway station.
Xenophon PCDGS
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Would this aspirational station be anywhere near to the site of the former Hemsworth station, built by the West Riding and Grimsby Railway, that was closed in 1967?
Well there is a grand feeling of spring in the air round here today.
They are on a hiding to nothing. If it's finished but remains unopened they will be criticised (unless like at Apperley they try to lay off the blame to ORR), but if they open it and hardly anyone uses it then they will be similarly ridiculed. In the unlikely event that it is heavily used then, bearing in mind the existing peak trains are full and standing, they will come in for more criticism.
Yes, I suspect it would.
Quite a large town, big enough to support a bus station which physically backs onto the railway with a regular stopping train running past it.
It would seem ideal to me.
1D53
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Last Kirkstall date banded around was 1st April...
The former station was located, surprisingly, on station road and was on the town boundary in a cutting. Not near the town centre or near the bus station.
The West Yorkshire study into proposed railway stations discarded it quickly into the "too difficult/costly/inconvenience existing passengers" category, so I don't think it's got much chance.
I've been talking to Metro on twitter and whilst station timetable posters were supposed to be replaced in December, it appears none of them were...
Which translates as perfectly walkable for the majority of people.
Also, this idea of 'inconvenience to other passengers' is complete hokum.
The following Leeds-Kings Cross is slower than it need be without another stop. South Elmsall to Doncaster could do with quadrupling to allow East Coast trains to overtake stoppers with a chord reinstating here with the Pontefract line. Freight could then be removed from the ECML between York and Doncaster.
Three trains per hour from Leeds to London will be impossible.
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Too obvious.
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I'm not convinced that the line between Leeds and Doncaster is as full as they make out. Certainly not so full as to prevent another stop on the Leeds - Donny.
Had too many half hour waits at Wakefield Westgate for the Leeds train.
Xenophon PCDGS
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Not such a daunting prospect as a half-hour wait on Wakefield Kirkgate station though...:roll:
Indeed. That's been one of the few things that would prompt me to voluntarily catch a bus (although the new cafe's quite nice and worth a wait if open!).
Not been past for a while but called in this morning and 236 in the car park , including one in splendid isolation in the disabled area.
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I visited late afternoon last week as I may have need to start using Apperley Bridge and it was about 75% full.
Xenophon PCDGS
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Well, about three weeks have elapsed since that posting above was made and here we are on 2nd April with a new franchise up and running, so what, if I may be so bold to enquire, is the latest news on the opening of Kirkstall Forge station.
Low Moor has been pushed back too due to finding a mine shaft. The 'Targus' decided to post this update on 1st April which probably wasn't the best of days to do so, but it IS true 
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Unbelievable!
Someone has decided to graffiti part of Apperley Bridge station already :roll:
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Unbelievable!
Someone has decided to graffiti part of Apperley Bridge station already :roll:
Xenophon PCDGS
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There is a dedicated thread about the reopening of Low Moor station and I made a mention of this on that thread, which has brought, in response, quite a long posting submission about the mine shaft and where on the site it is so affected.
Nothing seems to have happened on this so far, do we have any updates?
Thanks
First trip past (Apperley) for a few weeks and coincidentally counted 236 in the car park, with none in the disabled area. I wonder if growth has now reached a plateau some four months after opening.
You must have been going very slowly.
Slight technical issues with this. It has now been updated though, should be active for services from tomorrow.
Kite159
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So did Kirkstall Forge open for business today with the new timetable change?
Or has the grand opening been delayed again (until after Lea Bridge opens so that it keeps the honour of "newest station in the UK" for longer than 10 minutes)?
Or has the grand opening been delayed again (until after Lea Bridge opens so that it keeps the honour of "newest station in the UK" for longer than 10 minutes)?
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