Recent content by jeemac

Yes it was, and as I understand it, the signalling of the airport scheme was installed with this development in mind.

With apologies if this has been shared here already, West Fraser have recently submitted a planning application to Highland Council for the construction of new sidings at the Morayhill plant, which is located beside the Inverness-Aberdeen line, just West of the new Inverness Airport station...

I never though my original use of the term 'uptick' would have been so contentious! o_O I just want my next journey to Newquay to be better :D

Just a casual observation from somebody who lives a long way away, but enjoyed a holiday in Newquay last Summer reaching it by rail. I travel around the country a lot by train (and discounting places with no connection to the network at all) I don't think I've been to another decent-sized town...

A sort-of on-message observation ... Over the past few weeks, there has been significant work going on, just on the Inverness side of the former Bunchrew station site. I guess this is probably routine maintenance, as they seem to be taking down a lot of mature trees, but given this is part of...

Not EC, but I was surveyed about the Sleeper service - was approached on the platform at Euston, asked if I'd like to be involved and called by a market research company a few days later. All seemed very proper ... except that many questions about which journeys I made were a bit...

Thanks for that SignalSighting - the improvements around Forres will make a big difference. Do you happen to know what the plan is for the level crossing there - is it being retained?

While much public and enthusiast campaigning focussed on the loss of the Waverley route, arguably the closure of the direct Dunfermline - Perth link was a much bigger strategic mistake. Replacing it would take something like 30 - 50 minutes off modern Perth-Edinburgh timings, add resiliance to...

Now that there are platform barriers, it's not easy to nip out of the station while you're waiting on a connection, especially if you're on an advance ticket. The siting of the shop in that small entrance area doen't work for me either - a simple cafe on the platform where you could get a bacon...

Yes they would, especially with the benefit of freeing up capacity not just at Central but QS too.

I often change at Perth, and always feel it has a real sense of faded glory. Yes it's busy with around 1M users a year, but it's a shame the wonderful old train shed is fairly quiet, while a lot of the business is happening on Dundee and Aberdeen services out on platforms 1 and 2! I'd love to...

The tunnels are part of the original line, and were double-tracked until the infrastructure of the whole route was rationalised in the late 60s. There have not been any developments which would prevent the reinstatement of double track through them, but I think that would restrict the current...

I'm think that between the intoduction of HSTs and ECML electrification, at least one daily Kings Cross - Edinburgh service ran on to Glasgow Queen Street. I was only a small person back then, so can't remember details - it may have been a Sunday-only - but I'm pretty sure this won't be the...

This whole area is underrun with old mine-workings, and I think I read somewhere that this was a factor in the exact choice for the route of that section of the new line.

Thanks all for the interesting contributions to my original post. I agree with a lot of them and see where many of the costs not immediately obvious to everyday passengers might be hidden. That trade-off between doing things properly and the sort of management processes - especially the safety...