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Paddington to Plymouth in 2.5 hours?
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The current timetable is, as far as I'm aware, the most frequent the SW has ever had. Have prices gone down?
19 minutes ago
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Where else in the UK could tramways/light rail be installed?
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Absolutely. Solid rock is easier to tunnel through, not harder. Drill and blast is much cheaper than using a TBM, and often it needs no...
Yesterday at 21:53
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Paddington to Plymouth in 2.5 hours?
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I wonder what the effect on numbers of passengers would be if journeys to Cornwall got speeded up by 15 minutes vs journeys to Taunton...
Yesterday at 14:51
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Paddington to Plymouth in 2.5 hours?
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I'm slightly puzzled why the topic of getting to Plymouth quicker keeps coming up. It's not a particularly busy station, and the train...
Yesterday at 11:43
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The San Jose BART extension and making changes to cut costs
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Yes, all the current extensions in Paris are being built as double track tunnels. I believe all the recent new lines in France have used...
Tuesday at 20:18
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Do you think that the UK switching to electric vehicles is realistic?
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That doesn't match this recent announcement: https://www.zap-map.com/ev-stats/how-many-charging-points Do you have any sources for...
Tuesday at 11:10
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The San Jose BART extension and making changes to cut costs
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There's lots of double track metro tunnels in the world. Spain almost always builds them that way, most of the French metros are, and...
Tuesday at 11:04
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20 mph Zones - Extend or Eliminate?
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OK! I clearly need to work on my fitness then, I ride my bike a fair bit but my average speeds tend to 15-18mph. I would still say...
Tuesday at 08:49
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Who would be liable if thieves are injured or killed when stealing from railway premises?
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It's down to differences in the legal system. In the UK it is the responsibility of the landowner to keep people out. In many other...
Tuesday at 08:45
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20 mph Zones - Extend or Eliminate?
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Ok, what proportion of cyclists do you think could be capable of that sort of speed on a flat road? I don't think it's many, especially...
Monday at 13:19
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20 mph Zones - Extend or Eliminate?
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People out riding expensive road bikes perhaps, but hardly any utility cyclists will come close to 20 except down a decent hill
Monday at 09:43
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The San Jose BART extension and making changes to cut costs
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BART and Muni have next to no vertical separation, at least in the stations, there's only the floor between them. The BART platforms are...
Sunday at 21:54
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The San Jose BART extension and making changes to cut costs
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Thanks for posting, that's a fascinating article. Having used it a few times I'm surprised it was tunnelled rather than cut and cover...
Saturday at 10:42
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The San Jose BART extension and making changes to cut costs
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The plans in San Jose seem to be driven far more by wanting to minimise surface construction, rather than strict engineering need or...
3 May 2024
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Generational moment ...
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I'm not sure tender would ever have been all that common a term, you would surely have had to be interested in railways in the first...
30 Apr 2024
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