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Why is there always someone on here saying “x line can’t be reopened as there’s a bike path / housing / insert some perceived obstacle here in the way”
Look at past reopenings.
Borders, new alignment near the A720.
Airdrie Bathgate, bike path realigned.
The original railways when built were on...
Is it not enough capacity, or just not enough in the front coaches?
My observations, admittedly from 8 months plus ago when it was still 7 coaches, was that the front ones heading into Glasgow / Edinburgh on E&G services were full and standing in the peaks from the stations closest to Edinburgh...
It’s a new depot built for receiving and testing the trains and signalling as there’s no space in the existing depot to do that.
I understand it is planned to be removed when the project is completed.
“...minor variations...” is an interesting way to put it!
I think it’s been a good example of Network Rail, the Contractor (Balfour Beatty) and the unions working together to react to change. One example, originally the buildings on platform 2 couldn’t be demolished until the new staff...
The people who messed it up last time have all moved on, indeed some of the team that replaced them and delivered the first phase are still involved.
Secondly, it’s a different form of contract in place this time around. Not a fully bespoke, one project only lawyerfest that the first phase was...
You’re on a long haul flight. You know the person in front is going to recline.
It’s not inconsiderate as it’s what the seats are designed to do.
Stop bitching about it and sleep when you arrive.
If travelling for business, the business should pay for seat further forward, or what’s the point...
yes there was, but it got lost in the EGIP “reimagining” and then the Waverley to Queen Street via Cumbernauld service took over.
As for Bo’ness, others have alluded to the practical difficulties, but do we really want to let the people of Bo’ness loose in the wider world?
Burke Rd is complete, the level crossing at Glenhuntly Rd is in the planning stages prior to removal.
Still two more tram/train level crossings at Glenferrie Road Kooyong and Riversdale Road Camberwell not yet planned to be removed.
Painfully slow on a train over all those crossings, but as...
Totally agree.
Think about it. “We have no money to do maintenance works to keep the lines at a standard to run trains, as we’ve spent all the money maintaining pumps which only get used once every 5 years” sounds silly.
Therein lies the rub. Caveats like that range from outright fabrication, to outright facts from people in the know that are not yet in the public domain. The latter so as to appear to be second/third etc hand info to maintain some sense of anonymity / deniability about being the “leaker”.
Sorry, didn't get the number, but the 385/0 on the 10:45 from Waverley to Queen Street this morning was very clean on the outside and had “new train smell” on the inside. I wonder how long that lasts in full service?