Recent content by richieb1971

I bet the full scope of what is required isn't.

Moderator note-split from https://www.railforums.co.uk/threads/east-west-rail-ewr-consultation-updates-not-speculation.99892/ Just a silly question. Does the Bedford modernisation of the station and the EWR program have to be 2 separate billings/projects? Since EWR forcibly recommended...

Wixams would need passport control.

Thorpe Park is 490 acres. The issue has nothing to do with size though. People visit these parks for a movie setting experience, not just roller coasters. The way some of you think is a bit strange to me. They are building billions in infrastructure to be used, not to sit there idle doing...

The park opens with 470 acres with expansion option of up to 700 acres if need be later on. I do not see comparison to current theme parks in the UK since the capture area is Europe and the rest of the world also. 8000 enployees 8000 through Luton Airport daily. Another 10000 daily from UK...

Good.. The plans universal show entensive hub on the east side of the station. No point progressing mk1 anymore. Hopefully they sneak a 5th track in as well so traffic flows are not disrupted.

Kempston Hardwick and stewartby closing. A new station called Stewartby Universal will be built between the current 2 stations.

The rebuild of Bedford Station has little to with Universal Studios. Its mainly driven through the EWR program of providing an extra 2 platforms, which creates the problem of losing car parking spaces, which means going multi storey because its all boxed in. We have spoken about building...

Thanks for clearing that up. I haven't been in the rail scene for a few years now. I think I meant to say "aggregate" but I couldn't think of the word.

There is still congestion with freight on the MML exactly where Wixams is. Empties go north in the afternoon and get held up around Kempston. I would hazard a guess that the cement plant having northbound exiting will reverse into Wixams station as well (looking at the map the sidings are a...

Regarding Bedford It seems freight operators haven't chimed in yet. Some freight is experiencing 10 15 minute stops at Kempston south of Bedford heading north and at Clapham north of the station going south it's longer than that sometimes. Wixams isn't going to help that. I would put 5 lines...

Yeah, since most passengers for Universal will be going north when London commuters are going south in the morning, and London commuters are going north when Universal customers are going south in the evening its makes for a very convenient load in both directions. As I understand it Universal...

https://www.bedfordindependent.co.uk/we-chose-bedford-universal-studios-exec-on-why-the-theme-park-is-coming-here/ I took 8.5 million, divided that by 1/3rd and divided it again by 360 days it works out about 7000 8000 a day if its a good prediction.

It would. I believe the scale of this project with Universal has only scoped for minimal expansion. If 13 million folk turn up and half by rail you'll be riding on the roof. What is worrying is the bias of visitors in the summer. Especially with our weather.

Ok, lets just say that due to 2 sets of traffic lights quite close together (25 car lengths at most) it brings traffic to a standstill. To the point where people ignore the diamonds between the lights which means whether the light is red, green or amber, you cannot move forward. This happens...