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Makes sense. Guessing it will be minimum of 3 aspect throughout then, as not sure heavy freight could stop at a red quick enough under...

Probably not tbh. The line is short enough that a freight should make it through without delaying a metro if signalled correctly (ie...

Luckily, due to the relatively limited scope of the project, I don’t think there is much room to tinker with it shy of cancelling it all...

I had heard from friends they were planning on starting it after the 2021 Great North Run. Don’t have a source to back that up though...

Makes sense. With a housing estate that big I can imagine there will be a good amount of commuters.

Thanks guys. :)

When they double the section of line between Pelaw and Bede, how do you think the signalling will work. Presumably on approach to...

There is definitely some truth in this. As a regular commuter I’m used to the occasional emergency brake application during leaf fall...

Agree with this. Would prefer a timetable they can stick to over an unrealistic one with rafts of cancellations.

Ah my bad. I knew green was the new special bus livery so just assumed that was it.

Saw a good one in Newcastle this week which combined the two. ‘685 - Hexham for Brampton and then Carlisle’. :D It was in Stagecoach’s...

I think it actually contacts the rails. Think them dropping to the rails is the sound you hear when the driver first puts his key in...

The greasing the rails idea is a good one as gives a chance to practice it in real time rather than on a simulator. Not sure if Metro...

Problem is Metro stops and starts a lot. So whilst taking a cautious, early braking approach to every station would be ideal, it would...

It would appear leaf fall season is in full swing. My last two commutes to work have involved that unmistakable feeling of...