Recent content by richieb1971

Let's hope.

In a perfect world I would want both railways to do the job. The A421 has problems occasionally like the Asda distribution turnoff just before the Universal turning has its moments as well. It's OK to think universal will create congestion, but hopefully not near areas already suffering...

Let the mayhem begin then. If the park traffic backs into the a6 junction my town will not function at all.

Oh you mean you haven't seen Ampthill road backed all the way to Rope walk on the other side of St Johns station? Or the retail park where your in traffic before you even leave the car park? It happens everyday and its mostly caused by the 2 4 way junctions where the railways cross...

OK. Thanks for the heads up.

Thanks for all that. Ideally there should be a good balance of rail/road in the footfall. This goes for the pricing as well. Like the Heathrow express is kind of enticing until you see the price of the ticket so I use the underground instead. People would use the train, if it was priced...

Not quoting anything. Whenever I raise concerns I get pushback stating that because other parks have no train/rail footfall that this one won't either. Thameslink seems to be covered pretty well, because in my estimation most footfall will arrive from the south at times of the day commuters...

A report came out saying the government has taken over consultations on the business side. Which I believe means locals have less of a say. Or it could be for reassurances and fast tracking of legalisation. I have a feeling deals are going on and it could mean infrastructure is tax paid...

Universal are asking for upgrades on a few things. Length of trains, 2 extra platforms at Wixams and I assume some commitment from EWR. EMR will have diagram changes if stopping at Wixams. This is in stark contrast to what people think on here with a "that will do" attitude. The park will...

Always the optimists on this forum. The only optimistic thing I've read on this subject is that rail footfall will be so low that current trains will cope. When some of the current trains are ram packed without the park. That everyone will come by car and that current roads will suffice...

I watched a spotter video from Leicester last night and a 5 car train pulled in (222) and there were about 100 people on the Leicester platform. It was heading north so no doubt had lots of people on it already. I couldn't see inside from the reflective windows. A 100 people could of got off...

8000 full time employees announced. That's a lot more than I was expecting.

Depends on how many passengers get on at Sheffield, Nottingham and derby. If the tph is/are based on southern pickups the diagrams can be lessened.

My wife was not train hopping to the fastest service. Between Leicester and Kettering the inter city is your only choice, it's that way by design. Then you get the connect service at Kettering to Bedford. The only way to solve such problems is longer trains or have services that start further...

On this subject, I did mention a 2 tier setup earlier than I didn't respond to Darlorich because he already answered the question. What I meant was 1970's stock running alongside 222's built in the 90's? If one set of stock is retired leaving just the newer stock, that creates a problem...