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HSTEd
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Where else in the UK could tramways/light rail be installed?
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Well there are lots of high intensity bus corridors in the UK. And double deckers are so slow to load and unload that a tram may still...
Today at 02:13
HSTEd
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Combined transport authority in the north
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The problem with that is that you end up with arbitrary termination points to services, which ends up negatively affecting the whole...
Today at 00:52
HSTEd
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Potential up to 2,000 job losses at Alstom Derby
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It was 2,000 job losses, now it is 1,300 at risk? I assume the 700 are already gone?
Yesterday at 16:15
HSTEd
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Idea for Buxton line improvements
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Fundamentally we have a problem in that we have two (and at one end three!) parallel railway lines, both of which have to offer stopping...
Yesterday at 14:54
HSTEd
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Is green electricity subsidising rail freight?
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Most of the trouble with rail electrification is not for simple technical reasons, and you can grab an awful lot of HGV traffic with a...
Yesterday at 12:22
HSTEd
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Where else in the UK could tramways/light rail be installed?
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It might be cheaper in capital terms but it will produce a vastly inferior result in terms of usable transport, and it will lock in...
Wednesday at 17:35
HSTEd
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Potential up to 2,000 job losses at Alstom Derby
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The would just mean some workers at a refurbishment site lose their jobs instead. None of this challenges the fundamental problem...
Wednesday at 17:33
HSTEd
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Combined transport authority in the north
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In this vein you also have schemes like HS2, where Sheffield demanded that South Yorkshire lose its proper HS2 station at Meadowhall to...
Wednesday at 17:03
HSTEd
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Electrical interference from railway - solutions?
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To add to this, if you are doing live music or similar and have microphone connections, these are even more vulnerable than line-level...
Wednesday at 16:38
HSTEd
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Potential up to 2,000 job losses at Alstom Derby
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The OOC station project had been expected to lead to a requirement for additional trains as all Paddington terminators are extended, yes.
Tuesday at 23:04
HSTEd
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Potential up to 2,000 job losses at Alstom Derby
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I very much doubt Alstom will give a "competitive price" in return for 90 vehicles if it comes with all that baggage added on.
Tuesday at 22:41
HSTEd
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Marylebone to the Continent…
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Wasn't the many tunnels under Lords a product of the Cricket Club demanding as many tunnels as possible so they would never have to...
Tuesday at 17:41
HSTEd
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Potential up to 2,000 job losses at Alstom Derby
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The AUKUS expansion at Rolls Royce Derby will probably eat up an awful lot of the staff. I'd suggest the best bet now would be trying...
Tuesday at 17:26
HSTEd
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The last coal train?
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Almost all of that anthracite will eventually end up in the atmosphere as carbon dioxide. Even if it avoids being burned it will...
Tuesday at 16:36
HSTEd
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Electrical interference from railway - solutions?
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Your best bet is to probably make sure you are using only balanced connections (XLR et al), try to use only shielded twisted pair cable...
Tuesday at 12:39
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