Recent content by unlevel42

For up-to date information on usage, HS2 and Crossrail have their definitions. e.g. CROSSRAIL INFORMATION PAPER B2 – LIMITS OF DEVIATION Historic 'deviations' maps are not definitive neither are fences or past/current land use. The railways can use various power to reclaim their land and...

The turn-outs that I worked on for Edgar Allen on Shepcote Lane in Sheffield in the late 1970's are still in use. Am I the only 'turn out' spotter? The are all stamped and dated. At that time they were all EAF products but not scrap. Most of the charge was from BSC Tinsley Park (Special...

Where will the new station station be? The new Theme Park will be on bounded by MML and East West lines.

Breedon Blue newly painted with a large 'number 2' was going down) under the Supertram wires City Road in Sheffield at about 10.35 on Friday. From Western Bank (A57 is closed to HGV beyond Ladybower) I an guessing it must have gone through Hathersage or Bamford to Hope or Calver or Bradwell...

During planned engineering Trams have been 'stored' overnight in the past in the Brook Hill roundabout 'tunnel' and Middlewood to run shuttles from the Shalesmoor stop(crossover). They could and have run from University on the wrong road to the Xover at Shalesmoor. There is no place for...

I hope this technology has moved since a Blackpool tram I was on in about 1963, dropped its (electro?)magnet on the track and stopped instantly(but not me, as I carried on moving at 5mph until I embedded myself in one of the conductors). Later I used to visit the gouge in the track. I can...

Avoiding Sheffield to the benefit Leeds passengers?-That will go down well. What about passengers making connections at Sheffield? Why should the number of transfers required to be made by Sheffield Region users for journey from down south need to be increased? What is most annoying is being...

If there was a gong to be awarded for contributions to this forum then I would propose Killingworth. Not just for the updates, photos but also for the impact on users and locals before during and after construction but also for background and history. Thanks.

It has been suggested to me that raising the importance of Tamworth to a intercity hub would cause huge timetabling problems across the country and that any idea of 'connectivity' at Tamworth is actively discouraged.

Totally agree. Once the fastest way between Sheffield and Bangor(BNG) and now regularly avoided between Sheffield and Leighton Buzzard(use non-stop coach down and via Luton/STP back) Mayhem two weeks ago when EMR directed passengers to travel to London via Tamworth- passengers queueing on...

There there is only one station in the Hope Valley-and that is Hope. The footbridge mentioned as well as Bamford, Hathersage and Grindleford are in the Derwent Valley. Edale is in Edale.

The reason for the 360 around the roundabout originates from the time when a 'no right turn' was put in place from Pinstone Street toward Charter Square forcing a left down to the roundabout and back up. The current route runs down Rockingham Street and still goes down to the roundabout so that...

Is the 51 route chosen because it is(was) the urban route that climbs most in the UK?

Having been a user of Supertram since opening day and a user of other systems in the UK, I find it remarkable that so few systems have the on board space and ride quality -a bit of a rattle when they move-like me!

As has been said the in Welsh we just don't sound out the 24hr clock.