Recent content by mwmbwls

https://revolutionvlr.com/ https://www.buxtonadvertiser.co.uk/news/transport/buxton-shortlisted-for-new-pioneering-electric-passenger-railway-to-ride-on-freight-lines-to-peak-district-beauty-spots-4580715 In April 2022, working with Eversholt Rail, TDI, Northern Trains, the Friends of Buxton...

https://www.bedford.gov.uk/media/7117/download?inline I have just come across this review by SLC on behalf of Bedford Council. Has this been discussed before - (perhaps on another thread)?

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2024/mar/30/conservatives-set-for-worst-election-result-yet-research-shows The answer to the exam question posed in the thread title could be a resounding "Yes" if Labour win as large a majority as predicted. However they are cautious about tipping their...

The boundary between High Peak and Greater Manchester is a tributory brook of the River Goyt that runs under the track south east of Strines Station and just north east of the railway bridge at Hague Bar.The route from New Mills Central to Hayfield is now obstructed by buildings at the New Mills...

Page 17 of the February issue of Modern Railways carries a report that Great Western are proposing to run two trains on a Saturday from Bristol to Oxford from September 2024.

I found the video of the Bedford Council meeting most informative. The Planning Officer produced a comprehensive brief that demonstrated that it was technically feasible for EWR to be routed north and east of Cambridge north of Bedford Station and raised the possibility of an option of junction...

I concur with your Swindon to Oxford, Bedford and Cambridge suggestion, especially in the light of Oxford station's rebuild. I always assumed that at some point the Cowley Branch would link into services to Milton Keynes in a similar manner to the Aylesbury to Bletchley service. As to the...

https://www.railmagazine.com/news/network/2024/01/12/GWR-tests-passenger-growth-in-Bristol-Oxford-weekend-services Rail Magazine reports on a GWR proposal for a four trains per day service from Bristol to Oxford. Would it be a good idea to link this service through to Cambridge via the EWR in a...

Just in case you missed my post on the Electrification Thread A very useful presentation by Chris Pollock of Botham Network Solution with an excellent Q&A session. In essence the message is the same as Andrew Lloyd Webber’s lyric “Freight Is Great, Freight is Great – It takes the loads from...

Another great session hosted by the PWI A very useful presentation by Chris Pollock of Botham Network Solution with an excellent Q&A session. Delivered for Freight: Developments in the rail freight industry over the past 5 years - Chris Polack In essence the message is the same as Andrew...

Can I commend this recent wham bam presentation by Gareth Dennis to the PWI. This land slip is a not an isolated incident but is an indication of the shape of things to come.

Meanwhile in Manchester there is ordure poised to strike the rotating ventilator. HMG made geat play of a dual purpose facility terminal at Manchester Piccadilly - a terminus for HS2 and and turn back for NPR. This was a cunning plan ................the cunnigest plan since etc. The approach...

Three of the key witnesses up before the aforementioned House of Commons Transport Committee.

Can I commend this Parliamentary Transport Committee hearing. https://parliamentlive.tv/Event/Index/c744b3ff-613e-42f9-8476-f79d7415678b The Panel are extremely good in explaining in lay terms the implications of the decision to scrap 2A.

Totley Tunnel always seems wet. It is more noticeable going from Dore to Grindleford.